Palmeiras, Flamengo and Botafogo among world’s 100 most valuable squads | OneFootball

The Football Observatory (CIES) released on Wednesday a survey with the 100 most expensive squads in the world at present. Palmeiras, Flamengo, and Botafogo are the only Brazilian clubs that appear in the ranking.

The survey takes into account the transfer fees spent by the clubs to strengthen their respective squads. Chelsea, from England, spent the most (1.314 billion euros), followed by Manchester City (1.128 billion) and Manchester United (1.071 billion), also from England, which are responsible for the top seven positions.

Flamengo is the best-ranked Brazilian in the list, occupying the 54th position with 192 million euros (R$ 1.2 billion at the current rate). Palmeiras is in the 63rd position, with approximately R$ 1.1 billion, while Botafogo appears in 73rd, with R$ 766 million.

The Rubro-Negro invested heavily in the last transfer window to strengthen the squad. The club brought in forward Samuel Lino, midfielder Saúl, right-back Emerson Royal, and midfielder Carrascal, in addition to midfielder Jorginho, who arrived before the Club World Cup.

Verdão also opened the coffers and made five signings in the last window, with midfielder Andreas Pereira being the main one. The club also signed full-backs Khellven and Jefté, goalkeeper Carlos Miguel, and forward Ramón Sosa.

Glorioso was the most reinforced, with six signings in the last window, plus five before the World Cup. Montoro, Kaio Pantaleão, Christian Loor, Arthur Cabral, Joaquín Correa, Wendel, Carlos Eduardo, Jordan Barrera, Danilo, Neto, Chris Ramos, and Gabriel Bahia joined the club.

Al-Hilal, from Saudi Arabia, is the highest-ranked non-European club. The Saudi team appears in the 19th position, with 451 million euros.

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