MONEY talks on the pitch in the Premier League.
To compete for titles every season, teams spend billions on the best players from around the world.
And now the most valuable clashes in the league’s history have been revealed.
The two starting XI’s as Liverpool took on Man City in the 2019-20 campaign worth a staggering £1.3bn combined.
Jurgen Klopp’s men won the mega-money clash 3-1 at Anfield, with the goals coming from Fabinho, Mo Salah, Sadio Mane and Bernardo Silva.
Liverpool’s team that day are valued at an incredible £707m.
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The biggest fees came via Virgil van Dijk, who they purchased from Southampton in 2017 for £80m and goalkeeper Alisson, signed from Roma a year later for £67m.
Luckily, Trent Alexander-Arnold cost them nothing as he came through the Reds’ academy and Andy Robertson also cost a relatively cheap £8m from Hull six years ago.
Both are now up their with the best in their positions.
Man City’s side was worth £604m with the largest amounts coming from the £55m they spent on Kevin De Bruyne and the £63m for Rodri.
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Pep Guardiola could have made his starting XI even more pricey but decided to leave £120m duo Joao Cancelo and Riyad Mahrez on the bench.
Matches featuring Man City and Liverpool dominate the top ten, while Manchester United don’t appear on the list at all, despite spending close to £400m on players in the past two years.
Tottenham feature regularly with £63m man Tanguy Ndombele and £42m signing Davinson Sanchez bumping up the cost of Spurs’ XI.
Harry Kane came through the club’s academy but left for Bayern Munich for £104m showing his value.
Since Chelsea were purchased by Todd Boehly, the club has spent over £1billion on transfers and it is therefore no surprise to see the Blues make the rich list.
Their thrilling 4-4 draw against City earlier this season makes the cut with a combined £1.15bn value of players in the starting XI’s that day.
Also coming from this campaign, the 1-1 draw between the current champions and Liverpool completes the top ten.
The players on show last month were worth a combined £1.14bn.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
