Man Utd’s €1bn player trading shortfall tops Europe’s super-spending league, Man City 2nd

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February 10 – Manchester United have a negative balance of more than €1 billion on player transfer trading over the past decade. Add in Man City’s €984 million deficit and the 10-year account for Manchester shows a whopping €2 billion deficit.

New data compiled by the CIES Football Observatory ranks current big-5 league clubs according to their net spending on transfer operations over the last 10 seasons.

The two Manchester clubs top the table ahead of PSG with a €941 million negative balance and Barcelona with a €630 million negative balance.

“Fourteen English clubs are in the top 20 of clubs with the most negative net transfer spending,” highlight the report authors.

“In total, 52 out 98 clubs have a positive net spending. This ratio is one (Brentford) out of 20 for Premier League teams.”

While the English clubs have biggest spending deficits, at the other end of the table French champions LOSC Lille stand out with a positive transfer balance of €349 million, ahead of serial player traders Olympique Lyonnais and three Italian Serie A teams: Genoa, Udinese and Atalanta.

“The top three of current big-5 league clubs having generated the most incomes from transfers since 2012/13 are Chelsea, Monaco and Atlético Madrid,” comments the CIES.

Ranking by total spend over the 10-season period, 14 clubs spent more than €1 billion, with Man City topping the spending at €1.69 billion, ahead of Barcelona at €1.63 billion. They are followed by Chelsea, Man Utd and Juventus who are all over €1.5 billion, and PSG at €1.4 billion. Real Madrid are next at €1.1 billion.

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