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Man United's 2022-2023 squad the most expensive ever in Europe: UEFA report

Man United’s 2022-2023 squad the costliest ever in Europe: UEFA report

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Manchester United’s squad for the 2022-23 season was the costliest ever assembled in Europe, in response to a report launched by governing physique UEFA.

The “European Membership Finance and Funding Panorama” report stated United spent simply over €1.42 billion ($1.52 billion) on the squad which performed that season, surpassing the earlier mark of €1.33 billion spent by Actual Madrid’s in 2020.

Erik ten Hag’s squad on the finish of the 2022-23 season included big-money transfers Antony, Harry Maguire, Jadon Sancho and Casemiro. United’s rivals Manchester Metropolis have been second for that season with a squad worth of €1.286 billion.

The report, launched on Wednesday, added that Actual Madrid (€841 million), Manchester Metropolis (€836 million), Barcelona (€815 million) and Paris St Germain (€807 million) had the very best revenues in 2022.

The Premier League had 9 groups within the top-20 incomes golf equipment, with a mean income of €323 million.

Spain’s LaLiga was second with revenues of €3.3 billion, with Germany’s Bundesliga (€3.2 billion), Italy’s Serie A (€2.4 billion) and France’s Ligue 1 (€2 billion) rounding out the highest 5.

“In 2022, the income of England’s 20 top-tier golf equipment was virtually as excessive because the mixed income of all 642 golf equipment within the backside 50 international locations,” the report stated.

English golf equipment additionally made up €764 million of the mixed €3.2 billion of pre-tax losses recorded by golf equipment in 2022.

UEFA stated the figures for pre-tax losses have been constructive “amid slowing wage inflation and renewed buoyancy within the switch market”.