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title: "Crystal Palace’s squad the 23rd most costly in the world"
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author: "Michael Oliver"
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published: "2016-10-03T14:51:07Z"
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# Crystal Palace’s squad the 23rd most costly in the world

The Football Observatory have [compiled a list of the most expensive squads in the world](https://www.football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2016/159/fr/), and Crystal Palace rank surprisingly highly.

They note that the current [Manchester United](https://readmanutd.com/) squad was purchased for a mammoth €719m, making it the most expensive squad ever assembled in the history of football – largely boosted by the world-record €110m transfer of Paul Pogba from Juventus in the summer.

While Pogba is worth more than two-thirds of Crystal Palace’s entire squad, Alan Pardew’s group of players is the 23rd most expensive squad in the world – ahead of the likes of [Bayer Leverkusen](https://readbundesliga.com/) and [Schalke](https://readbundesliga.com/), as well as [Premier League](https://readpl.com/) champions [Leicester City](https://readleicester.com/) and Europa League holders [Sevilla](https://readlaliga.com/).

![Mark Runnacles/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readcrystalpalace.com/readcrystalpalace/sites/17/2016/10/601784582.jpg)

The Football Observatory state that Crystal Palace have spent €151m putting their squad together which is the tenth-most of any [Premier League](https://readpl.com/) side.

That fee would’ve largely been inflated by Palace’s £30m summer swoop for club-record signing Christian Benteke from Liverpool who’s hit the ground running after his move, scoring in three of his last four Premier League appearances.