Get the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Manchester City's squad is the most expensive in Europe and Manchester United's is the second most expensive, a newly published study has claimed.
The Manchester teams dominate in the CIES Football Observatory's latest study of the most expensive squads in the top five leagues.
The study estimates Manchester City's squad to be worth a whopping €1.28bn (£1.09bn), while United's is worth just over €1.21bn (£1.03bn).
Chelsea completes the podium with an estimated squad value of €946million (£807m). Elsewhere in Europe, Barcelona's squad was deemed the most expensive in the Spanish Liga at €896m (£765m), Bayern Munich in
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