Man City assemble football's first billion-euro squad: study


FILE PHOTO Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester City v Brighton amp Hove Albion - Etihad Stadium Manchester Britain - August 31 2019  General view inside the stadium before the match   REUTERSJon Super

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester City v Brighton & Hove Albion - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - August 31, 2019 General view inside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Jon Super

(Reuters) - Premier League champions Manchester City are the first team to have spent more than 1 billion euros (894.98 million pounds) to assemble their squad, a study has shown.

Data from the Swiss-based CIES Football Observatory showed that City have spent 1.014 billion euros on their current squad. French champions Paris St-Germain were second having spent 913 million euros and Spain's Real Madrid were third with 902 million euros.

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