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A competent transfer policy is one of the most important components of the success of a football team.
Some clubs know how to educate young people, then selling the revealed talents for a lot of money, while others, on the contrary, buy up young talents and then resell them after a season or two.
Today we will look at 10 clubs that have earned the most from selling players in the XNUMXst century.
10 “Atletico Madrid” — 875 650 000
More recently, this Spanish club was a maximum middle peasant, often finding itself at the bottom of the LaLiga standings, and could only dream of successful performances in the Champions League.
It was possible to reach a new level, not least thanks to transfers, which brought significant profits to the club.
They are best at selling strikers: Fernando Torres left for 38 million, Sergio Aguero for 40 million, Falcao cost Monaco 43 million, and there were Diego Costa and Jackson Martinez.
However, it was not the striker that became the most expensive, but the defender: Luke Hernandez, bought by Bayern for 80 million euros, became the most expensive defender in history. Especially pleasant for the “mattress” is the fact that Hernandez is their own pupil.
9. “Roma” — 877 520 000
Roma earned quite a bit more, which since the arrival of American investors has been considered a springboard for young football players.
As soon as someone demonstrates a talented game, he is immediately sold. Alison, Benatia, Salah, Pjanic, Nainggolan are just some of the high-priced sales over the past few years.
Investors who bought the club with huge debts are trying to earn as much as possible, but this greatly annoys the fans.
Roma still do not have their own stadium, and the last trophy was won 11 years ago.
8. “Barcelona” — 908 740 000
Most often, the Catalan club acts as a generous buyer (Ousmane Dembele, Coutinho, Luis Suarez, etc.), but Barca also knows how to profitably sell its players.
The scandalous transfer of Neymar to PSG alone brought them 222 million euros, and there were other sales.
Most often, the club sells young players who have not even had time to make their debut in the adult team, but have already managed to prove themselves in the second squad or on loan.
7. “Chelsea” — 918 940 000
Roman Abramovich’s club earned 8 million more, although its transfer policy, to put it mildly, is strange, if we consider recent years.
Often they buy players who are on loan after a season or sit on the bench.
In terms of sales, Diego Costa’s move to Atlético Madrid for €66m is the record so far, followed by Oscar’s move to China, which netted the Blues €60m.
6. “Inter” — 924 930 000
Over the past two decades, the Milan club has sold 346 players, which is a record figure among all the teams on this list.
Every season, Inter leaves an average of 17 people, mostly young people. The club takes quantity, but not quality, so there are few high-profile transfers.
The first is the transfer of Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Barcelona for 69.5 million, which still remains a record for the Milanese, and there was also the departure of the critter Ronaldo to Real Madrid for 45 million.
5. “Liverpool” — 925 190 000
The English club, like the Italian Roma, is famous for the frequent sale of its leaders.
It all started with the transfer of Xabi Alonso to the cream camp in 2009, for 34.5 million, then there was the transfer of Fernando Torres to Chelsea in 2011 for 58.5 million, in 2014 Luis Suarez left the team for 81.7 million, becoming the most expensive purchase of Barcelona , but already in 2017, Philippe Coutinho moved from Liverpool to Catalonia for 135 million, updating the record.
Such trading has an excellent effect on the financial balance, but not so much on the results. Only 1 trophy in 12 years is extremely small.
4. Real Madrid – 925
The Spanish Grand is the most expensive football club in the world, with huge income from the sale of merchandise and broadcasting rights.
Flickering in the press mainly due to high-profile purchases, the Madrid transfer department also sells well: Mesut Ozil, Alvaro Morata and Angel Di Maria left for twice the price for which they were acquired.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfers deserve special attention: first he became a record purchase for the club (94 million in 2009), and 9 years later – a record sale, moving to Juventus for 117 million. Considering the age and number of trophies that the Portuguese brought, this The deal can safely be called one of the most profitable in history.
3. “Porto” — 1
The first club to sell players for more than 1 billion is the Portuguese giants, who have been known for their football school for many years.
One of the best scouting networks in the world allows “dragons” to regularly find talented young people, discover them and sell them for huge profits.
Hulk, James Rodriguez, Pepe, Danilo – this is just a small part of the stars that lit up in Porto.
2. “Monaco” — 1 041 140 000
The club, now compared to Porto in terms of supplying the football market with talent, does indeed have a similar business model, but this has not always been the case.
Monegasques began to sell a lot and expensively only in 2011, when Russian investors came to the club, who decided to do business following the example of Porto.
Almost 850 million euros is the team’s income for the last 10 years. Bernardo Silva, Anthony Martial, Mendy, Lemar, Kylian Mbappe – they all have already proven their status in the new place.
1. “Juventus” — 1
Fans of the “old lady” are already accustomed to the fact that after several seasons of successful performances in the club, a player can be sent to another for a decent amount.
Arturo Vidal, Raja Nainggolan, Paul Pogba, Filippo Inzaghi, Zinedine Zidane – all these top players left Juventus at different times.
The most surprising thing is that even parting with the leaders, the club still manages to play at a high level, fighting for medals in all tournaments.