English club Manchester City have the most expensive lot, according to research by the Football Observatory (CIES), which ranks teams in Europe’s five major leagues according to the amount of transfers spent on recruiting their current players.
“Manchester City”, the most expensive lot in Europe – “Real” and “Barcelona” did not make it into the TOP-5.
In the first place is “Manchester City” with 1.064 billion euros, followed by his compatriot “Manchester United” with 1.001 billion euros.
The two Manchester clubs are the only ones in the world to have spent more than one billion euros on team building (including bonuses, regardless of the actual payout, CIES notes).
London’s Chelsea, with €881 million, moved up to No. 3, overtaking Paris Saint-Germain, who are now in No. 4 with €847 million. In 5th place is Liverpool with 777 million euros.
Real Madrid (€721 million), Barcelona (€626 million), Arsenal (€534 million), Tottenham Hotspur (€519 million) and Atletico Madrid (€502 million) round out the top ten.
In 11th place is Bayern Munich (€499m), followed by Newcastle United (€481m), Juventus Torino (€473m) and West Ham United (€423m), the latter being one of FCSB’s opponents in Group B. Conference League of Europe.
The monthly report for September contains an additional financial analysis of the transfers of the Big Five.
The report shows that Manchester United have the most negative transfer balance in the last decade (-€1.27 billion), followed by Manchester City (-€902 million) and Paris Saint-Germain (-€868 million). .
The French group Lille is the team of the big five with the best balance sheet (+379 million euros), reports Agerpres.
TOP-10 most expensive football lots in Europe
1 Manchester City – 1.064 billion euros
2 Manchester United – 1.001 billion euros
3 Chelsea London – 881 million euros
4 PSG – 847 million euros
5 Liverpool – 777 million euros
6 Real Madrid – 721 million euros
7 FC Barcelona – 626 million euros
8 Arsenal London – 534 million euros
9 Tottenham Hotspur – 519 million euros
10. Atletico Madrid – 502 million euros.
Source: Hot News RO
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