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See how much Manchester City spent to acquire the most expensive football squad

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6 years ago

February 12, 2018

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By Boluwatife Ezekiel Olaleye

Manchester City’s dominant Premier League leaders are the most expensive squad ever assembled, costing an eye-watering £777million in total.

Pep Guardiola has an embarrassment of riches in every sense, with the £57m January addition of Aymeric Laporte helping to eclipse PSG who are second on the list of big spenders having spent £713m, according to CIES Football Observatory.

City’s summer spending spree on Kyle Walker (£45m), Ederson (£35m), Bernardo Silva (£43), Danilo (£27m) and Benjamin Mendy (£52m) shot the Sheikh Mansour-owned club to new heights.

PSG are second in terms of squad expenditure and signed Neymar for a record £196m

And the incredible outlay has been backed up by a stellar campaign thus far with City fighting on all fronts and charging away in the title race.

Their fierce rivals Manchester United, who lured Alexis Sanchez to Old Trafford on a bumper pay packet in January, boast the third most expensive squad in world football, costing £661m.