Four Premier League managers have made their biggest career signings this month and will do well to match the success of Mikel Arteta or Antonio Conte.
To be clear, these rankings are based on how well the signing did under the specific manager who bought them, not necessarily whether they were a hit for the club. Which gives us these bosses in the worst two spots…
20) David Moyes – Juan Mata
So apparently contentious was the £37.1m transfer which took Juan Mata from Chelsea to Man Utd in January 2014 that Jose Mourinho said of Arsene Wenger he would “find him one day outside a football pitch and I will break his face”. That was about as animated and dramatic as the Spaniard’s eight-year stay at Old Trafford ever was. Mata failed to rescue David Moyes, who was sacked three months, 12 appearances, three goals and five assists after his arrival, but the midfielder left long after with a Europa League, FA Cup and League Cup to add to his collection.
19) Julen Lopetegui – Thibaut Courtois
While Julen Lopetegui would have hoped to benefit a little more on a personal level from the signing of Thibaut Courtois in summer 2018, Real Madrid remain eternally grateful for their erstwhile manager’s input. The coach lasted 138 days at the Bernabeu, with Courtois the keeper for a run of three consecutive defeats which culminated in a 5-1 thrashing by Barcelona and Lopetegui’s sacking. Both club and manager have moved onto more suitable partners since, even if things are hardly amicable.
18) Graham Potter – Mykhaylo Mudryk
Those 35 minutes against Liverpool were something else.
17) Jesse Marsch – Georginio Rutter
Twelve career goals in 70 appearances for a forward at the age of 20 is enough to warrant a potential £35m transfer nowadays and that’s fine.
16) Gary O’Neil – Dango Ouattara
It’s difficult to judge the success of Bournemouth’s signing from Lorient until we see Dango unchained by Gary O’Neil.
15) Thomas Frank – Keane Lewis-Potter
Mikkel Damsgaard cost £11.8m, rising to a potential £16.8m. Aaron Hickey cost £14m, rising to a potential £18m. Keane Lewis-Potter cost £16m, rising to a potential £20m. Hickey is the only one of the three who has featured close to regularly for Brentford, with Lewis-Potter starting three Premier League games and struggling to overcome pesky fitness issues.
14) Nathan Jones – Carlos Alcaraz
“I thought he was outstanding,” said Nathan Jones of Carlos Alcaraz’s full…
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