£778m: Manchester City squad is the most expensive ever

Pep Guardiola added £57m defender Aymeric Laporte to the City ranks in January

Aymeric Laporte Manchester City most expensive squad
French defender Aymeric Laporte is Manchester City’s record signing at £57m
(Image credit: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images)

Manchester City have assembled the most expensive squad in football history, according to the latest data released by the CIES Football Observatory.

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