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Manchester City are the dominant force of English football right now. The Citizens completed the country’s first ever domestic treble in 2018/19 season. Nevertheless, achieving that level of success has been fueled by spending big money.
It’s the only way in modern football with eight clubs now spending more than £1billion on transfers since 2008.
In 2008, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe joining Paris Saint-Germain for £200million and £166million, respectively. But Manchester City top the list of top 20 spenders in Europe.
In fact, since the year 2008, City's net spend on players is at -£1.2bn
Below, we've provided the top 20 spenders in European football.
Manchester City
- Expenditures: £1.50bn
- Arrivals: 294
- Income: £414.23m
- Departures: 285
- Balance: -1.209,68 Mill. £
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Real Madrid
- Expenditures: £1.27bn
- Arrivals: 125
- Income: £676.04m
- Departures: 110
- Balance: -658.30 Mill. £
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Barcelona
- Expenditures: £1.27bn
- Arrivals: 128
- Income: £675.71m
- Departures: 127
- Balance: -658.48 Mill. £
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Chelsea
- Expenditures: £1.22bn
- Arrivals: 348
- Income: £812.90m
- Departures: 342
- Balance: -446.88 Mill. £
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PSG
- Expenditures: £1.11bn
- Arrivals: 160
- Income: £366.75m
- Departures: 159
- Balance: -821.60 Mill. £
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Juventus
- Expenditures: £1.08bn
- Arrivals: 621
- Income: £699.85m
- Departures: 603
- Balance: -426.05 Mill. £
Juventus FC
Manchester United
- Expenditures: £1.04bn
- Arrivals: 220
- Income: £387.84m
- Departures: 228
- Balance: -721.35 Mill. £
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Liverpool
- Expenditures: £1.01bn
- Arrivals: 239
- Income: £714.10m
- Departures: 247
- Balance: -327.06 Mill. £
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Inter Milan
- Expenditures: £786.29m
- Arrivals: 561
- Income: £573.11m
- Departures: 567
- Balance: -236.87 Mill. £
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AC Milan
- Expenditures: £745.56m
- Arrivals: 461
- Income: £433.61m
- Departures: 459
- Balance: -346.61 Mill. £
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Atletico Madrid
- Expenditures: £740.30m
- Arrivals: 203
- Income: £678.02m
- Departures: 205
- Balance: -69.21 Mill. £
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AS Roma
- Expenditures: £691.01m
- Arrivals: 525
- Income: £662.02m
- Departures: 504
- Balance: -32.21 Mill. £
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Arsenal
- Expenditures: £664.87m
- Arrivals: 210
- Income: £397.48m
- Departures: 212
- Balance: -297.11 Mill. £
Tottenham
- Expenditures: £664.65m
- Arrivals: 282
- Income: £600.59m
- Departures: 293
- Balance: -71.18Mill. £
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Bayern Munich
- Expenditures: £660.60m
- Arrivals: 102
- Income: £305.46m
- Departures: 105
- Balance: -394.60 Mill. £
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AS Monaco
- Expenditures: £614.98m
- Arrivals: 322
- Income: £837.04m
- Departures: 305
- Balance: 246.74 Mill. £
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Napoli
- Expenditures: £593.14m
- Arrivals: 384
- Income: £393.74m
- Departures: 363
- Balance: -221.86 Mill. £
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Borussia Dortmund
- Expenditures: £561.92m
- Arrivals: 147
- Income: £584.70m
- Departures: 138
- Balance: 25.31 Mill. £
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Everton
- Expenditures: £529.82m
- Arrivals: 208
- Income: £331.85m
- Departures: 197
- Balance: -219.97 Mill. £
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Wolfsburg
- Expenditures: £507.06m
- Arrivals: 217
- Income: £343.53m
- Departures: 216
- Balance: -181.70 Mill. £
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