LAGOS: Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City squad and Paris Saint Germain are the top two most expensive squads in the world. The clubs, according to CIES Football Observatory, have spent over £700 million to assemble their current squads. While City have spent £777 million, PSG have spent £713 million.
Manchester United, Barcelona and Chelsea make up the top five with Real Madrid coming in at sixth. Liverpool are ahead of Ninth-placed Arsenal in seventh while German champions Bayern Munich are in a distant 11th, one spot below Everton, who are 10th.
See full list below:
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
