Manchester City, Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester United all make it into the top five most valuable squads in Europe

MANCHESTER CITY, Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester United boast four of the top five most valuable squads in Europe.

According to data from the CIES Football Observatory, just ONE squad from outside of the Premier League even crack the top five.

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Barcelona come in third in the list, with Pep Guardiola’s City top and Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs second.

Both City and Spurs are worth a over £1BILLION – with stars like Kevin De Bruyne and Harry Kane boosting each club’s respective total.

Barcelona are the only other club to crack the billion pound-barrier.

Chelsea come in fourth on £920million – with Eden Hazard dubbed the most valuable individual Blues player – and United in fifth on £812m.

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Incredibly, Liverpool rank seventh, despite their inconsistent form this season – worth a combined £796m, just behind Real Madrid (£798m).

Meanwhile, seven teams in total break into the CIES Football Observatories top 20, with Arsenal in 12th (£589m) and Leicester in 19th (£369m).

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European giants Paris Saint-Germain (£764m), Atletico Madrid (£707m) and Juventus (£657m) complete the top ten for most valuable squads in Europe’s Big Five leagues.

Elsewhere for the Premier League clubs, Everton and Southampton narrowly miss out on the top 20, coming in 21st and 22nd in Europe respective.

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Currently manager-less West Ham rank 27th, with Bournemouth a somewhat surprising entry at 34th.

Newcastle come in 38th, while Premier League basement boys Crystal Palace sit 41st, ahead of Watford, Swansea and Burnley, in 42nd, 43rd and 44th respectively.

Stoke (47th) and Brighton (48th) are the only two other clubs to break into the top 50 most valuable squads.

The final two Premier League clubs – West Brom and Huddersfield – come in at a respectable 53rd and 56th.

The numbers make for incredible reading for Premier League fans – as all 20 clubs make the top 56, taking into consideration all clubs across the Big Five leagues… or 98 teams.

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