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21st Oct 2015

Is Real Madrid v PSG the most expensive club match in history?

The riches on display are just staggering...

Tom Victor

Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain meet in the Champions League group stage, setting up for a match that emphasises the riches flowing through football.

Between them, the two clubs boast more than a dozen players who have commanded fees of £20m or more.

Even without the injured Gareth Bale, James Rodriguez, Karim Benzema and David Luiz – more than £200m worth of talent – we can expect one of the most expensive groups of 22 players to take to the field for a club match.

Here are the possible line-ups, and the amount they cost their current clubs (all figures from transfermarkt.co.uk):

Real Madrid:

Keyor Navas – £7m

Danilo – £22.05m

Sergio Ramos – £18.9m

Raphael Varane – £7m

Marcelo – £4.55m

Toni Kroos – £21m

Luka Modric – £21m

Mateo Kovacic – £20.3m

Isco – £21m

Jese – N/A (youth product)

Cristiano Ronaldo – £65.8m

Total – £208.6m

PSG

Salvatore Sirigu – £2.73m

Serge Aurier – £7m

Marquinhos – £21.98m

Thiago Silva – £29.4m

Maxwell – £2.45m

Thiago Motta – £8.05m

Javier Pastore – £29.4m

Lucas – £28m

Angel Di Maria – £44.1m

Edinson Cavani – £45.15m

Zlatan Ibrahimovic – £14.7m

Total – £232.96m

Overall cost of the two starting XIs – £441.56m