May 14, 2026 at 05:49 AM
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Luis Enrique's 10 most expensive signings, from Luis Suárez to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
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Luis Enrique has spent the past decade shaping teams that define eras. At Barcelona, he had Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar tearing defenses apart on the way to the treble in 2014-15. At Paris Saint-Germain, he has built a side strong enough to win back-to-back Champions League titles in 2025 and 2026.
Those achievements did not come without spending. Here are the 10 most expensive signings of Luis Enrique's career.
10. Willian Pacho and Lucas Chevalier - PSG, €40m (£34.6m) each
Pacho arrived in 2024 and quickly became a cornerstone of the PSG defense, keeping a clean sheet in the 2025 Champions League final against Inter Milan. Chevalier came a year later, but after a difficult 2025-26 campaign he lost his starting place to Matvey Safonov as PSG retained the European title.
9. Bradley Barcola and Lucas Hernandez - PSG, €45m (£39m) each
Both were signed in the summer of 2023, and both played their part in the second treble of Luis Enrique's career in 2024-25.
8. Ousmane Dembélé, Désiré Doué and Maghnes Akliouche - PSG, €50m (£43.3m) each
Dembélé has become the clearest proof of Luis Enrique's coaching impact. After Kylian Mbappé left in 2024, Dembélé was turned from a winger into a prolific false nine. Doué, another Rennes academy product, arrived in 2024 and scored twice in the 2025 Champions League final - the first teenager to do so, aged 19 years and 362 days. Akliouche joined from Monaco in August 2026 after producing six goals and six assists in Ligue 1 in 2025-26.
7. Manuel Ugarte - PSG, €60m (£52m)
Ugarte arrived in the same busy summer as Dembélé, Hernandez and Barcola. He played 37 times in 2023-24, but was sold to Manchester United after just one season.
6. Illia Zabarnyi - PSG, €63m (£54.6m)
Luis Enrique went to the Premier League to add defensive depth in 2025. Zabarnyi made 37 appearances in 2025-26 and scored his first PSG goal in a 2-0 Ligue 1 win over Auxerre in September 2025.
5. Gonçalo Ramos - PSG, €65m (£56.4m)
Before Dembélé became the false nine, Ramos was the traditional center forward brought in to lead the attack. But he managed only two goals in 2023-24 and was eventually pushed aside.
4. João Neves - PSG, €65.9m (£57.1m)
Neves followed Ramos from Benfica in 2024 and has since formed a brilliant understanding with Vitinha and Fabián Ruiz in midfield. That trio has been central to PSG's golden era.
3. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia - PSG, €80m (£69.4m)
In a rare winter move, Luis Enrique convinced Kvaratskhelia to leave Napoli in January 2025. The Georgian has impressed in Paris and scored in the 2025 Champions League final alongside Doué.
2. Luis Suárez - Barcelona, €86.4m (£75m)
Barcelona signed Suárez from Liverpool in 2014, a deal that looks like a bargain in hindsight. Alongside Messi and Neymar, he formed arguably the greatest front three in history, with the trio scoring 122 goals in 2014-15.
1. Randal Kolo Muani - PSG, €95m (£82.4m)
The most expensive signing on the list is Kolo Muani, who joined PSG from Eintracht Frankfurt in September 2023.

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