As of 2023, Manchester United's squad cost 1.15 billion euros to assemble, representing the most expensive squad in world soccer. Despite this, the Red Devils have not won a league title since 2013. Three other teams had squads that cost at least one billion euros: Chelsea, Manchester City, and Paris Saint-Germain.
Soccer clubs that have spent the most money building their squads as of 2023
(in million euros)
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CIES Football Observatory. (September 13, 2023). Soccer clubs that have spent the most money building their squads as of 2023 (in million euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1413998/most-expensive-soccer-squads-worldwide/
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CIES Football Observatory. (2023). Soccer clubs that have spent the most money building their squads as of 2023 (in million euros). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1413998/most-expensive-soccer-squads-worldwide/
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Soccer clubs that have spent the most money building their squads as of 2023 (in million euros) [Graph], CIES Football Observatory, September 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1413998/most-expensive-soccer-squads-worldwide/
