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Six Soccer Clubs Are Now Valued At Over €1 Billion

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Source: Statista

New data released by the CIES Football Observatory shows that the era of the billion euro soccer club has well and truly arrived. Last year, Manchester City became the first soccer team to assemble a squad with a value of €1 billion or higher. Uefa subsequently banned City from the Champions League and fined the club €30 million for “serious breaches” of its Financial Fair Play regulations.

City have now been displaced at the top of the squad value table by Liverpool who have an aggregated transfer value of €1.4 billion. That’s primarily due to the soaring value of emerging talents like Trent Alexander Arnold while Virgil Van Dijk’s value has continued to rise, despite the Dutchman’s colossal transfer fee. FC Barcelona, Read Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester United are the other clubs boasting squads valued at €1 billion or more.

Football Club Value Infographic

Qatar World Cup: 34 Stadium Workers Have Died Since 2015

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World Cup organizers in Qatar have admitted that nine workers employed on construction projects for the tournament died last year. “The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy” said that the workers died in incidents that were “non-work related”, which is a term used to describe fatalities that occur away from the worksite, primarily due to sudden cardiac or respiratory failure.

34 workers have died during stadium construction in the country since 2015 with 31 of those deaths classified as being “non-work related”. The latest figures were released in the Supreme Committee’s annual report about worker welfare. The organization said that it investigates each death to identify contributory factors and introduce preventative measures.

World Cup Infographic