According to one list prepared by CIESprestigious football observer, the Barcelona is, among the great European clubs, the tenth in a relationship built on gap between the price paid for signing players and their true market value over the past 10 years.
He is ready excludedas defined by CIES itself, the payment made in the concept of termination clause of contracts, so, for example, the expenditure made by PSG in these 10 years does not include the 222 paid to Barça for Neymar, since this amount corresponds to the termination clause agreed in the Brazilian’s contract. The amounts paid by Purchase option of a footballer, which was fixed once he arrived on loan at the club that would end up taking him.
These are 10 ‘greats’ of Europe ordered the difference between what they paid and what they should have paid for transfers made since 2012.
1
Manchester United, +238
The English team allocated 1,594 million euros in signings over the last ten years for players whose total market value was 1,356, which means they paid 238 million more.
two
Juventus, +234
The Turin team occupies second place in the ranking, with a balance of 234 million euros paid above the market price of their signings: they paid 1,031 ‘kilos’ for players worth 797.
3
PSG, +162
The Parisian team, one of the least financially troubled on the planet of football, paid 1,010 million euros for footballers whose value reached ‘only’ 848. The signing of Neymar (22 million) is not counted in this calculation because the club paid your termination clause.
4
Real Madrid, +148
Since 2012, the club led by Florentino Pérez has paid a total of 833 million for footballers whose value reached 685, 148 less than what Real Madrid allocated for their purchase.
5
Chelsea, +135
The ‘blue’ team, hand in hand for most of this decade with Roman Abramovich, allocated 1,334 million in player signings with a global market value of 1,199, 135 less than the holders of season ticket.
6
Arsenal, +129
The 980 million euros the Gunners have paid for signings over the last ten years is almost 130 million more than their market value, which is 851 kilos.
7
Liverpool, +56
At Anfield they spent more than 1,000 ‘kilos’ on transfers, specifically 1,004, whose market value was 948, with a gap against the club of 56 million euros.
8
Bayern, +56
With an expenditure of 484 million euros in transfers, the difference between the investment and the real market cost is +52: the ‘fair price’ is 432.
9
Man City, +23
The ‘citizen’ team has allocated 1,180 million of its coffers to strengthen the team in the last 10 years for players whose market value is 1,157, 23 less than what the English team paid for them.
10
Barcelona, -47
The Blaugrana team closes the list of the top 10 ‘greats’ in this relationship. Since 2012 he has paid 1,465 million euros to sign players whose market value is higher: 1,512, 47 more than those paid by the culé team.
Source: La Verdad
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