By: EFE
Manchester United was the club with the worst net spending in the last decade, according to a study by the CIES Football Observatorywhich takes into account sales and signings since 2014, in which Barcelona appears in seventh position and Real Madrid is nineteenth.
United spent 1,959 million dollars on additions and earned 563 from player sales, which leaves an imbalance of about 1,396 million. The Manchester club is followed in this table by Chelsea, with a negative balance of 1,000 million, Paris Saint Germain, with another 1,000 million, Arsenal (872 million) and Manchester City (856 million).
The Premier League is the league with the worst balance and since 2014 the clubs in the English first division have left 21,480 million of dollars in incorporations and they have entered 10,370 million, which represents a negative balance of 11,000 million, well above the Chinese Super League (1,330 million) and the Saudi Arabian league (1,320 million).
Real Madrid out of the top 10 clubs with the worst expenses
The Spanish League has spent 7.4 billion on transfers and has earned 6.92 billion, Therefore, it has a negative balance below that of Serie A (1,120 million) and above that of the Bundesliga (540 million).
As for the Spanish clubs, Barcelona is seventh in the table with a negative balance of 663 million dollarswhile Real Madrid, which has spent 1,279 million and earned 954 million, is nineteenth, with a balance of -325 million, according to CIES.
This 2023, the club with the worst balance is Chelsea, with -557 million, followed by Al Ittihad (362 million).
According to the CIES, after the years marked by the pandemic, football has recovered its economic muscle thanks to the growth of the Premier League and the investment from Saudi Arabia and the United States. With this, the transfer market has reached a historical maximum of 12.4 billion dollars spent, compared to the 10 million of the previous record in 2019.
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