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Manchester City have built the most expensive squad in football history, after spending €878million in the transfer market.
A study by the CIES Football Observatory, shows the Premier League leaders have spent more than any other team in Europe’s big five leagues.
City made Aymeric Laporte their latest signing for a reported club-record fee of €65m in January.
Their investment trumps that of Paris Saint-Germain, whose squad cost €805m, which more than a quarter of that figure spent on the world-record €222m deal to sign Neymar from Barcelona.
Manchester United are third in the list of the top 98 on €747m, ahead of Barcelona (€725m), Chelsea (€592m) and Real Madrid (€497m).
There are six other clubs from the Premier League in the top 20, including Liverpool (€461m), Arsenal (€403m), Everton (€365m), Tottenham (€358m), Southampton (€229m) and Crystal Palace (€225m).
TOP 50 MOST EXPENSIVE SQUADS IN FOOTBALL
1. Manchester City – £777m
2. PSG – £713m
3. Manchester United – £661m
4. Barcelona – £641m
5. Chelsea – £524m
6. Real Madrid – £439m
7. Liverpool – £408m
8. Juventus – £396m
9. Arsenal – £356m
10. Everton – £323m
11. Bayern Munich – £321m
12. Tottenham – £316m
13. AC Milan – £269m
14 Atletico Madrid – £263m
15. Monaco – £253m
16. Borussia Dortmund – £237m
17. Roma – £231m
18. Southampton – £202m
19. Crystal Palace – £199m
20. Inter Milan – £192m
21. Napoli – £180m
22. West Ham – £157m
23. Wolfsburg – £144m
24. Leicester – £143m
25. Sevilla – £141m
26. Bayer Leverkusen – £140m
27. Stoke – £132m
28. Valencia – £130m
29. Newcastle – £128m
30. Watford – £124m
31. Lazio + Swansea £117m
33. West Brom – £115m
34. Borussia Monchengladbach – £108m
35. Schalke – £107m
36. RB Leipzig – £104m
37. Sampdoria – £100m
38. Marseille – £99m
39. Villareal – £97m
40. Fiorentina – £94m
41. Burnley – £102m
42. Lyon – £88m
43. Bournemouth – £86m
44. Torino – £83m
45. Brighton – £79m
46. Hamburg – £78m
47. Lille – £71m
48. Huddersfield – £68m
49. Sassuolo – £66m
50. Hoffenheim – £61m
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