Manchester United have the most expensive squad in the world, Premier League dominates list

CIES Football Observatory crunches the numbers of the most expensively assembled first -team squads in world football.

Four clubs have managed to break the 1 billion barrier while piecing together their 2023-24 squads.

Nine of the top 11 clubs in CIES ' list hail from the Premier League , with 19 of them in the top 100 .

Al Hilal are the only club from outside the so-called big five European leagues to find themselves in the list.

Liverpool have spent the most money on goalkeepers with their record deal for Alisson Becker accounting for most.

Real Madrid have spent the most to pad out their midfield ( 447 m) with Jude Bellingham , Aurélien Tchouaméni , Rodrygo , Eduardo Camavinga and even veteran pair Toni Kroos and Luka Modric all commanding sizeable fees upon arrival. Paris Saint-Germain have spent the most on their forward line ( 557 m) though the lion's share of that sum can definitely be attributed to the eye-watering amount of money it took to land star man Kylian Mbappé from Monaco in 2017-18 ..