March 21 – If Tottenham Hotspur were to sell Harry Kane they would see a return on investment of €198 million, making him the biggest and best potential piece of player business in the world. Lionel Messi, of Barcelona were to sell him, could net €197 million for the club.
The CIES Football Observatory has examined the 50 big-5 league players in Europe with the most positive gap between their current transfer value and the fee paid for them by their employer club. Kane and Messi both came at zero cost for their clubs.
But Spurs have also done good business with Dele Alli who at third place in the list provides a potential €164 million gain.
In fact, Spurs, who have five players in the top 50 list with Eric Dier, Christian Eriksen and Seung-min Son, could realise a whopping €597 million if they sold all four players – about 75% of the cost of their new stadium. Pretty much the only thing Spurs don’t have for all their big money, big value and big talk is a nice big trophy.
Spurs aren’t the only English club who have invested smartly in their playing squad. For all their chunky spending Manchester City have six players in the list who if all sold together could realise the club €457 million.
Barcelona have five players in the list while Liverpool’s Mohammed Salah is already showing a €113 million gain in value in his first season at the club.
The values for all big-5 league players can be seen at http://www.football-observatory.com/-Ratings-eng-
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