CHELSEA’S clash against Manchester City made history after becoming the first £1BILLION match.
The Blues were beaten 2-0 by the reigning Premier League champions at Stamford Bridge to start their season with a loss.
Moises Caicedo was one of two players bought for over £100millionGetty
Enzo Fernandez was bought for £106mRex
GettyJosko Gvardiol was Manchester City’s most expensive player to start[/caption]
Ruben Dias cost the Citizens £64.5mGetty
The two starting XIs named by managers Enzo Maresca and Pep Guardiola had a combined value of £999,700,000 in terms of fees paid for the players.
Chelsea‘s first team made up £561.3million of that overall figure.
The Blues’ side boasted two players who were bought for at least £100m.
Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez were two parts of a three-man midfield worth £259m.
While Man City’s starting line-up was worth £483.4m, with defender Josko Gvardiol the most expensive player at £77m.
Two players started the game, which cost neither of the clubs a penny in transfer fees.
Levi Colwill and Rico Lewis came through the Chelsea and City academies before turning pro.
The billion-pound mark was then broken in the 58th minute as £51m substitute Pedro Neto replaced the £58m Christopher Nkunku.
The total amount spent on players to make an appearance was boosted even further after Marc Guiu, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Renato Viera came on for the Blues.
Phil Foden came on for City but he was an academy product too.
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The two sides’ benches were also worth a staggering amount of money.
Maresca had £250.25m worth of talent at his disposal, including Tosin Adarabioyo, who signed on a free transfer in the summer.
EPALevi Colwill (L) and Rico Lewis (R) were the only two academy players to start the game[/caption]
City’s bench included £100m Jack Grealish and £53m Matheus Nunes.
In total, Guardiola’s bench was worth £290.5m.
However, that does not include the values of academy products Nico O’Reilly, James McAtee and Foden, who would now be worth a fortune combined largely thanks to the England forward’s estimated price tag.
Chelsea’s squad could have been worth even more as it did not include the likes of Raheem Sterling or Romelu Lukaku.
Sterling joined the club from City in a £47m deal, while the striker arrived for an eye-watering fee of £97.5m back in 2021.
Chelsea’s entire matchday squad did not include a single player who helped the club win the Champions League in 2021.
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Raheem Sterling – £50m
Kalidou Koulibaly £33m
Gabriel Slonina – £8m
Carney Chukweumeka – £20m
Marc Cucurella – £57.5m
Cesare Casadei – £13.3m
Wesley Fofana – £70m
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – £10.3m
Denis Zakaria – £2.7m (Loan fee)
David Datro Fofana – £10.6m
Benoit Badiashile – £33.7m
Andrey Santos – £11.1m
Joao Felix – £9.7m (Loan fee)
Mykhailo Mudryk – £62m
Noni Madueke – £30m
Malo Gusto – £26.75m
Enzo Fernandez – £107.8m
Christopher Nkunku – £52m
Diego Moreira – FREE
Nicolas Jackson – £31.5m
Angelo Gabriel – £13m
Lesley Ugochukwu – £23.3m
Axel Disasi – £38.9m
Robert Sanchez – £20m
Moises Caicedo – £100m
Romeo Lavia – £53.2m
Deivid Washington – £13.7m
Cole Palmer – £40.1m
Djordje Petrovic – £13.6m
Tosin Adarabioyo – FREE
Marc Guiu – £5.1m
Caleb Wiley – £8.63m
Renato Veiga – £12m
Aarón Anselmino – £14m
Omari Kellyman – £19.2m
Filip Jorgensen – £21m
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall – £30.2m
Pedro Neto – £51m
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