With the football season about to kick off once again, new research has revealed that Manchester United have clinched Premier League based on the number of average-priced properties you could buy for the equivalent cost of signing the team’s most expensive player this season
According to HouseSimple.com, you could buy 537 average-priced properties in Manchester for the value of Paul Pogba, the world’s most expensive player.
Manchester United bought Pogba from Italian team Juventus for a world record fee of £89 million. With the average house price in Manchester standing at £165,686, that could buy you a staggering 537 homes in the city.
HouseSimple.com compared the average house prices for the 20 Premier League teams with the price of their most expensive player. It is based on the number of average-priced properties you could buy for that player.
Although Leicester surprised everyone by lifting the Premier League title last year, they only secured eighth position in our table.
With Ahmed Musa their most expensive player at £16 million and the average property price £194,196, you could buy 82 average-priced houses in the city.
Things aren’t so good for buyers in London, where the price of property is way above the national average.
Arsenal finished mid-table after signing Granit Xhaka for £33,800,000, an amount which means you could only buy 45 homes with the average house price £754,871.
Hull finished rock bottom because they’ve only signed one player, teenage goalkeeper Will Mannion from AFC Wimbledon for an undisclosed fee.
Alex Gosling, CEO of HouseSimple.com, said: “It shows just how crazy football transfer fees have become when you could buy several housing estates in Manchester for the price of United’s latest signing. We will wait to see whether Paul Pogba can perform as well as house prices have done over the past 15 years.”
The 20 Premier League teams ranked in order of the number of average-priced properties you could buy for the price of the team’s most expensive player
| Team | Average house price (£) | Most expensive player | Value of player
(£) |
Number of properties |
| Manchester United | £165,686 | Paul Pogba | £89,000,000 | 537 |
| Manchester City | £165,686 | John Stones | £47,500,000 | 287 |
| Liverpool | £152,360 | Sadio Mané | £34,000,000 | 223 |
| Stoke City | £137,062 | Joe Allen | £13,500,000 | 99 |
| Swansea City | £162,332 | Borja Baston | £15,000,000 | 92 |
| Middlesbrough | £138,853 | Marten de Roon | £12,800,000 | 92 |
| Leicester City | £194,196 | Ahmed Musa | £16,000,000 | 82 |
| Everton | £152,360 | Ashley Williams | £12,000,000 | 79 |
| West Ham United | £343,202 | Andre Ayew | £20,500,000 | 60 |
| AFC Bournemouth | £257,561 | Jordan Ibe | £15,300,000 | 59 |
| Sunderland | £140,935 | Papy Djilobodji | £8,100,000 | 57 |
| Southampton | £247,291 | Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg | £12,800,000 | 52 |
| Arsenal | £754,871 | Granit Xhaka | £33,800,000 | 45 |
| West Bromwich Albion | £130,776 | Matt Phillips | £5,500,000 | 42.06 |
| Crystal Palace | £369,588 | Andros Townsend | £13,000,000 | 35 |
| Chelsea | £995,972 | Michy Batshuayi | £33,200,000 | 33 |
| Watford | £381,810 | Isaac Success | £12,500,000 | 33 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | £633,121 | Vincent Janssen | £17,000,000 | 27 |
| Burnley | £114,518 | Johann Berg Gudmundsson | £2,600,000 | 28 |
| Hull | £122,478 | Will Mannion | Undisclosed | N/A |
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