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What is the most expensive combined substitution in football history?

Rodri, Rayan Cherki and Erling Haaland come on for Manchester City
Newcastle were 5-1 down on aggregate when Pep Guardiola sent these three on in the Carabao Cup. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA

“In their Champions League match against PSV Eindhoven, Bayern Munich made four substitutions in the 62nd minute,” writes Stephan Wijnen. “The four players entering the pitch together had a combined estimated value of €265m (Harry Kane, Michael Olise, Serge Gnabry and Alphonso Davies). Is this the most expensive combined substitution ever?”

Before we go any further – a player’s estimated value is not an objective measure, but using transfer fees doesn’t necessarily work, with some players moving for no fee (Kylian Mbappé, for example). Like Stephan in his question, we are going to use Transfermarkt’s valuations in a bid for consistency, and will focus on the value of players coming on.

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