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Bayern Munich's Starting XI Against Lyon Cost Just £90 Million

Bayern Munich's Starting XI Against Lyon Cost Just £90 Million

Bayern Munich have put together a formidable starting XI by spending very little in the transfer market compared to their European rivals.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Bayern Munich's starting XI against Lyon only cost £90 million - that's just £10 million more than what Manchester United paid for Harry Maguire.

Since the Champions League restart, Bayern have destroyed Chelsea, Barcelona and Lyon as they play Paris Saint-Germain in the final on Sunday.

And the two Champions League finalists operate in completely different ways.

In PSG, you have a money-backed giant who have splashed serious amounts of money to land Neymar (£198 million) and Kylian Mbappe (£131 million).

Image: PA
Image: PA

But the Germans are far more efficient in the transfer market having spent just a little over £90 million to assemble their starting XI against Lyon on Wednesday.

The Bundesliga champions paid the most for Manuel Neuer who cost £27 million back in 2011, while goal machine Robert Lewandowski didn't cost a penny.

They also made shrewd business choices in signing Canadian phenom Alphonso Davies for just £9 million not to mention the £7.5 million they paid to buy Serge Gnabry.

For more context, Barcelona forked out £120 million to sign Philippe Coutinho who scored against them in the quarter-finals. Ouch.

Bayern Munich's starting XI vs. Lyon:

Manuel Neuer (£27 million)

Alphonso Davies (£9 million)

David Alaba (£135,000)

Jerome Boateng (£12 million)

Joshua Kimmich (£7.65 million)

Leon Goretzka (Free)

Thiago (£22.5 million)

Ivan Perisic (Loan - £4.5 million)

Serge Gnabry (£7.5 million)

Thomas Muller (Academy)

Robert Lewandowski (Free)

Total - £90,135,000

It'll be the tale of two different tapes when Bayern face PSG for the coveted Champions League on Sunday.

Featured Image Credit: PA

Topics: Football News, Paris Saint-Germain, Football, Champions League, Bayern Munich

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Darren Till, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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