Comparison of Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola's net spending at Liverpool and Man City

Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp and Manchester City's Pep Guardiola are the two best managers in the Premier League, but how do their net spend compare since arriving in England?

The managers have built two of the best teams in the world and are currently the two favorites for the Premier League title according to the bookmakers.

And, with both sides also competing for the FA Cup, League Cup and Champions League, both managers will need to continue to rotate their squads heavily in order to get the most out of their squads.< /p>

This requires a great depth of quality, which both have achieved by buying players available on the transfer market.

It's no secret that Guardiola has spent a lot of money, and even he admits it's the path to his success in Manchester. "We have a lot of money to buy a lot of amazing players," he said in February 2021.

"There's a lot more to it - first of all, an incredibly strong organization, good, amazing, lovely people, backroom staff, staff and players in particular, but when you realize what this club has achieved in four years, winning a lot of games, you must have the best players.

"You can win a title with average players, but to win a lot of titles, you need the best, the best, the best players. And the best players are very expensive."

Klopp also admitted that it takes a lot of money to compete at the top level, but also stressed that he thinks they have to sell to buy.

"It's a rich club with no problems but the policy here is clear. We spend what we earn, if we earn more we can spend more. If we earn less we can spend less," he said. he said earlier this year.

"I think it's no secret but the situation at this club here is that our transfers have to hit the ground running [running] because we can't make a £40m or £50m signing and then at the end we think 'Well if he's playing, it's not that important or anything.'”

But how much money did the two spend? We've consulted Transfermarkt to determine Guardiola's net spending at City and Klopp's at Liverpool to bring you the numbers, along with their five biggest buys and sells.

Five most important purchases

1. Virgil van Dijk – £76.2m2. Darwin Nunez – £67.5m2. Alisson - £56.3m3. Naby Keita – £54million4. Fabinho - £40.5m

Five Biggest Sellers

1. Philippe Coutinho – £121.5m2. Sadio Mane - £28.8m3. Christian Benteke – £28.1million4. Mamadou Sakho – £25.4million5. Danny Ings – £22.6m

Total spent: £556.78mTotal sold: £433.45m

Total net spend: £123.33m

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Five most important purchases

1. Jack Grealish - £105.8m2. Ruben Dias – £61.2m3. Riyad Mahr...