How Juventus have put Man Utd to shame over past decade in spending money on transfers

Despite making €250 million a year less than the Red Devils, the Bianconeri have consistently outperformed their English rivals in the transfer market

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  2009-10 | Juventus vs Man Utd

  JUVENTUS

  Spent: £49m (€55m)  Received: £13m (€14.5m)

  Notable Signings: Diego (£25m from Wolfsburg), Felipe Melo (£23m from Fiorentina)

  Notable Sales: Domenico Criscito (£4m to Genoa Co-ownership)

  MANCHESTER UNITED

  Spent: £23m (€26m),  Received: £83.5m

  Notable Signings: Antonio Valencia (£16m from Wigan)

  Notable Sales: Cristiano Ronaldo (£80m to Real Madrid)

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  2010-11 | Juventus vs Man Utd

  JUVENTUS

  Spent: £52.65m (€59.35m), Received: £52m (€41.7m)

  Notable Signings: Leonardo Bonucci (£13.5m from Bari), Milos Krasic (£15m from CSKA Moscow), Andrea Barzagli (£300k from Wolfsburg)

  Notable Sales: Diego (£21m to Wolfsburg)

  MANCHESTER UNITED

  Spent: £29m (€33m), Received: £11m (€12.5m)

  Notable Signings: Javier Hernandez (£7m from Chivas), Chris Smalling (£10m from Fulham)

  Notable Sales: Zoran Tosic (£7.5m to CSKA Moscow)

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  2011-12 | Juventus vs Man Utd

  JUVENTUS

  Spent: £78m (€89m), Received: £15m (€17m)

  Notable Signings: Andrea Pirlo (Free from AC Milan), Alessandro Matri (£15m from Cagliari), Arturo Vidal (£10.5m from Leverkusen), Mirko Vucinic (£13m from Roma)

  Notable Sales: Ciro Immobile (£3m to Genoa, Co-ownership)

  MANCHESTER UNITED

  Spent £56m (€63m), Received: £11m (€12.5m)

  Notable Signings: Phil Jones (£16.5m from Blackburn), Ashley Young (£20m from Aston Villa), David De Gea (£19m from Atletico Madrid)

  Notable Sales: John O'Shea and Wes Brown (Both to Sunderland, £6m)

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  2012-13 | Juventus vs Man Utd

  JUVENTUS

  Spent: £49m (€55m), Received: £17.7m (€20m)

  Notable Signings: Kwadwo Asamoah (£9m from Udinese), Paul Pogba (Free from Manchester United)

  Notable Sales: Eljero Elia (£7.5m to Werder Bremen), Milos Krasic (£7m to Fenerbahce)

  MANCHESTER UNITED

  Spent £75m (€83.4m), Received: £9m (€10.15)

  Notable Signings: Robin Van Persie (£24m from Arsenal), Shinji Kagawa (£17m from Dortmund), Wilfried Zaha (£15m from Crystal Palace)

  Notable Sales: Dimitar Berbatov (£4.5m to Fulham)