Manchester City and Manchester United reigned supreme at the top of the table for highest valued squads, with both worth more than £1billion in a report by the CIES Football Observatory.
It should come as no surprise to see the two Premier League power-players leading the rankings given their investment and transfer dealings in recent seasons. City – who splashed out £100million on Jack Grealish this summer – had an estimated squad worth of £1.28billion.
Pep Guardiola’s side edged narrowly above their local rivals Manchester United, who had a very busy window indeed and sprinkled some serious talent around their already expensive squad.
Cristiano Ronaldo is still worth around £20m after joining from Juventus, while the club also snapped up Real Madrid centre-back Raphael Varane for £42million and Dortmund star Jadon Sancho for roughly £73million.
In total, United’s squad was worth around £1.21billion as their new signings joined other big name players like Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford and most expensive defender in the world Harry Maguire.
But it wasn’t enough to dethrone the reigning Premier League champions City, who have slowly assembled a team brimming with top talent, including Kevin de Bruyne, Ruben Dias, Raheem Sterling and Ilkay Gundogan.