SIX Premier League clubs have made the list of the top ten most expensive squads in world football.
The 'Big Six' boast a combined value of a whopping £4.1BILLION after a summer of splashing the cash.
Premier League clubs broke the net spending £1bn barrier for the first time in the recent transfer window.
The total amount spent by top-flight teams was a staggering £1.92bn and 34 per cent more than the previous record of £1.4bn, set in the summer of 2017.
With the 20 top flight clubs recouping £850million in sales, it meant a net spend of £1.07bn, the first time the billion pound mark has been crossed, dwarfing the £665m net spend of 2017.
Therefore it is unsurprising that the English sides dominate the top ten expensive squad list – which includes potential add-ons – in data collected by the CIES Football Observatory.
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German giants Bayern Munich fail to be included in the top ten, while there are no clubs from Italy.
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Champions Manchester City sit top of the pile having forked out an incredible £917m on their current star-studded squad.
High-profile summer signings include goal machine Erling Haaland (£51m), England international Kalvin Phillips (£45m), left-back Sergio Gomez (£11m) and centre-half Manuel Akanji (£15m).
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Manchester United follow in second spot with their squad worth £863m having signed Antony (£85.5m), Casemiro (£70m), Lisandro Martinez (£55m) and Tyrell Malacia (£13m).
Coming in third is Chelsea, (£759m) who were the summer's biggest spenders having contributed £255.3m – 13 per cent of the Premier League’s total spend.
They brought in the likes of Wesley Fofana (£70m), Marc Cucurella (£62m) Raheem Sterling (£50m), Kalidou Koulibaly (£34m) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£10.3m).
Paris Saint-Germain are the first non-English side next up in fourth, with their team coming in at £730m after the likes of Vitinha, Nuno Mendes, Renato Sanches and Fabian Ruiz were brought in.
Liverpool (£669m) then complete the top five after Darwin Nunez, Fabio Carvalho and Calvin Ramsay were snapped up.
Champions League holders Real Madrid (£621m) are in sixth with midfielder Aurelien Tchoumaeni their only cash signing in the summer.
A fantastic transfer sees Barcelona (£539m) in seventh after they signed the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Jules Kounde.
Arsenal (£460m) are in eighth after Gabriel Jesus, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Fabio Vieira, Matt Turner and Marquinhos joined the Emirates' outfit.
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Their North London rivals Tottenham (£447m) are ninth having signed Richarlison, Yves Bissouma, Cristian Romero, Djed Spence and Destiny Udogie in cash deals.
Spanish side Atletico Madrid then complete the list with a squad value of £432m.
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