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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)
Man U, Real, Barca, Chelsea, Inter, Juve, Bayern, Lyon, Milan, Liverpool, Arsenal, Atletico, Zenit.
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. :))
Wow. No results from google. That's impressive.Quote:
Originally Posted by 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.
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).
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.
Corinthians are in Serie B this year, afaik. Doubt they are spending much money.
Not in order or anything
Inter, Man City, Man Utd, Barca, Fiorentina, Atletico Madrid, Juve, Bologna(maybe?), Genoa, Roma, Sunderland, Villa, Spurs?, Liverpool
Shaktar? Spartak Moscow? Ajax? Man City?
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?
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Originally Posted by pineapple stu
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).
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
The fact I follow Serie A helped
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Originally Posted by 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Heliodorus
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
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?
Chelsea's dealingsQuote:
Originally Posted by Heliodorus
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)
Surely that makes Chelsea one of the big spenders, even if they did sell a lot too!Quote:
Originally Posted by Metrostars
Stoke and Wolfsburg in there? Would have expcted Fulham in there, but that is a shock!Quote:
Originally Posted by Heliodorus