Premier League leaders Manchester City have the most expensive squad in history, according to a report published on Monday by the Swiss-based CIES Football Observatory.
The research values Pep Guardiola's squad at 878 million euros ($1.08 billion), with Paris Saint-Germain second on 805 million euros, after a January transfer window in which City acquired centre-back Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao for 65 million euros.
Neymar's world-record signing from Barcelona accounts for more than a quarter of the PSG total but Kylian Mbappe is only on loan, despite an anticipated transfer fee of up to 180m euros to be paid to Monaco at the end of the season.
That leaves Guardiola managing the costliest-ever collection of talent.
"When you want to compete at the highest level, you need to spend," Guardiola said last month.
"Some clubs spend £300, £400 million on two players. We spend it on six players."
Two other teams have spent more than 700m euros building their squads -- Manchester United (747m euros) and Barcelona (725m euros).
The rest of the top 10 is made up of Real Madrid in sixth, Juventus in eighth and four Premier League teams - Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Everton.
The researchers calculated that the average Premier League squad cost "a record high" of 291m euros, more than double La Liga's average of 131m euros.
Hi Olalekan,
ReplyDeleteNice review here for Soccer enthusiasts.
I'm not surprised these players earn that much, take a player like Neymar for instance. He's more than awesome if i must say.
Coming to Mancity, they've had few let downs in the past year, but most times, they bring their A-game to the field.
Now i couldn't agree more with Guardiola, that if you must spend, spend on the best to get the desired results in conpetitions because It's no use spending billions of dollars to see a player suck at his own game.
Best regards!
Hello grace,
DeleteI also agree with you about guardiola comment..
I wouldn't agree with that, because I av seen a club spent alot and didn't get desired result
Great post!
ReplyDeleteIndeed those guys got talents in what they're into, they're capable of facing any competitions.
Thumbs up!
We are the best club ever because am a Man City Fan and we really spent a lot of money to get our players up to date without wasting our time Man City is going to take this Cup and the player I was happy we buy was Aymeric Laporte is a good centre-back
ReplyDeleteMan City? Wow. They really spent on their team, and the result is already coning out positive for them.
ReplyDeletePSG also spent but I'll reserve my comments on that for now.
For Guardiola, he deserves this year EPL title. His team are doing well.
This Man-City guys really surprise me this season. They're fully prepared for victory this season, which I know that they will surely accomplish it atlast. And I also give kudos to their coach for his great impact on the players.
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