Its official, Manchester United has the most expensive squad in European football. In a survey carried out by CIES, the Red Devils topped the list of all the clubs in Europe’s five main football championships (Liga, Bundesliga, Premier League, Serie A & Ligue 1). 
 

In the survey, only purchases are taken into consideration which does not include players who have arrived at their new clubs on free-transfers. So for this reason, Dani Alves to Juventus and Zlatan Ibrahimovic for example, have not been counted. Here’s the top 22:

1-Manchester United 718 million
2-Real Madrid 634 million 3-Manchester City 611 million
4-Barcelona 485 million
5-Chelsea 481 million
6-Psg 455 million
7-Juventus 395 million
8-Arsenal 381 million
9-Bayern Munich 357 million
10-Liverpool 356 million

11-Inter 295 million
12-Tottenham Hotspur 274 million
13-Borussia Dortmund 237 million
14-Everton 212 million
15-Monaco 202 million
16-Roma 201 million
17-Napoli 200 million
18-Atletico Madrid 199 million
19-West Ham 196 million
20-Southampton 182 million
​21-Valencia 165 million
22-Milan 156 million


Amounts in Euros
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Steve Mitchell @barafundler