Man City Boasts Of Most Expensive Squad in Football History [See top 50]

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

1. PSG – £713m

2. Manchester United – £661m

3. Barcelona – £641m

1. Chelsea – £524m

2. Real Madrid – £439m

3. Liverpool – £408m

4. Juventus – £396m

5. Arsenal – £356m

6. Everton – £323m

7. Bayern Munich – £321m

8. Tottenham – £316m

9. AC Milan – £269m

14 Atletico Madrid – £263m

1. Monaco – £253m

2. Borussia Dortmund – £237m

3. Roma – £231m

4. Southampton – £202m

5. Crystal Palace – £199m

6. Inter Milan – £192m

7. Napoli – £180m

8. West Ham – £157m

9. Wolfsburg – £144m

10. Leicester – £143m

11. Sevilla – £141m

12. Bayer Leverkusen – £140m

13. Stoke – £132m

14. Valencia – £130m

15. Newcastle – £128m

16. Watford – £124m

17. Lazio + Swansea £117m

18. West Brom – £115m

19. Borussia Monchengladbach – £108m

20. Schalke – £107m

21. RB Leipzig – £104m

22. Sampdoria – £100m

23. Marseille – £99m

24. Villareal – £97m

25. Fiorentina – £94m

26. Burnley – £102m

27. Lyon – £88m

28. Bournemouth – £86m

29. Torino – £83m

30. Brighton – £79m

31. Hamburg – £78m

32. Lille – £71m

33. Huddersfield – £68m

34. Sassuolo – £66m

35. Hoffenheim – £61m