From Paul Pogba to Leroy Sane, there was an estimated 313 million pounds spent by the two clubs this summer. It's an expensive habit that's spiraling upward.
Manchester City and Manchester United spent more money on transfer fees in the past three months than any other football clubs in the world.
It's a new peak in a pattern of phenomenal spending in Manchester that stretches back to 2008, when the blue half of the city suddenly had more money to spend than anyone else in the Premier League.
This summer, Pep Guardiola splashed a club record 170 million pounds ($227M) on the likes of John Stones, Leroy Sane, Claudio Bravo, Gabriel Jesus and Nolito as he aims for his seventh league title in nine years.