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Liverpool overpaid for van Dijk but so did Barca for Coutinho. Costa was overpriced too

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February 6 – The three biggest transfers in the winter window - Philippe Coutinho (€160m), Virgil van Dijk (€84m) and Diego Costa (€66m) – were all concluded at a higher value than the real worth of the players, according to analysis by the CIES Football Observatory. Liverpool overpaid by €21 million for van Dijk, but balanced that with Barca’s overpayment of €13 million for Coutinho. Chelsea managed to get an impressive €26 million more than CIES’s estimated real value for Costa.

Infantino takes aim at agents’ fees and money ‘flowing out’ of football

February 2 – With transfer fees having crashed through the roof once again in January, one of the unknown factors is just how much went to agents.

Winter transfer window is the hottest on record with PL clubs spending record £430m

Transfer money record

By Andrew Warshaw

February 1 – January is supposedly never the ideal time to buy players in terms of planning yet Premier League clubs spent a record £430 million in the winter transfer window that closed Wednesday night, according to Deloitte’s Sports Business Group, exceeding the previous record set in 2011 by a staggering 91%.

Turkish amateur club use Bitcoin to buy new player

January 31 – A Turkish amateur team claim they are the first club to have paid for a player with cryptocurrency.

Global transfer spend hits $6.37bn in 2017, says TMS report

money flying

By Andrew Warshaw

January 31 – As the winter transfer window in Europe draws to a close, the eye-watering scale of global spending on players has been laid bare by FIFA’s latest Transfer Market Report.

Zenit Arena, Sochi and Spartak stadia all cost more than double Atlético’s magic Wanda

January 31- A review of the 30 ‘most prominent’ football stadia built in Europe over the past five years shows Turkey topping the list of countries developing their football infrastructure with nine venue. Russia, hosts of this year’s World Cup, is second with five stadia.

London Football Exchange launches $350m cryptocurrency fundraising

By Paul Nicholson

January 30 – The London Football Exchange (LFE) has unveiled plans to launch its own cryptocurrency that will offer LFE token holders special discounts, exclusive offers, rewards and other club and league incentives.

Beckham’s Miami MLS franchise launched with south Florida fanfare and 2020 target

By Andrew Warshaw

January 30 – It’s taken over four years but it’s finally happening. Not rumours, not heightened speculation but from the man himself. David Beckham’s long-awaited team in Miami is up and running.

UEFA considers cap on agents fees to stop financial ‘hostage’ taking

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January 24 – UEFA is considering imposing a cap on agents’ fees following a meeting of its Professional Football Strategy Group.

Aberdeen close in on planning approval for £50m new stadium

January 24 – Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen look to be getting closer to approval for a new £50 million stadium and training complex to be built in the Kingsford area of the city.

Man Utd retain world Money League title topping Real Madrid by just £1.7m

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By Paul Nicholson

January 23 – Manchester United have kept the title as the world’s highest revenue generating club, again beating Real Madrid in a year in which the Spanish giants won La Liga and the Champions League.

UEFA’s Čeferin floats club ‘luxury tax’ concept

By David Owen

January 22 – UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin has followed up the body’s latest Club Licensing Benchmarking Report, which documented growing disparities between Europe’s super-elite and the rest, by floating the idea of a “luxury tax”.

Slave trading? Brazil with, 1,210, top expat players table; France export 732 – 90 to England

January 19 – With the Winter transfer window open but the market relatively cold in comparison to the last overheated Summer transfer window bonanza, the CIES Football Observatory has produced an analysis of the destinations of the players from the three main exporting countries of Brazil, Argentina and France.

Manchester United top European net debt table with €561m

Man Utd piggy bank

By David Owen

January 18 – Manchester United has by far the highest net debt among European football clubs, according to the latest UEFA Club Licensing Benchmarking Report, published this week.

Ashley rejects £250m Staveley offer for Newcastle, but club is still for sale

January 18 – Any buyer thinking they were going to get a knock-down price from Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley for the club should think again. While Ashley may be king of the sports leisure discount market with his Sports Direct chain, he is not necessarily looking for a quick turnover of the club at a giveaway price.