How do Mourinho, Klopp, Pochettino compare with Pep in money-per-trophy stakes?

It is the age-old football debate - would that trophy-winning manager be as successful without the vast riches that have been spent on his team?

Surely it is far easier to win domestic and European silverware when your owner is more than happy to write the big cheques for the best players?

After Transfermarkt published an interesting graphic showing the amount spent on transfer fees during the careers of 10 leading managers, we decided to test the theory.

It showed that Manchester City's Pep Guardiola had spent around £1.75billion on new players during the course of his illustrious coaching career, which also included his time with Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

Jose Mourinho, now the Roma boss, wasn't too far behind in the spending stakes on £1.6bn, while Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was on £1.45bn.

Indeed, eight of the 10 had spent over £1bn in transfer fees during the course of their time in the dug-out.

We took the information and cross-checked it against each manager's trophy record to calculate the amount of money spent per trophy won.

For the sake of argument, all trophies won by each manager - including ones such as the Community Shield and Spanish Supercopa - have been included.

PEP GUARDIOLA - £47.3m per trophy

£1.75bn spend; 37 trophies

No question who has won the most trophies on this list - Guardiola has achieved considerable success with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and now Manchester City, who have just won the Treble.

He has, however, been backed with plenty of cash. Less so at Barcelona, whose brilliant team had an academy-produced core, and Bayern, who spent relatively modestly in his three years there.

But since arriving at Abu Dhabi-backed City, Guardiola has been backed to the tune of £1.27bn to build an