General view of a nook flag inside Manchester United’s Old Trafford
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Manchester United’s squad for the 2022-23 season was the most expensive ever assembled in Europe, in accordance with a report launched by governing physique UEFA.
The “European Club Finance and Investment Landscape” report mentioned 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 Real Madrid’s in 2020.
Erik ten Hag’s squad at the finish of the 2022-23 season included big-money transfers Antony, Harry Maguire, Jadon Sancho and Casemiro. United’s rivals Manchester City had been second for that season with a squad worth of €1.286 billion.
The report, launched on Wednesday, added that Real Madrid (€841 million), Manchester City (€836 million), Barcelona (€815 million) and Paris St Germain (€807 million) had the highest revenues in 2022.
The Premier League had 9 groups in the top-20 incomes golf equipment, with a median 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 high 5.
“In 2022, the revenue of England’s 20 top-tier clubs was almost as high as the combined revenue of all 642 clubs in the bottom 50 countries,” the report mentioned.
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 mentioned the figures for pre-tax losses had been optimistic “amid slowing wage inflation and renewed buoyancy in the transfer market”.
