You’d wager City’s squad is more than most country’s GDPs.
Manchester City are in the headlines again as they reportedly look to sign highly regarded Everton starlet Ross Barkley.
With the figure the Toffees are reportedly requesting to be as high as £45 million, just how would this affect the cost of City’s already incredibly expensive squad?
All figures taken from Transfermarkt.com
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We break down the cost of the entire City squad below and see just how much Barkley’s incredibly large transfer fee would impact the overall cost of their world class squad.
GOALKEEPERS:
Joe Hart: £792,000
Bought in 2006 from Shrewsbury Town for nothing short of an absolute bargain.
Willy Caballero: £7.04 million
City’s summer signing from Malaga but has hardly managed a game as he competes with Hart for a starting role.
Richard Wright: Free Transfer
It’s may come as a shock to everyone that Wright is still in the game with the former Arsenal keeper acting as City’s third choice.
ACCUMULATIVE TOTAL COST: £7.96m
DEFENDERS:
Bacary Sagna: Free Transfer
The French right back might hope he’s chosen to stay at the Gunners with his complete lack of game time.
Pablo Zabaleta: £7.66m
Since his move in 2008 has probably developed into the league’s best right back.
Gael Clichy: £6.82m
Clichy just one of a handful of former Arsenal stars in the City squad to make the move from North London – it’s certainly paid off with his two Premier League medals since his 2010 move.
Aleksandr Kolarov: £19.98m
One of City’s first real statements of intent with his multi-million pound deal from Serie A’s Lazio.
ACCUMULATIVE TOTAL COST: £42.42m
Martin Demichelis: £4.4m
Moved to Manchester at the same time as current boss Manuel Pellegrini from Spanish side Malaga.
Matija Nastasic: £13.38m
The youngster potential was reflected in his steep transfer fee at just 19 years old.
Vincent Kompany: £7.48m
Kompany is one of a dying breed at City of players there before Sheikh Mansour’s takeover but don’t let his relatively small fee fool you, he’s almost priceless.
Eliaquim Mangala £35.2m
Summer signing from Porto has hardly lived up to the billing and struggled to justify his incredibly high transfer cost.
ACCUMULATIVE TOTAL COST: £102.88m
MIDFIELD:
Fernando: £13.2m
Another of City’s summer signings but has probably fared the best of the big names brought into the Etihad this summer.
Fernandinho: £35.2m
A lynchpin in the City midfield but who struggled for form at the beginning of this season
Yaya Toure: £26.4m
Seems to be the beating heart of the side and the star they look to when the going gets tough.
Frank Lampard: Loan From New York City
Let go by Chelsea in the summer who will surely be ruing the error of their ways as he wins City points after points.
James Milner £19.36m
Labelled as an unexciting midfielder but would be a welcome addition to any side after making the utility role an art form.
Samir Nasri £24.20m
Struggled to adapt in his first season but a City favourite and star of the side.
David Silva £25.3m
Silva’s role is hard to pin down as he seems to do so much for the side and is vital to City’s lofty ambitions.
ACCUMULATIVE TOTAL COST: £246.54m
FORWARDS:
Jesus Navas: £17.6m
Hit and miss first season but crucial to City’s rapid style of play.
Scott Sinclair: £6.86m
The reasons behind his move to the Etihad are still a mystery to this day, will wish he had stayed at Swansea after several seasons on the bench.
Steven Jovetic: £22.88m
Injury prone maybe but he’s still scored some valuable goals in his time at the Etihad
Sergio Aguero: £39.6m
It can’t be understated just how much Sergio Aguero means to City’s ambitions to be one of the best clubs, if not the best, in the world.
In fact you might say his transfer fee is too low considering all his goals have done for City’s history!
Edin Dzeko: £32.56m
Another who hasn’t exactly set the world alight during his time in manchester but his run of scoring when City have needed a goal has made him a firm favourite of the Etihad faithful.
ACCUMULATIVE TOTAL COST: £365.96m +£45m Barkley = £410.96m
In total, City’s total squad should they sign Barkley would essentially have cost them £410.96m to put together, a truly gargantuan amount.
It’s still unclear if the move would ever come off but you can see how much potential the Everton midfielder is thought to have with the silly figures being touted as his potential transfer fee.