Not Real Madrid, Man City, Bayern or PSG, MU is the team that owns the most expensive team in football history according to UEFA’s report.
Specifically, a report conducted by the European Club Finance and Investment Observatory revealed that Erik ten Hag’s MU squad has a total value of 1.21 billion pounds ($1.52 billion). end of fiscal year 2023. This number beats the record set since 2020 by Real Madrid, the club that once reached a squad value of 1.13 billion pounds (1.42 million USD).
Coach Erik ten Hag’s squad for the 2022/23 season includes expensive players who have been bought such as Antony (100 million euros), Harry Maguire (88 million euros), Jadon Sancho (85 million euros) and Casemiro (60 million euros). million euros). Manchester City, Manchester United’s city rival, ranked second in squad value in the historic treble winning season, specifically 1.286 billion euros.
MU is even more expensive than Real Madrid by more than 330 million pounds, despite the fact that Los Blancos owns the world’s top talents such as Jude Bellingham, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Valverde…
However, the above report from UEFA does not take into account the spending deals made by MU after fiscal year 2023. This means blockbuster 72 million pounds (90 million USD) Rasmus Hojlund, Mason Mount costs 55 million pounds (69 million USD). ) or 47 million pounds ($59 million) for Andre Onana are not included. If not, the value of the Red Devils’ squad could have reached the value mark of 1.38 billion pounds.
Despite spending large sums of money on new recruits, Manchester United’s performance has not improved and is at risk of being left empty-handed this season. MU was eliminated in the Champions League and FA Cup. They only compete in the League Cup and are ranked 6th in the Premier League. The chance of winning the domestic championship is extremely small, and in the lucky case of winning the Federation Cup, it is also a very small title compared to the amount of money invested.
The most ironic thing is that MU’s expensive players contribute very little. An example of this is the £85.5 million contract Antony. “Brazilian Compa” has only scored 1 goal and contributed 1 assist after 25 matches this season.
It’s no exaggeration to say, MU uses money in an absurdly wasteful way. If it were not a famous football club but just a normal business, it is likely that MU would have been placed in the sights of the authorities with the label of “money laundering”.
Top 20 most expensive clubs in the world (by transfer fee) in 2023 (unit: table)
1. Man United – 1.21 billion 2. Man City – 1.1 billion 3. Chelsea – 927 million 4. Real Madrid – 882 million 5. PSG – 802 million 6. Liverpool – 774 million 7. Arsenal – 761 million 8 Juventus – 658 million 9. Tottenham – 570 million 10. Inter Milan – 504 million 11. Barcelona – 493 million 12. Newcastle – 464 million 13. Bayern Munich – 457 million 14. RB Leipzig – 433 million 15. Aston Villa – 428 million 16. Napoli – 381 million 17. West Ham – 379 million 18. Atletico Madrid – 369 million 19. Dortmund – 334 million 20. AC Milan – 287 million
