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Manchester United should be in the world’s top three but they aren’t top three in their own league. Barcelona have been a mess, but they still hold their allure.

Completely subjectively, here’s how we’ve ranked the world’s top 20 clubs on how attractive they currently are to potential new signings…

20) Sevilla

19) West Ham

18) RB Leipzig

17) Ajax

16) Newcastle

15) Roma

15) Inter Milan

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14) Atletico Madrid

13) Borussia Dortmund

12) Arsenal

11) Tottenham

10) AC Milan

9) Manchester United

 8) Chelsea

7) Juventus

Juve, like Barca, temporarily lost their minds while chucking insane salaries at the likes of Aaron Ramsey but the Old Lady can still pull them in. The Bianconeri are likely to pull off one of the most high-profile deals of the summer when they sign Paul Pogba for nothing – again – though that hints at few other appealing offers from elsewhere for the Frenchman. Serie A doesn’t have the sway of the 90s but if a top player fancies Italy, then Juve is generally the club they want most, with a top coach in charge and the expectation that they will prove last season – when they still finished in the Champions League places – to have been a blip.

6) PSG

5) Liverpool

4) Bayern Munich

3) Manchester City

2) Barcelona

1) Real Madrid