Football Manager 2017: Starting transfer and wage budgets in La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1

Football Manager 2017

If you can resist the urge not to whittle away hours – possibly even days – on Football Manager 2017, then you're stronger humans than us. 

Right about now you might be picking which team to choose first, but if you're wondering how much the suits are going to give you to wheel and deal, then don't worry: we've got your backs. We've brought you the transfer and wage budgets for every English league club here, and now it's time for Europe's four other big leagues. 

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TeamTransfer budgetWage budget
Athletic Bilbao£8.6m£1m (£950k start)
Atletico Madrid£4.3m£2.2m (£2.1m start)
Barcelona£10.8m£4.8m (£4.7m start)
Celta Vigo£3.4m£712k (£675k start)
Deportivo Alaves£0£309k (£275k start)
Deportivo La Coruna£0£536k (£525k start)
Eibar£430k£397k (£375k start)
Espanyol£861k£660k (£600k start)
Granada£861k£455k (£425k start)
Las Palmas£430k£276k (£250k start)
Leganes£0£203k (£190k start)
Malaga£861k£482k (£450k start)
Osasuna£0£235k (£225k start)
Real Betis£2.5m£486k (£450k start)
Real Madrid£17.2m£4.4m (£4.2m start)
Real Sociedad£861k£631k (£675k start)
Sevilla£3.4m£1.4m (£1.2m start)
Sporting Gijon£0£233k (£230k start)
Valencia£12.9m£1.34m (£1.3m start)
Villarreal£3m£966k (£925k start)
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TeamTransfer budgetWage budget
Augsburg£861k£431k (£400k start)
Bayer Leverkusen£3.4m£1.17m (£1m start)
Bayern Munich£34.4m£3.5m (£3.2m start)
Borussia Dortmund£16.3m£1.74m (£1.6m start)
Borussia M'Gladbach£10.3m£852k (£775k start)
Darmstadt£1.7m£283k (£250k start)
Eintracht Frankfurt£2.1m£480k (£450k start)
Freiburg£1m£331k (£300k start)
Hamburg£0£732k (£700k start)
Hertha Berlin£2.1m£506k (£475k start)
Hoffenheim£4.3m£733k (£675 start)
Ingolstadt£2.1m£281k (£275k start)
Köln£4.3m£487k (£425k start)
Mainz£861k£437k (£400k start)
RP Leipzig£12.9m£549k (£475k start)
Schalke£8.6m£1.5m (£1.4m start)
Werder Bremen£2.5m£670k (£600k start)
Wolfsburg£25.8m£1.65m (£1.6m start)
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TeamTransfer budgetWage budget
Atalanta£3.4m£450k (£450k start)
Bologna£3.4m£580k (£575k start)
Cagliari£1.5m£362k (£350k start)
Chievo£2.5m£312k (£300k start)
Crotone£1.29m£225k (£225k start)
Empoli£1.7m£296k (£300k start)
Fiorentina£9.5m£780k (£750k start)
Genoa£3.8m£538k (£525k start)
Inter£17.2m£1.9m (£1.9m start)
Juventus£20.6m£2.7m (£2.6m start)
Lazio£6.4m£1m (£1m start)
Milan£5.1m£1.5m (£1.5m start)
Napoli£13.7m£1.5m (£1.5m start)
Palermo£2.4m£374k (£375k start)
Pescara£1.6m£356k (£350k start)
Roma£8.6m£1.8m (£1.8m start)
Sampdoria£4.3m£630k (£625k start)
Sassuolo£7.3m£511k (£500k start)
Torino£3.8m£571k (£500k start)
Udinese£3.4m£506k (£475k start)
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TeamTransfer budgetWage budget
Angers£861k £165k (£170k start)
Bastia£0£136k (£140k start)
Bordeaux£3m£433k (£425k start)
Caen£2.1m£265k (£275k start)
Dijon£861k£77k (£80k start)
Guingamp£1.29m£163k (£170k start)
Lille£4.3m£423k (£425k start)
Lorient£4.3m£205k (£210k start)
Lyon£3m£824k (£825k start)
Metz£207k£132k (£125k start)
Monaco£21.5m£812k (£800k start)
Montpellier£4.3m£219k (£225k start)
Nancy£1.29m£202k (£210k start)
Nantes£5.2m£140k (£145k start)
Nice£5.2m£326k (£325k start)
Marseille£30m£699k (£565k start)
PSG£51.6m£2.6m (£2.4m start)
Rennes£4.3m£313k (£325k start)
Saint-Etienne£861k£313k (£325k start)
Toulouse£1.36m£165k (£170k start)

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Joe Brewin

Joe was the Deputy Editor at FourFourTwo until 2022, having risen through the FFT academy and been on the brand since 2013 in various capacities. 


By weekend and frustrating midweek night he is a Leicester City fan, and in 2020 co-wrote the autobiography of former Foxes winger Matt Piper – subsequently listed for both the Telegraph and William Hill Sports Book of the Year awards.