Spending more on defence than 52 countries

"Some clubs spend £300-£400m on two players. We spend it on six players," Guardiola justified the huge spend at a press conference for Aymeric Laporte's unveiling.

The £57million paid for the Athletic Bilbao centre-back brings City's total spending on their defence up to £225million. As reported by 'inews.co.uk', that is more than what 52 countries dedicated to their annual defence budget in 2016, the last year of data avilable.

The signings of Benjamin Mendy for £52m, Kyle Walker for £54m, Danilo for £27m and goalkeeper Ederson for £35m, added to the £57m paid for Aymeric Laporte, put the Premier League leaders ahead of 52 countries in terms of spending in defence. Guardiola is determined to revamp and tighten his back line and will spare no expense in doing so. Here are the nations City have outspent in defence:

Manchester City – £225m

Guatemala – £191m

Chad – £188.4m

Senegal – £179m

Trinidad & Tobago – £166.4m

El Salvador – £163.9m

Kyrgyzstan – £145.5m

Gabon – £142.9m

Afghanistan – £122.3m

Niger – £117.1m

Bosnia-Herzegovina – £115.9m

Guinea – £114m

Ghana – £114m

Burkina Faso – £105.3m

Albania – £103.3m

South Sudan – £96.9m

Mauritania – £95.9m

Jamaica – £83.4m

Cuba – £83.4m

Mozambique – £79m

Macedonia, FYR – £74.7m

Mongolia – £71.8m

Rwanda – £71.2m

Benin – £69.1m

Tajikistan – £67.5m

Togo – £57.8m

Papua New Guinea – £57.7m 

Nicaragua – £51.2m

Swaziland – £47.4m

Montenegro – £47.3m

Burundi – £46.9m

Madagascar – £41.8m

Malta – £40.5m

Kosovo – £36.5m

Central African Rep. – £36.4m

Guyana – £34.5m

Fiji – £31.9m

Lesotho – £28.7m

Djibouti –£25.6m

Malawi – £23.7m

Moldova – £21m

Sierra Leone – £18.8m

Timor Leste – £18.5m

Mauritius – £16.2m

Laos – £16m

Belize – £14.5m

Seychelles – £13m

Equatorial Guinea – £12.8m

Iceland – £12.2m

Guinea-Bissau – £12m

Gambia – £10.1m

Liberia – £8.7m

Cape Verde – £7.2m