Tottenham v Manchester United is the most valuable Europa League final ever

The most highly anticipated European clashes in recent memory sees Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur lock horns in Wednesday night's UEFA Europa League final.

Much has been made about the performances of both clubs in the Premier League this season but victory in Bilbao will bring with it UEFA Champions League football for 2025/26.

Tottenham sit 17th in the Premier League table with United not fairing much better as they sit just one place and one point above them in 16th.

This represents a huge under performance for both sides such is the quality and spending power at their disposal.

According to transfermarkt.co.uk, Tottenham actually have the ninth-most valuable squad in Europe with an accumulative market value of £706.9m.

United also sneak into the top-10 with their squad being valued at £591.1m.

When the two are combined, this makes Wednesday's Europa League final the most valuable in history.

Most valuable UEFA Europa League finals

*Figures according to Transfermarkt.co.uk

The figures ahead of Wednesday's final are staggering and just edge out the last all-English Europa League final between Chelsea and Arsenal.

Olivier Giroud, Pedro and an Eden Hazard brace helped Chelsea to a comfortable 4-1 win with Alex Iwobi netting a consolation for the Gunners.

Hazard - who played his final game for Chelsea in that final - was the most valuable player on display that night with a market value of £126m.

Manchester United feature three times on the list.

They lost out on penalties to Villarreal in 2021 but lifted the UEFA Europa League trophy under Jose Mourinho when they defeated Ajax 2-0 in 2017.

Ajax fielded four future United players that night with Andre Onana and Matthijs De Ligt involved from the start, while Frenkie De Jong and Donny van de Beek came off the bench.

William Dobbie

• Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
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