Benfica, Ajax, Porto the experts: 2000s net-spend table includes no Premier League clubs
These 20 are the wonderful in the planet once it comes to purchasing players and turning them for payouts. Here is the position of the nightclubs via the cheapest web spend offered that the summer of 2000.
Figures are via Transfermarkt, which bargains in Euros. Converting into sterling gains no sense and would truthfully swipe too much initiative.
The 20 best web spenders are here…
20) Empoli (Italy)
Expenditure: €109.86m
Livelihood: €343.29m
Net spend: €233.42m
Empoli’s record sale is Guglielmo Vicario, who signed upward via Tottenham for €20million last summer. They would be 23rd without that transfer.
19) Gremio (Brazil)
Expenditure: €100.36m
Livelihood: €335.89m
Net spend: €235.53m
Gremio penniless the €100m spending mark this summer, spending on four new recruits.
18) AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands)
Expenditure: €163.82m
Livelihood: €415.52m
Net spend: €251.71m
Dutch nightclubs are instead exhilarating at this. You’ll see.
17) Atalanta (Italy)
Expenditure: €767.61m
Livelihood: €1.02bn
Net spend: €252.73m
Lone 5 of the top 27 fetch over €1bn this century and Atalanta are the aloof club exterior of the top four to do so.
16) Corinthians (Brazil)
Expenditure: €224.73m
Livelihood: €458.93m
Net spend: €234.20m
The second of 7 South American teams in the top 20.
15) PSV (Netherlands)
Expenditure: €432.47m
Livelihood: €693.28m
Net spend: €260.82m
PSV have made significant silvers from the sales of Hirving Lozano, Cody Gakpo, Memphis Depay, Noni Madueke and Ibrahim Sangare.
14) Internacional (Brazil)
Expenditure: €131.03m
Livelihood: €412.41m
Net spend: €281.39m
Their payouts would be even greater if Leandro Damiao signed upward via Bolsters.
13) Boca Juniors (Argentina)
Expenditure: €217.53m
Livelihood: €510.62m
Net spend: €293.09m
Some exhilarating players have played for Boca over the years. Carlos Tevez was marketed twice for over €10m.
12) SC Braga (Portugal)
Expenditure: €133.71m
Livelihood: €437.41m
Net spend: €303.70m
Braga have signed and marketed 685 players this century.
11) Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Expenditure: €177.58m
Livelihood: €491.32m
Net spend: €313.75m
Sao Paulo retrieved a planet-record €31.5m from Real Betis for Denilson previously in 1998.
10) Santos (Brazil)
Expenditure: €124.34m
Livelihood: €471.27m
Net spend: €346.93m
Neymar. Rodrygo. Robinho. This club love a techy winger.
9) Udinese (Italy)
Expenditure: €463.34m
Livelihood: €865.19m
Net spend: €366.88m
Udinese’s next signing will be their 1000th of the century.
8) Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
Expenditure: €115.63m
Livelihood: €466.86m
Net spend: €351.23m
Bazaar play to Dinamo Zagreb, who have a exhilarating record once it comes to appearing and marketing young world players.
7) River Plate (Argentina)
Expenditure: €248.37m
Livelihood: €601.48m
Net spend: €353.11m
These South Americans recognize what they’re toting out, don’t they?
6) Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)
Expenditure: €289.98m
Livelihood: €684.92m
Net spend: €394.94m
We with one voice recognize around Salzburg and their substantiated philosophy.
5) Displaying off (Portugal)
Expenditure: €547.29m
Livelihood: €973.26m
Net spend: €425.97m
The sale of Manuel Ugarte last summer was not enough to leapfrog Bruno Fernandes as Displaying off’s record sale.
4) Lille (France)
Expenditure: €502.76m
Livelihood: €1bn
Net spend: €500.24m
Nicolas Pepe and Victor Osimhen lugged in €155m alone.
3) Ajax (Netherlands)
Expenditure: €684.34m
Livelihood: €1.3bn
Net spend: €618.4m
Ajax perhaps have the wonderful stature for marketing players but they are 3rd wonderful once it comes to web spend.
2) Porto (Portugal)
Expenditure: €798.51m
Livelihood: €1.5bn
Net spend: €699.06m
Being second comes down to repeatedly receiving in between €25-45m for their wonderful players. Otavio finished upward being their record sale last summer, signing upward via Al-Nassr for €60m.
1) Benfica (Portugal)
Expenditure: €943.59m
Livelihood: €1.81bn
Net spend: €867.65m
Benfica are marketing extraordinaires. Merely gander at how far in front they are.