I'm not really one for signing big name players, would rather generate big names (guess im more of a Arsene Wenger type manager). Ive never had a player earning more than 65,000 week and highest i ever paid for player was Afinikeev for 30 million (worth his weight in gold though) but that was a one of expensive signing. I have won champions league, premiership while my average player salary was 30k/week (compared to Chelsea, Manchester United who most players are on over 90k/week..even ones on the bench).
In FM2010 i havent gone for any big names but Sakho seems alot more difficult, Paris SG wanted 28 million from the start (alot more than FM2009).