Is Real Madrid v PSG the most expensive club match in history?

Real Madrid and Paris Saint-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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