Big-5 Weekly Post - CIES Football Observatory

Big-5 Weekly Post - CIES Football Observatory

Issue n°81 - 17/09/2014
Big-5 Weekly Post
Transfer fees paid by big-5 league clubs (summer 2014)
Summer 2014
National
transfers
112
796
to big-5 league clubs
72%
Lower division clubs
in the same country
To other
big-5 league
clubs
2,443
million €
Lower division clubs
in other big-5
league countries
28%
To non
big-5 league
clubs
25
Clubs in other big-5 leagues
956
118
Non-UEFA clubs
436
UEFA clubs outside
big-5 league countries
to other clubs
from 2008/09 to 2013/14
Clubs in the same big-5 league
International
transfers
to big-5 league clubs
68%
32%
to other clubs
Highest incomes for transfers to big-5 league clubs (summer 2014)
Million €
Million €
Million €
1. Southampton FC
121
16. Tottenham Hotspur FC
38
31. Hamburger SV
2. Real Madrid CF
112
17. Athletic Club Bilbao
36
3. Chelsea FC
102
18. Manchester United FC
34
4. Liverpool FC
100
19. Hellas Verona FC
29
. SSC Napoli
19
5. AS Monaco
95
20. Cardiff City FC
28
. Hull City AFC
19
6. FC Barcelona
. Hertha BSC Berlin
33. SC Freiburg
20
20
19
86
21. Torino Calcio
27
. Norwich City FC
19
7. FC Porto
84
22. AFC Ajax
25
37. Swansea City AFC
18
8. Club Atlético de Madrid
73
25
. 1. FC Nürnberg
18
9. Sevilla FC
54
. Sporting Clube de Portugal
25
. LOSC Lille
18
10. FC Bayern München
49
25. Milan AC
24
40. FC Parma
17
11. Real Sociedad de Fútbol
46
26. Juventus FC
22
. AS Roma
. Feyenoord Rotterdam
46
. FC Genoa 1893
22
. Queens Park Rangers FC
42. Stade Rennais FC
17
16
13. SL Benfica
43
. FC Dynamo Kyiv
22
. Montpellier Hérault SC
16
14. Valencia CF
41
. Arsenal FC
22
. FC Salzburg
16
15. Udinese Calcio
39
21
. Manchester City FC
16
. Bayer 04 Leverkusen
16
* Non big-5 league clubs
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel
30. Sampdoria UC