The spanish acquired between years 2012 and 2022, a thirteen players for worth 76 million of euros when your market value actual period of 97. This means that the blue and white team took control of these players for 21 million euros less than its market price.
This is ensured by CIES football observatory, which published a balance sheet of acquisitions by clubs of the five major leagues over the past ten years. This study, as detailed by CIES itself, excluded the amounts paid as termination clause or those who agreed on the time as Purchase option in the agreement for the transfer of a player.
According to these conclusions, the Spanish bought a 22% below market price of these 13 players acquired during this period. A fact that does not necessarily go along with sports performance offered a posteriori these incorporations, which in many cases were less than expected.
20 of these 76 million transfers were taken by Benfica for the purchase of Thomas Raul in January 2020. It was the most important operation in the club’s history and in this case, despite its strange ending, it must be concluded that in sports, performance depends on the cost incurred.
Source: La Verdad
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