Ranked! The 10 Highest Spending Clubs in Football Since 2009

• Manchester City has spent over €1 bil to lead the list of the highest-spending football clubs since 2009
• The Citizens are one of five other Premier League teams to be listed in the top 10 highest spenders list
• Bayern Munich and Barcelona are some of the clubs that also made the list of football's big spenders

The clubs that have spent the most money in football since 2009 have been named, with Manchester City leading the pack after spending in excess of €1 billion over a 14-year period.

Since the arrival of the club’s new owners in 2008, Man City has spent a large sum in getting some of the best talents around the world, in a bid to build one of England’s most successful teams in the last decade.

However, the Citizens, who are the world's most valuable team according to Transfermrkt, are not the only Premier League club who have spent big within this time frame, with Man United and Chelsea having also spent over €1 bil each.

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Paris Saint-Germain, despite their Champions League heartbreaks, make the 'top five spenders in the world' list following the French club’s acquisition of megastars like Lionel Messi, Neymar Junior, and Kylian Mbappe.

Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Juventus, and West Ham also made the top 10 for their spending since 2009 while Real Madrid missed out on the list.

In that period, the La Liga champions reached the Champions League semi-finals 11 times, winning the competition five times from there.

10 highest-spending football clubs

Here are the top 10 clubs with the most money spent since 2009:

1. Manchester City (England) - €1.3bn
2. Manchester United (England) - €1.2bn
3. Chelsea (England) - €1.1bn
4. Paris Saint-Germain (France) - €1.08bn
5. Barcelona (Spain) - €783m
6. Arsenal (England) - €751m
7. Juventus (Italy) - €625m
8. West Ham (England) - €536m
9. Bayern Munich (Germany) - €521m
10. AC Milan (Italy) - €515m

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Real Madrid beat wasteful Chelsea

Earlier, Sports Brief reported on Real Madrid reaching the UCL semis with a 2-0 win against Chelsea on Tuesday, winning the tie by an emphatic 4-0 on aggregate trumph, effectively ending the struggling London club's season.

The home team, with Frank Lampard back in the manager's dugout for a second spell, came into the make-or-brake tie at Stamford Bridge with form against them.

Despite starting brightly with some enterprising play, Chelsea missed two chances in the first half that could have heaped pressure on the defending champions.