UEFA reveal Man United's £1.2bn squad is the most expensive EVER assembled

A UEFA report has revealed that Manchester United had the most expensive squad ever assembled at the end of the 2023 financial year.

The report looked at the figures from top-tier clubs across Europe and found the Red Devils' players cost a staggering £1.21bn in transfer fees in total.

These numbers included the £80m they spent on defender Harry Maguire in 2019, £73m they splashed out on Jadon Sancho two years later and £60m they paid for Casemiro in 2022.

Maguire has recently regained his place in United's starting XI, but Sancho is now on loan at Borussia Dortmund after falling out with Erik ten Hag and Casemiro has battled with injuries this term and turns 32 later this month.

The transfers made last summer were not part of UEFA's data collection.

The Red Devils also spent big ahead of this season, bringing in Rasmus Hojlund, Mason Mount and Andre Onana for combined fees in excess of £175m.

Hojlund has started to repay the faith the club have shown in him, scoring five goals in his last five outings, but Mount has spent most of the season on the treatment table after multiple injury setbacks, while Onana has endured an indifferent start after making a number of errors in United's disastrous Champions League campaign.

Despite having the most-expensively assembled squad in the world, United still only finished third in the Premier League last term, 14 points behind champions Manchester City.

This season has gone even worse for them, as they currently sit sixth in the table, and are in real danger of missing out on Champions League football.

Three other clubs - City, Chelsea and Real Madrid - also had squads that cost over €1bn at the end of the most recent financial year.

City take second place on the list with their squad