Football Manager 2022 transfer budgets: Man Utd, Madrid, PSG & Europe's big clubs

Martin Macdonald
Martin Macdonald
  • Updated: 24 Dec 2021 14:17 GMT
  • 6 min read
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The new edition of Football Manager has now been out for months, with users once again given the opportunity to take control of their favourite clubs to lead them to glory.

One of the main aspects of the game, and probably the most fun, is spending money to build your very own dream team.

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In terms of transfer budgets, the Premier League once again dominates, so don't expect to be given the millions upon millions you would usually receive if going to a team like Barcelona.

Every user will naturally be keen to know - just how much do Newcastle receive after their Saudi takeover?

Football Manager 2022 Premier League transfer budgets

ClubTransfer Budget (£)Wage Budget (£)
Arsenal10m2.43m
Aston Villa20m1.51m
Brighton15m1.18m
Burnley10m1.26m
Chelsea40m4m
Crystal Palace1.8m1.5m
Everton2m2.03m
Brentford12m857k
Leeds10m1.12
Leicester10m2.35m
Liverpool20m3.99m
Man Utd30m4.67m
Man City100m3.94m
Newcastle200m1.49m
Norwich10m739k
Southampton5m1.43m
Tottenham15m2.26m
Watford2m1.03m
West Ham8m1.67m
Wolves20m1.49m

FM have indeed incorporated Newcastle's takeover into the start of the game as the Magpies have a cool £200m to spend.

While in real life that amount won't become available until the January transfer window, users of the game will be able to spend big in the summer.

How will you splash that cash?

Manchester City may have spent a British record £100m to sign Jack Grealish, but there is room for another superstar signing as they have another £100m in the budget.

Harry Kane, maybe?

As for wage budgets, Man Utd's comes in at the highest, with the club spending £4.67m per week on player salaries.

Football Manager 2022 La Liga transfer budgets

ClubTransfer Budget (£)Wage Budget (£)
Alaves6.1m299k
Athletic21m1m
Atletico810k2.97m
Barcelona04.6m
Betis2.5m993k
Cadiz7.4m247k
Celta4.1m599k
Elche3.79m388k
Espanyol4.27m510k
Getafe3.2m626k
Granada855k307k
Levante2.57m493k
Mallorca855k256k
Osasuna0330k
Real Sociedad8.31m961k
Rayo0232k
Real Madrid51.3m5.5m
Sevilla4.27m1.4m
Valencia1.71m1.4m
Villarreal12.82941k

Barcelona's financial problems have been well-publicised, and that has been highlighted by the fact that, just like in real life, the club will not have a penny to spend in the summer of 2021.

While Barca have always been a relatively easy club to go to in the game because of the presence of Lionel Messi, their ravaged squad means that any user managing them as a first save will have a real job on their hands.

Real Madrid, meanwhile, have £51m to spend, although that seems a bit low considering they bid around £200m for Kylian Mbappe on the last day of the transfer window.

Football Manager 2022 Serie A transfer budgets

ClubTransfer Budget (£Wage Budget (£)
Atalanta13.6m1.01m
Bologna6.8m739k
Cagliari4.7m829k
Empoli2.9m591k
Fiorentina7.26m1.14m
Genoa6.4m844k
Inter17m2.73m
Juventus16.2m3.58m
Lazio12.3m1.5m
Milan15.8m1.7m
Napoli13.2m2m
Roma10.2m1.8m
Salernitana2.5m374k
Sampdoria7.6m572k
Sassuolo9.4m589k
Spezia4.2m359k
Torino5.1m918k
Udinese5.5m456k
Venezia2.1m371k
Verona7.6m438k

There isn't a lot of money in Serie A currently, as highlighted by the biggest transfer budget belonging to champions, Inter.

And, the only reason they have £17m or so to spend is due to selling two key players in the summer in Romelu Lukaku and Achraf Hakimi.

Even Juventus are living in times of austerity, having recently received a capital injection to clear over £400m worth of debts.

Any user going to a Serie A side will largely have to deal with the hand they are dealt initially.

Football Manager 2022 Bundesliga transfer budgets

ClubTransfer Budget (£Wage Budget (£)
1. FC Köln427k575k
1899 Hoffenheim7.6m855k
Bayer Leverkusen6.8m1.2m
Bayern Munich25.6m3.7m
Borussia Dortmund8.5m2.1m
Gladbach8.5m969k
Eintracht Frankfurt4.2m628k
Augsburg855k501k
Greurer Furth128k172k
Union Berlin855k432k
Hertha4.2m432k
Mainz2.5m362k
RB Leipzig17m1.2m
Freiburg1.2m247k
Stuttgart4.7k414k
Wolfsburg8.5m1.4m
Arminia Bielefeld0193k
Bochum0185k

Bayern Munich only spent big on one player in the summer in Dayot Upamecano so there is room for more recruits if needs be.

The Bavarian side naturally have the biggest budget in the league.

Dortmund, despite earning £73m from the Jadon Sancho deal, are only giving the user £8.5m.

Football Manager 2022 Ligue 1 transfer budgets

ClubTransfer Budget (£Wage Budget (£)
Angers1.7m258k
Bordeaux4.2m460k
Brest2.1m193k
Clermont1.2m241k
Lens3m229k
Lorient2.1m186k
Lyon17m1.1m
Marseille12.8m994k
Metz1.7m268k
Monaco12.8m1m
Montpellier3.8273k
Nantes3.8m389k
Nice12.8m571k
Troyes855k201k
PSG38m6.1m
Reims2.5m222k
Rennes12.8m275k
Saint-Etienne2.1m228k
Strasbourg3m282k
Lille14.5m578k

Apart from the signing of Hakimi, PSG brought in most of their summer signings as free agents.

That is why they have a decent transfer budget remaining but also why they have the biggest wage bill in the game, coming in at a whopping £6.1m per week.

To look at the transfer budgets from Football Manager 2021, click here.

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