21 Nov Football Manager 2020 Bundesliga finances: Transfer & wage budgets + 5 most valuable players for all 18 teams
Football Manager 2020 Bundesliga – Most German sides begin each game save with a starting transfer budget in the region of £5-£10m.
It comes as no surprise to learn that Bayern Munich lead the transfer budgets charts, with at least £15m more than RB Leipzig, the Bavaria’s closest financial rival in FM20. Borussia Dortmund’s budget of £12.9m will make any title challenge you plan that bit harder without selling one or two big names first. Don’t forget, if you want to increase either your transfer or wage budget, simply go to finances – adjust budget – make budget adjustment and then adjust your finances accordingly.
We’ve also compiled a list of the 5 most valuable first-team players for every Football Manager 2020 Bundesliga side to give you an indication of which players you could build your team around, or sell to raise funds, depending on your outlook.
You can find other Football Manager 2020 transfer budgets here – Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1
Football Manager 2020 Bundesliga – 5 Richest Teams
1 – Bayern Munich (£34.4m)
2 = RB Leipzig (£17.2m)
2 = VfL Wolfsburg (£17.2m)
4 – Borussia Dortmund (£12.9m)
5 – TSG Hoffenheim (£10.3m)
1.FC Koln
Transfer budget = £1.72m
Wage budget = £4k/week
Most valuable players = Jonas Hector (£12m), Jorge Mere (£8.25m), Timo Horn (£7.75m), Ellyes Skhiri (£7m), Louis Schaub (£6.75m)
Bayer Leverkusen 04
Transfer budget = £4.3m
Wage budget = £49k/week
Most valuable players = Kai Havertz (£38m), Leon Bailey (£32.5m), Karim Bellarabi (£22m), Jonathan Tah (£21.5m), Charles Aranguiz (£21m)
Borussia Dortmund
Transfer budget = £12.9m
Wage budget = £49k/week
Most valuable players = Marco Reus (£61m), Mats Hummels (£53m), Paco Alcacer (£38m), Julian Brandt (£35.5m), Axel Witsel (£35m)
Borussia Monchengladbach
Transfer budget = £6.8m
Wage budget = £38k/week
Most valuable players = Matthias Ginter (£20m), Alassane Plea (£14.25m), Yann Sommer (£13.5m), Christoph Kramer (£11.75m), Jonas Hofmann (£10.5m)
Eintracht Franfkurt
Transfer budget = £7.75m
Wage budget = £74k/week
Most valuable players = Filip Kostic (£16.25m), Kevin Trapp (£13.5m), Bas Dost (£8.25m), Djibril Sow (£7m), Martin Hinteregger (£6m)
FC Augsburg
Transfer budget = £861k
Wage budget = £25k/week
Most valuable players = Philipp Max (£8m), Michael Gregoritsch (£7.25m), Alfred Finnbagson (£7m), Andre Hahn (£6.75m), Geoffrey Gouweleeuw (£5.5m)
FC Bayern Munich
Transfer budget = £34.4m
Wage budget = £405k/week
Most valuable players = Robert Lewandowski (£80m), David Alaba (£66m), Thiago (£64m), Thomas Muller (£57m), Niklas Sule (£51m)
Fortuna Dusseldorf
Transfer budget = £6.45m
Wage budget = £14k/week
Most valuable players = Kevin Stoger (£6m), Kaan Ayhan (£4.1m), Marcel Sobottka (£3.7m), Matthias Zimmermann (£3.5m), Jean Zimmer (£3.1m)
Hertha Berlin
Transfer budget = £8.6m
Wage budget = £51k/week
Most valuable players = Ondrej Duda (£12.25m), Vladimir Darida (£9.25m), Dodi Lukebakio (£9m), Niklas Stark (£8.25m), Arne Maier (£8m)
Mainz 05
Transfer budget = £2.15m
Wage budget = £16k/week
Most valuable players = Edmilson Fernandes (£7.5m), Jean-Philippe Mateta (£7.25m), Aaron Martin (£6.25m), Jean-Paul Boetius (£5.5m), Moussa Niakhate (£5.5m)
RB Leipzig
Transfer budget = £17.2m
Wage budget = £82k/week
Most valuable players = Timo Werner (£32.5m), Kevin Kampl (£28.5m), Emil Forsberg (£22m), Marcel Sabitzer (£16.25m), Yussuf Poulsen (£16.25m)
SC Freiburg
Transfer budget = £516k
Wage budget = £2k/week
Most valuable players = Luca Waldschmidt (£7.25m), Vincenzo Grifo (£7.25m), Nils Petersen (£6m), Christian Gunter (£5.25m), Janik Haberer (£5m)
SC Paderborn
Transfer budget = £645k
Wage budget = £9k/week
Most valuable players = Sebastian Vasiliadis (£4.1m), Christopher Antwi Adjej (£2.8m), Jamilu Collins (£2m), Leopold Zingerle (£1.8m), Abdelhamid Sabiri (£1.6m)
Schalke 04
Transfer budget = £8.6m
Wage budget = £60k/week
Most valuable players = Matija Nastasic (£14.5m), Daniel Caligiuri (£12.75m), Nabil Bentaleb (£9.75m), Mark Uth (£9m), Amine Harit (£9m)
SV Werder Bremen
Transfer budget = £2.15m
Wage budget = £24k/week
Most valuable players = Jiri Pavlenka (£12.25m), Maximilian Eggestein (£11.75m), Davy Klaassen (£8.75m), Ludwig Augstinsson (£8m), Milot Rashica (£8m)
TSG Hoffenheim
Transfer budget = £10.3m
Wage budget = £56k/week
Most valuable players = Andrej Kramaric (£24m), Kevin Vogt (£11m), Robert Skov (£10.5m), Diadie Samassekou (£9.25m), Florian Grillitsch (£8.75m)
Union Berlin
Transfer budget = £861k
Wage budget = £13k/week
Most valuable players = Akaki Gogia (£4.1m), Anthony Ujah (£3.9m), Neven Subotic (£3.5m), Manuel Schmiedebach (£2.9m), Sebastian Andersson (£2.7m)
VfL Wolfsburg
Transfer budget = £17.2m
Wage budget = £56k/week
Most valuable players = Maximilian Arnold (£13.5m), Jerome Roussillon (£9.25m), Iganacio Camacho (£8.75m), Joshua Guilavogui (£8.75m), Wout Weghorst (£8.5m)