The Worlds 30 highest spending clubs this summer

[Heliodorus]

Read an article in World Soccer last week about the highest spending clubs in football this summer. Without googling or reading the article I wonder who could get closest to the the 30 top spending clubs and in the correct order?

I will post up the clubs tomorrow. (Hint: There are no LOI clubs in the List :p)

[superfrank]

Man U, Real, Barca, Chelsea, Inter, Juve, Bayern, Lyon, Milan, Liverpool, Arsenal, Atletico, Zenit.

[pineapple stu]

Bundyapor Tashkent?

(By "highest spending this summer", do you mean transfer fees or total expenses? And I assume it'd be level of spending then? Sorry to be pedantic, but it might be the difference between getting three and four right. :))

[John83]

Bundyapor Tashkent?
Wow. No results from google. That's impressive.

[pineapple stu]

Probably spelt it wrong. Uzbeki side who signed Rivaldo on a $14m contract in the summer. With crowds of 10000+, middle eastern oil money behind them and a Champions' League semi coming up, they could be an obscure outside bet. There's usually one or two.

[John83]

FC Bunyodkor, of Tashkent, Uzbekistan says wikipedia.

They're managed by Zico, but don't seem to have any other particularly high profile internationals (one guy has four caps for Chile).

[pineapple stu]

Wasn't too far off!

I'd say a couple of "lower" English clubs are there too, like Everton, Spurs and Newcastle. LA Galaxy are a possibility, though again just because of one player. Maybe a team in the UAE? The big Brazilian clubs like Corinthians, Palmeiras and Flamengo? Though I'd say at least 25 of them will be European teams.

[superfrank]

Corinthians are in Serie B this year, afaik. Doubt they are spending much money.

[Mr Maroon]

Not in order or anything
Inter, Man City, Man Utd, Barca, Fiorentina, Atletico Madrid, Juve, Bologna(maybe?), Genoa, Roma, Sunderland, Villa, Spurs?, Liverpool

[gaiscíoch]

Shaktar? Spartak Moscow? Ajax? Man City?

[shakermaker1982]

Man Utd's only major outlay this summer was Berbatov. Spurs (they may have sold Berbatov and Keane but they've splashed out as well) and Man City would have to feature.

If we are including wages and signing on fee's then I'd expect to see a few obscure teams! The PL would surely have at least 5 places in the top 30?

[Heliodorus]

(By "highest spending this summer", do you mean transfer fees or total expenses? And I assume it'd be level of spending then? Sorry to be pedantic, but it might be the difference between getting three and four right. :))


By highest spending I mean spent minus recieved. The highest club this summer actually spent £78.45m sterling in transfers but recieved £13.8m in transfers. So in this case the club is considered to have spend £64.65m on transfers this summer (this is what the actual highest spending club this summer did spend).

[Heliodorus]

I thought there would be more replies :o but I reckon Mr maroon got nearest if he did it honestly. When I saw the list I was speechless. Would not have guessed most of the clubs at all

1. Man City £ 64.65m
2. Internazionale £43.25m
3. Aston Villa:eek: £39.4m
4. Fiorentina £37.77m
5. Zenit st Petersburg £30m
6. Sunderland £26.4m
7. Barcelona £25.4m
8. Man Utd £24.84m
9. Wolfsburg:eek: £24.08
10. Lyon £20.55m
11. Roma £ 19.31m
12. Liverpool £19.25m
13. Stoke £19m
14. Atletico Madrid £17.4
15. Ajax £17m
16. Fenerbahce £16.65m
17. Napoli £16.49m
18. Bologna £15.91m
19. Juventus £15m
20. Benfica £14.61m
21. Fulham £14.5m
22. Panathinaikos £14.05m
23. WBA £13.05m
24. Bolton £13m
25. Olympiakos £12.94m
26 Betis £11.07m
27 Genoa £10.88m
28. Hull £10.4m
29. Schalke £10.25m
30. Newcastle £10.19m

[Mr Maroon]

The fact I follow Serie A helped

[Heliodorus]

The fact I follow Serie A helped


Its weird to see no Real Madrid, Chelsea or Milan in that list. I wonder is the recession hitting the bigger clubs? We have a few unusual clubs in the CL group stages this season, will it continue next season?

[Mr Maroon]

Its weird to see no Real Madrid, Chelsea or Milan in that list. I wonder is the recession hitting the bigger clubs? We have a few unusual clubs in the CL group stages this season, will it continue next season?
It could be said that Milan didn't spend that big because they are only in the UEFA Cup this season, no CL money.
Real have cut down hugely on their massive spending from the Galactico era. They seem to be concentrating on developing more of their own young players now.
Chelsea have surely spent enough in the last few years!:p

[John83]

I don't think the list is all that important. Sure, Sunderland spent more on transfers (net) than Man Utd, but who's spending more on salaries?

[Metrostars]

Its weird to see no Real Madrid, Chelsea or Milan in that list. I wonder is the recession hitting the bigger clubs? We have a few unusual clubs in the CL group stages this season, will it continue next season?

Chelsea's dealings

In:
Bosingwa 16.2m
Deco 8m

Out:
Sidwell: 5m
Ben Haim: 5m
Shevchenko ?
Wright-Phillips 9m
Boulahrouz 5m

Also Real Madrid sold Robinho to Man City so that balances their books a lot.
Real Madrid

In: Ezequiel Garay (€10 mil, Racing Santander), Ruben de la Red (undisclosed, Getafe), Esteban Granero (loan return, Getafe), Javi Garcia (€4 mil, Osasuna), Rafael Van der Vaart (€13m, Hamburg SV)

Out: Adrian Gonzalez (undisclosed, Getafe), Antonio Cassano (undisclosed, Sampdoria), Jose Maria Callejon (€1.2m, Espanyol), David Moreno (undisclosed, Almeria), Javier Balboa (undisclosed, Benfica), Esteban Granero (undisclosed, Getafe), Roberto Soldado (€6m, Getafe), Daniel Parejo (loan, QPR), Juanmi Callejon (€1m, Mallorca), Julio Baptista (€9m initially, Roma), Robinho (£32.5m, Manchester City)

[seand]

Chelsea's dealings

In:
Bosingwa 16.2m
Deco 8m



Surely that makes Chelsea one of the big spenders, even if they did sell a lot too!

[Pauro 76]

I thought there would be more replies :o but I reckon Mr maroon got nearest if he did it honestly. When I saw the list I was speechless. Would not have guessed most of the clubs at all

1. Man City £ 64.65m
2. Internazionale £43.25m
3. Aston Villa:eek: £39.4m
4. Fiorentina £37.77m
5. Zenit st Petersburg £30m
6. Sunderland £26.4m
7. Barcelona £25.4m
8. Man Utd £24.84m
9. Wolfsburg:eek: £24.08
10. Lyon £20.55m
11. Roma £ 19.31m
12. Liverpool £19.25m
13. Stoke £19m
14. Atletico Madrid £17.4
15. Ajax £17m
16. Fenerbahce £16.65m
17. Napoli £16.49m
18. Bologna £15.91m
19. Juventus £15m
20. Benfica £14.61m
21. Fulham £14.5m
22. Panathinaikos £14.05m
23. WBA £13.05m
24. Bolton £13m
25. Olympiakos £12.94m
26 Betis £11.07m
27 Genoa £10.88m
28. Hull £10.4m
29. Schalke £10.25m
30. Newcastle £10.19m

Stoke and Wolfsburg in there? Would have expcted Fulham in there, but that is a shock!

[Mr Maroon]

Wolfsburg made 2 "star" signings from Serie A: Andrea Barzagli and Cristian Zaccardo! :o

[TheBoss]

And they will be buying more WHEN they make it into the Champions Leagues, also Hoffenheim might make next year.

[Pauro 76]

And they will be buying more WHEN they make it into the Champions Leagues, also Hoffenheim might make next year.

Hoffenheim? Sounds like David Hasselhoff may have bought a German team and renamed it after himself.

[pineapple stu]

Not far off. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSG_1899_Hoffenheim)

Yer man's got a bit more money than the Hoff though. He may be their mascot.

[brianw82]

So this list only includes the club's outlay minus sales?

If not, the surely the figure for Liverpool is wrong? That seems to only include the Keane transfer, and not Dossena, Riera, N'Gog etc.

[Heliodorus]

So this list only includes the club's outlay minus sales?

If not, the surely the figure for Liverpool is wrong? That seems to only include the Keane transfer, and not Dossena, Riera, N'Gog etc.

Its not wrong. Liverpool Spent £39.1m but recieved 19.85m in transfers whichs means overall they spent £19.25m.

Bought : Keane, Riera, Dossena, Cavalieri, Ngog and Saric
and Sold Crouch, Riise, Carson, Guthrie and Le Tallec according to World Soccer Magazine.