Today in the Gazzetta dello sport statistics on the clubs that have spent more in the last 10 years: Manchester City and PSG...ahead
Mercato, chi ha speso di più negli ultimi dieci anni? City e Psg, flop miliardari
Market, who has spent more in the last ten years? City and Psg, billionaires flop
In the decade the clubs of Manchester, Barça, Real, Psg and Chelsea have spent 20% of the turnover of the world market. A resounding flop for the Citizens and the Parisians, a bittersweet budget for Barça. Real has spent less but has won more in Europe. And immediately behind Juve.
The richness of the world transfer market in the last ten years has been concentrated in the hands of six clubs. Manchester City, Barcelona, Paris Saint Germain, Chelsea, Manchester United and Real Madrid (in order of spending) in the recent decade have invested in the market operations 7 billion and twenty million, a figure of just over 20% of the volume d world market business (estimated at around 35 billion euros, the calculations are naturally approximate). At the wheel of the six giants follow Liverpool and Juventus: the budget of the Reds talks about 930 million spent, that of the bianconeri of 920 million, but the Agnelli club has consistently counterbalanced the outputs with excellent revenues derived from also excellent sales. Behind them opens the chasm, with a club patrol (including the Italians Inter, Milan and Rome) much but much more behind: estimated spending budget within a range between 600 and 700 million in the decade. First consideration: the imbalance jumps to the eye, even if clubs like Inter and Atletico Madrid remain light years away from the expense of the first class. That now, when it comes to the market, they run for themselves.
THE TOYS OF THE SHEIKS - There is then a second obligatory reflection. A question mark as big as a house: spending more offers the certainty of winning? Schools of thought are conflicting, we could discuss them for hours. We remain however to the data, to the facts. And let's take, for example, the two most sensational cases. The first is that of Manchester City. In the last ten years, the Citiziens have been the toy of Sheikh Mansur, who has poured in sensational investments and never seen until today in the history of football. Only for the transfer market, we are talking about an expenditure of 1584 million euros in ten years, with the record set in the current season by the requests of Guardiola cost 317.5 million. Results? Poverissimi: the bulletin board of the English has welcomed two Premier, several national cups, but several reserved spaces have remained empty. Above all, in Europe there was an unprecedented flop. The second case-school is that of Paris Saint Germain. Here too we meet the desires of the sheikh, Nasser Ghanim Al-Khelaif in this case, who spends without worrying about winning. True: the PSG is back to winning in Ligue1, but the 5 titles in 10 years of France can justify 1150 million spending? Against the cosmic zero in Europe.
SPANISH, CATALAN, ENGLISH - In the ranking of those who spent the most there could not be Barcelona and Real Madrid. But with distinctions. The planning of Florentino Perez has produced for Real galactics the best yield between costs and results: they are, in fact, the last of the class among the six biggest spenders (977 million invested in the market), but in Europe they are the ones that have collected more with 3 Champions (less at home: 2 Liga loot) and have the way paved towards the Kiev final in May. Moving from Madrid to Catalonia, there is a Barcelona before and after the sunset of the generation of the Xavi, Iniesta, Mascherano and company. In the last two years, in fact, in Barcelona they have resumed spending above their standards to compensate for the sudden constipation of Cantera, which struggles to churn out new champions of absolute level, and to rebuild a winning technical project in Europe. After the indigestion of titles of Liga made (8 times out of 10) and the 3 Champions (the last one however arrived in 2015). The circle closes with two other Englishmen: Chelsea with its 1137 million invested and Manchester United with 1018 million. Do you invest well with your hand? He won very little Manchester United, with his three times in Premier and a Europa League. Better, but not so much the Blues: 3 Premier, a Europa League and a Champions. As much as they spent ...
Mario Pagliara
