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Manchester City have assembled the first billion euro squad, says a report by the CIES Football Observatory.
City, who have benefitted hugely since the Abu Dhabi group takeover in 2008, spent (1.014bn/£906m) on their current players with Paris St-Germain (913m euros) and Real Madrid (902m euros) in second and third.
The Premier League champions' squad is worth 32 times the value of Norwich's.
special guide.
Manchester United have the second most expensive English squad (751m euros).
CIES, the football statistics research group based in Switzerland, looked at the senior players in each team in all four of Europe's biggest leagues - Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga.
Paderborn, promoted to the German top flight in the summer, were found to have the cheapest squad, valued at 4m euros (£3.57m).
The top 10
Club / squad value in euros
1. Manchester City - 1.014 billion
2. Paris St-Germain - 913m
3. Real Madrid - 902m
4. Manchester United - 751m
5. Juventus - 719m
6. Barcelona - 697m
7. Liverpool - 639m
8. Chelsea - 561m
9. Atletico Madrid - 550m
I honestly thought I`d read this a few months ago but its seems to have been raised again ... or have I been dreaming ? Could a MOD amend the title please as it should read EUROS not POUNDS !! Thanks.
NOW AMENDED !!
City, who have benefitted hugely since the Abu Dhabi group takeover in 2008, spent (1.014bn/£906m) on their current players with Paris St-Germain (913m euros) and Real Madrid (902m euros) in second and third.
The Premier League champions' squad is worth 32 times the value of Norwich's.
special guide.
Manchester United have the second most expensive English squad (751m euros).
CIES, the football statistics research group based in Switzerland, looked at the senior players in each team in all four of Europe's biggest leagues - Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga.
Paderborn, promoted to the German top flight in the summer, were found to have the cheapest squad, valued at 4m euros (£3.57m).
The top 10
Club / squad value in euros
1. Manchester City - 1.014 billion
2. Paris St-Germain - 913m
3. Real Madrid - 902m
4. Manchester United - 751m
5. Juventus - 719m
6. Barcelona - 697m
7. Liverpool - 639m
8. Chelsea - 561m
9. Atletico Madrid - 550m
I honestly thought I`d read this a few months ago but its seems to have been raised again ... or have I been dreaming ? Could a MOD amend the title please as it should read EUROS not POUNDS !! Thanks.
NOW AMENDED !!
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