Jose Mourinho becomes first manager in football history to hit £1bn landmark in career transfer spending

Jose Mourinho passed the £1bn landmark with £75m signing of Romelu Lukaku

 The Manchester United manager has spent just over £1.1bn in his 17-year career
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has spent £859m in little over half the time
Carlo Ancelotti is the only other manager who comes close with £970m spent

Jose Mourinho has become the first manager in football history to take his career transfer spending past £1billion- and passed that landmark during the current window when he signed Romelu Lukaku.

Analysis of the Manchester United manager’s all-time spending shows he has now spent just over £1.1bn in 17 years as a boss.

Pep Guardiola, Mourinho’s nemesis in Spain and current cross-city rival in Manchester, has spent £859m, in a little over half the time.