Manchester City Becomes First €1B EUR Football Team

With Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid trailing closely behind.

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Manchester City has officially become the first football club to spend more than €1 billion EUR to gather the players for its squad.

According to recent research conducted by Swiss-based data company CIES Football Observatory, Pep Guardiola‘s club spent precisely €1.014 billion EUR. The study compiles a list of the highest-spending teams in football, with Manchester City at the very top, followed by Paris Saint-Germain (€913M) in second place and Real Madrid (€902M) in third. When narrowing the sample to just the English Premier League, Manchester United came in second with €751M, while Liverpool trailed in closely with €639M. A previous report from Deloitte highlighted that European clubs in the “big five” leagues tallied up over a staggering amount of €5B for just the summer transfer period, another record spend for football that seems to be showing an upward trend over time.

Scroll below for a look at the list of the ten most expensive clubs in football from data covering the English, German, Italian, French and Spanish leagues.

Elsewhere, USA Basketball has left the FIBA World Cup quarterfinals after losing to France.

Highest Spending Football Clubs:
1. Manchester City (€1.014B)
2. Paris Saint-Germain (€913M)
3. Real Madrid (€902M)
4. Manchester United (€751M)
5. Juventus (€719M)
6. Barcelona (€697M)
7. Liverpool (€639M)
8. Chelsea (€561M)
9. Atletico Madrid (€550M)
10. Arsenal (€498M)

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