Manchester United's current squad is the most expensive ever assembled ahead of Chelsea and Manchester City, according to new research from the CIES Football Observatory.

Released on Wednesday, CIES' latest research shows United have spent €1.15billion (£989) on their current squad, with just under £400m gone on transfer fees since Erik ten Hag took over in May of last year.

The Dutchman signed Casemiro, Lisandro Martinez and Tyrell Malacia in his first summer at Old Trafford for a combined outlay of over £120m.

He also sanctioned the £85m purchase of Antony, making the Brazilian the third-most expensive player in United's history after Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku.

This summer, United have spent £72m on Rasmus Hojlund and have signed Mason Mount from Chelsea in a deal worth up to £60m, while Andre Onana joined from Inter Milan for £47m.

The Blues are close behind United having spent £975m on players since Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital took over from Roman Abramovich 18 months ago.

Last month, the Blues signed Moises Caicedo from Brighton in a deal worth a British record £115m, breaking the £105m record they had set in January when they signed Enzo Fernandez.

City round out the top three, having spent on £900m on assembling their squad, with just under a quarter of the sum invested on four summer signings this year - Josko Gvardiol, Matheus Nunes, Jeremy Doku and Mateo Kovacic.

Significantly, City have got a much better return on their investment, which has delivered three consecutive Premier League titles and a historic treble last season.

Paris Saint-Germain are the only non-Premier League to squeeze into the top five.

The Ligue 1 champions' squad is worth a combined £860m, but the Parisians have spent more than anyone else on their attack with £480m invested on strikers.

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AImiron:
Their mumu fanbase go dey scream Guardiola use money dominate England and Europe, bunch of hypocrites they have the most expensive squad in the world, and they will never win any meaningful silverware this season, they will end up fighting for top4 as usual

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Buying more useless player of all time,, both Ronaldo ended up useless

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I was about to promote your frontpagism then you went and spoilt it with your bad belleyism.

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Man U after realizing the huge amount they spent on flops

Ok

May be domestic cup like cup like FA cup but you see EPL and Champions league, Man UTD dont have players to win any of both

Useless squard.

You have to be driven by an unimaginable faith to be a Man united fan this period

And yet you impress us the fans

As a chealsea fan, Am I surpossed to be impressed

Yet they keep wailing that City signs
Man United have outspent City in the last decade but have nothing to show for it. How much has Chelsea spent since Todd's takeover?

People who jealous Man City are like poor students who graduated with passes but are jealous of a rich kid who got all the tools that made him graduate with a first class. They also forgot that not all rich kids make first class (Chelsea, Man United are still struggling despite all the tools at their disposal), they also forgot that it takes more than wealth to make a first class, they also forgot that some of those rich kids merely got a pass.
If the Oil Money that Pep spends is so bad and people hate him, why then are Man United supporters clamoring for Oil Money owners?
Isn't that hypocrisy?

Just lol

English premier league is very competitive and every match is very entertaining all clubs spend big, getting top 4 is indeed winning a trophy.

Money Miss Road.

Ten Hag is a big SCAM

Ok

Damn

I wouldn't bank on those squad to win 50% of it away fixtures this season.

Expensive shit

Bunch of flops

V

and we Dey collect wotowoto on our expense squad. Make una dey play

Most expensive and most useless

AImiron:
Their mumu fanbase go dey scream Guardiola use money dominate England and Europe, bunch of hypocrites they have the most expensive squad in the world, and they will never win any meaningful silverware this season, they will end up fighting for top4 as usual

You should 'learn' maturity.

Ok I know