Real Madrid and Paris St-Germain meet in the Champions League group stage, setting up for a match that emphasises the riches flowing through football.
Between them, the two clubs boast more than a dozen players who have commanded fees of £20m or more.
Even without the injured Gareth Bale, James Rodriguez, Karim Benzema and David Luiz – more than £200m worth of talent – we can expect one of the most expensive groups of 22 players to take to the field for a club match.
Here are the possible line-ups, and the amount they cost their current clubs (all figures from transfermarkt.co.uk):
Real Madrid:
Keyor Navas – £7m
Danilo – £22.05m
Sergio Ramos – £18.9m
Raphael Varane – £7m
Marcelo – £4.55m
Toni Kroos – £21m
Luka Modric – £21m
Mateo Kovacic – £20.3m
Isco – £21m
Jese – N/A (youth product)
Cristiano Ronaldo – £65.8m
Total – £208.6m
PSG
Salvatore Sirigu – £2.73m
Serge Aurier – £7m
Marquinhos – £21.98m
Thiago Silva – £29.4m
Maxwell – £2.45m
Thiago Motta – £8.05m
Javier Pastore – £29.4m
Lucas – £28m
Angel Di Maria – £44.1m
Edinson Cavani – £45.15m
Zlatan Ibrahimovic – £14.7m
Total – £232.96m
Overall cost of the two starting XIs – £441.56m
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