Which clubs have the most profits and losses in the transfer market over the past 10 years?
During the past 10 years, which team has made the most profit thanks to player purchases? Which team lost the most in the transfer market? These statistics may surprise many people.
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According to statistics from CIES Football Observatory, Lille is the team with the most profit in buying and selling players in the past 10 seasons. The French team spent a total of 241 million euros on rookie purchases but brought in 627 million euros from selling players not trained by their youth academy.
Ajax also profits greatly from transfer deals. During the period 2014-2023, the Dutch football giant earned 630 million euros by selling players, while only spending 313 million euros, a profit of 317 million euros. Selling Antony to MU for 95 million euros (while buying from Sao Paulo for 15 million euros), selling Frenkie De Jong to Barca for 86 million euros (free transfer from Sao Paulo) and selling Lisandro Martinez to MU for for 57 million euros (recruited for 7 million euros from Defensa y Justicia), among the club's best returns.
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| Ajax made a lot of money from Antony |
Meanwhile, on the contrary, Barca is the team with the largest deficit in the technology market in the period 2014-2023, with losses of up to 631 million euros. In fact, they have spent up to 1.24 billion euros on player purchases in the past 10 years.
The most typical cases are the recruitment of Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool for a high price of 135 million euros but selling it for only 20 million euros to Aston Villa in July 2022. Ousmane Dembele from Dortmund also bought it for 135 million euros and then sold it. to PSG for 50 million euros or Antoine Griezman recruited from Atletico for 120 million euros, but decided to sell it to Colchoneros for only 1/6 of the price (20 million euros)!
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| Coutinho is Barca's most terrible loss in the transfer market |
The Catalan team is standing above Chelsea with a loss of 483 million euros. The two clubs spent 1.24 billion euros and 1.21 billion euros respectively on player purchases between 2014 and 2023. For the Blues, the transfers of Jorginho (bought for 57 million euros Napoli then sold for 11.3 million euros to Arsenal, Christian Pulisic (64 million euros from Dortmund, 20 million euros to Milan) and Antonio Rudiger (35 million euros from Roma, free transfer to Real Madrid) were among the three. The club's biggest loss to date.
Man City is famous for being a team that has spent a lot on the technology market in the past 10 years, specifically 769 million euros in the period 2014-2023, but only lost a mere 59 million euros, thanks to revenue of up to 710 million euros. Therefore, The Citizens is outside the Top 10.
With Lille and Monaco in the Top 10 most profitable teams, France ranks first in the top 5 leagues in the rankings of clubs with the best transfer revenue in the past 10 seasons. In addition, they also have many other representatives in the Top 20 such as Rennes, Montpellier, Strasbourg, Metz, Nice and Lyon. PSG alone lost 410 million, while Marseille lost 74 million.
Top 9 most profitable clubs in the transfer market in the past 10 years | |||
No | Club | Spending (million euros) | Revenue (million euros) |
1 | Lille | 241 | 627 |
2 | Ajax | 313 | 630 |
3 | Salzburg | 84 | 317 |
4 | Monaco | 588 | 806 |
5 | Leipzig | 329 | 545 |
6 | Sasuolo | 227 | 435 |
7 | Atalanta | 293 | 493 |
8 | Benfica | 340 | 540 |
9 | Frankfurt | 154 | 336 |
| Top 9 clubs with the most losses in the transfer market in the past 10 years | |||
| No | Club | Spending (million euros) | Revenue (million euros) |
| 1 | Barca | 1244 | 613 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 1213 | 730 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 584 | 148 |
| 4 | PSG | 825 | 415 |
| 5 | MU | 726 | 398 |
| 6 | AC Milan | 625 | 327 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 366 | 110 |
| 8 | Everton | 657 | 406 |
| 9 | Liverpool | 561 | 312 |
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