Here are the 50 most expensive squad in football
Manchester City have the most expensive squad in football, costing £777million in total
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Pep Guardiola was active last summer, strengthening all departments of his team- Kyle Walker (£45m), Ederson (£35m), Bernardo Silva (£43), Danilo (£27m) and Benjamin Mendy (£52m) were all brough to the Ittihad Stadium.
However, they were trailing PSG who also did some good business, signing Neymar from Barcelona for 222m euros and also secured the signature of Mbappe to add up to their existing expensive squad, but Manchester City have toppled them after Laporte joined them in January.
Manchester United placed 3rd, followed by Barcelona, Chelsea, Real Madrid in 4th, 5th and 6th places respectively.
Premier League clubs dominated the list due to the high revenue from lucrative television rights deal which would end in 2019.
Middle table team in the Premier League like Everton beat European giants Barcelona, while strugglers like Crystal Palace and Sevilla placed above Inter Milan and Sevilla, powerhouses in Italy and Spain respectively.
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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