Howdenthe global insurance brokerage group, just conducted a study of injuries that occurred last season in the five major leagues. This reflects that during the 2023/24 season, 4,123 injuries were recorded in the five main men’s European leagues: Italy, Germany, France, Spain and England. This represents an increase of 4% compared to the 2022-2023 season, while the total value of these damages reached 732.02 million euros. It also represents an increase of 5% in terms of cost compared to the previous season. The average number of injuries is around 43%.
Furthermore, in the last four seasons, clubs in the top five men’s European leagues have suffered a total of 14,292 injuries, which means a huge burden of 2.3 billion euros in costs that have come from them.
And then there is the particular scenario of LaLiga The Spanish 2023-2024 season recorded the biggest increase in injuries with a total of 862, 32% more than the previous season. This places it, according to this report, in the third most injury-prone competition among the major European men’s leagues. In the previous season it experienced a growth of 17% compared to the 2021-2022 season where they decreased up to 23% or in the 2020-2021 season that showed a reduction of 35%.
Girona, the team with the least injuries in Spain
In the case of Real Madrid, current Liga and Champions League champions, last season they had a total of 48 injuries. Among them are the very serious ones from Courtois, Militao or Alaba. The Austrian has not yet recovered. Surprisingly, they are 24 less than last season but they cost the white club 790,000 euros. The same report reflects that Girona is the team that recorded the least damage and cost only 2.87 million.
Atlético de Madrid and Sevilla recorded almost identical injury costs, 12.39 million and 12.27 million respectively. In the case of the red and white club, there were a total of 42 injuries, compared to the 72 suffered by the Sevillian club. The most affected last season.
In the case of Barcelona, injuries have increased by eight cases compared to the previous season (44 in the 2023-2024 season compared to 36 in the 2022-2023 season) but this represents an almost double increase in costs. From 14.44 million in the 2022-2023 season to 27.98 million last season and where Gavi had a very serious injury.
The Spanish ranking is led by Sevilla with 72 cases followed by 67 from Betis, 61 from Real Sociedad, 48 from Real Madrid or 44 from Barcelona.
Source: La Verdad
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