Long gone are the days of pre-season friendlies against sides you've never heard of. Now big teams use their summer programme to play against each other all around the world in the International Champions Cup and we love it. But who has the most expensive squad?
Seeing as it's only just over halfway through July we know there's rather a lot of transfers to still get through and values can go up and down, for example the value of Juventus' side might be about to drop by around £80 million and the price of Manchester United's squad might be about to rise by the same price. Sorry I meant Real Madrid...
The matches this summer will be played in Australia, China, Europe and the United States, with Chelsea vs Real Madrid, Leicester vs Barcelona and Manchester United vs Manchester City amongst the highlights.
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Based on figures from the website Transfermarkt, ticket sellers Ticketbis have put together a comparison of how much each team is worth currently. Celtic, Melbourne City and Leicester are the bottom three sides but the Premier League champions are surprisingly close to sleeping Italian giants AC Milan:
And here's a list of all the fixtures in full, there's some real Champions League finalesque encounters here:
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Topics: Football, International Champions Cup