For 10 years: 28 billion euros have spent the big football clubs on transfers
For the last 10 years, the richest football clubs have spent 28 billion euros on transfers.
The ranking was made by the CIES football observatory, and it does not include the costs of players for rent. The number is scary, especially given the fact that the arrangement is the English « Chelsea », « Manchester City » and « Manchester United ». Indicative is the fact that The club with the most trophies in the last decade, Real (Madrid) is not in the top 10, although it triumphed 5 times in the Champions League for this period, And he expanded his showcase with 4 Spain titles.
Chelsea's transfer policy has changed dramatically after the club was purchased by US tycoon Todd Boyley. The owner of the baseball « Los Angeles Dodgers » and the basketball « Los Angeles Lakers » took the control package of the « Blue » from London in 2022 and
| It invests aggressively in new additions such as Enzo Fernandez of Benfica for 121 million euros and Moisez Kaysedo of Brighton (116 million). |
Ironically, however, from the entry of Boeli's entry into the club, Chelsea has won nothing, although the total amount spent on incoming transfers in his time is 1.5 billion and a total of Londoners scattered 2.78 billion.
The top three in the ranking is logically occupied by representatives of the Premier English League. Manchester City is second with 1.96 billion, but against these funds, Jose Guardiola's team boasts 6 Championship titles in England (2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024) and one success in the Champions League (2023).
| It is not a big surprise that Manchester City's record transfers are the design of Guardiola. |
Ever since the Citizens took over in 2016, the legend of Barcelona attracted 117 million in Jack Grellish (Aston Villa in 2021), 90 million in Yosko Guard (Leipzig in 2023), and a year before his arrival of Ethihad was attracted million
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The third is the major loser of European football in recent years Manchester United with 1.95 billion after Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement in 2013. (For the 26th year, the Scotsman won a total of 38 trophies and brought to Old Trafford 3 Premier League titles and 2 Champions League Cups)The Red Devils wander in an attempt to find his heir to keep the club in the forehead of the most popular football clubs worldwide. Despite the huge funds invested in new players and coaches,
| Gradually « Manchester United » became a pale shade of the former grand |
And at the moment he has made himself fear of falling out of the elite. An illustration of complete helplessness in the club's transfer policy is the attraction of French national Paul Pogba of Juventus against 105 million in 2016. 7. earlier the midfielder spent two years in the Manchester United school and enters the first team under the leadership of Fergus. A little comfort for the « red devils » is the fact that In the 2016/17 season with Jose Mourinho, the team won the Europa League. For the last decade, the club has a bowl of England, but its display showcase has definitely accumulated a lot of dust.
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Paris Saint -Germain's newcomers are in fourth place with 1.4 billion. The club is owned by a Qatari Investment Fund, behind which stands the royal family and has failed in recent years on the goal of winning the Champions League.
| In 2017, Parisians bought Neymar from Barcelona for the record and so far 222 million euros, and the same year they rented the rising star of « Monaco » Kilian Mbape, |
which was bought a year later against 180 million. Although they are no longer in the team, led now by Louis Enrique, the goal of Paris Saint -Germain remains the same – the European Champions Cup.
The most successful club in the Real Madrid Champions League (Madrid) does not even fall among the first 10 clubs in the ranking. The White Ballet is only 12th in this indicator with its « modest » 1.16 billion. Club President Florentino Perez elegantly took the turn of Los Galacticos policy to much more moderate transfer market behavior At the expense of investment in the renovation of Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, which is already called only Bernabeu.
| The days of big foods for new additions, similar to those of Gareth Bale (91 million for Tottenham in 2013) and Eden Azar (115 million of Chelsea in 2019) are already in the past. |
However, 2 years ago, Real bought Jude Belingham of Borussia (Dortmund) for 103 million, but with bonuses, and they, given the performance of the English national with the Los Merengez team, will certainly have already been activated, the deal will probably reach 134 million euros.
In the top 10, at the expense of Real Madrid are two other Spanish clubs – the torn financially Barcelona and Atletico (Madrid). Catalans' transfer policy in recent years has become a referral for failure after the club first
| He poured the winning of Neymar's transfer in 2017 in the attraction of Coutinho from Liverpool (135 million) and Dembele from Borussia Dortmund for 135 million, and in 2021 had to release the greatest player in his history without money. |
Meanwhile, in 2019, at Camp Nou, Antoine Griezman, who was paid 120 million to Atletico (Madrid), was paid, and in the end a decade of Barcelona had invested 1.67 billion in new additions, but most of them were completely disappointed.
The latest FIFA FIFA reports show a sustainable trend of increasing worldwide spent worldwide. It is difficult to predict with accuracy When just like any market and this one will reach its critical level of saturation and the prices of football players will stop rising. But it seems that this moment is not far away. And it will be interesting to watch how this will affect the policy of major European clubs, which, given the latest changes in the FIFA Transfer Rules, will become increasingly difficult to retain their stars.
