Budget Quote by Rafael Benitez

It does not bother me that £60m has been paid for me. I come here to work and play for the club and to…

— Angel Di Maria

When I came to Liverpool, in a €20 million transfer, I was expensive.

— Roberto Firmino

I've seen teams spend £150 million and get nowhere near the Champions League. It has taken Manchester City a billion to get there. There…

— Gordon Strachan

It was definitely not the salary that made me join Manchester United; I went for football reasons - for the history of the club,…

— Henrikh Mkhitaryan

There are massive clubs with massive amounts of money, and Liverpool were always a little bit behind. But if you create a good team,…

— Rafael Benitez

This is why I don't usually have to create uncomfortable situations, because we are anything but a typical Premier League club. We got promoted…

— David Wagner

If you spend £200million, £300m every year, obviously, even if you make mistakes, you have a good team, but without spending so much money,…

— Rafael Benitez

Look at Tottenham. You spend over £100-odd million, you'd expect to be challenging for the league.

— Brendan Rodgers

No amount of money could make me play for Liverpool, that isn't disrespect to Liverpool or their fans, it's respect for Everton

— Tim Cahill

Even before 2007, this half of a small island was the richest football country on earth. In 2005-2006 the Premiership's total revenue was about…

— Simon Kuper

£25million or £30m or £20m - whether you are expensive or not, players are just players.

— Marouane Fellaini

When I arrived at Manchester United, the club hadn't won the league for 26 years, and then in my first year, they won the championship.

— Peter Schmeichel