1. Professional Football Clubs’ “Behaviour” in the Market for the best or most expensive football players Ignacio Urrutia ( [email_address] ) Ángel Barajas ( [email_address] ) Fernando Martín ( [email_address] ) This paper has been funded by CSBM of IESE

5. The roll of the most expensive player of the team

9. Transfers of goalkeepers 00/07 13,00 13,00 1,00 18 - 22 30,03 90,10 3,00 23 - 25 11,00 22,00 2,00 26 - 29 17,65 35,30 2,00 Over 29 Ages 19,94 139,60 7,00 International 10,50 10,50 1,00 Promising player Status 18,76 150,10 8,00 Goalkeeper Average Investment Investment No. Transfers Position

10. Transfers of defenders 00/07 14,82 192,70 13,00 18 - 22 15,90 317,90 20,00 23 – 25 16,31 424,00 26,00 26 – 29 13,25 26,50 2,00 Over 29 Ages 30,00 30,00 1,00 Star 15,47 788,80 51,00 International 15,76 141,80 9,00 Promising player Status 15,56 961,10 61,00 Defender Average Investment Investment No. Transfers Position

11. Transfers of Midfields 00/07 18,26 347,00 19,00 18 – 22 18,89 661,20 35,00 23 – 25 22,23 844,80 38,00 26 – 29 15,76 78,80 5,00 Over 29 Ages 44,72 223,60 5,00 Star 18,95 1.572,70 83,00 International 15,06 135,50 9,00 Promising player Status 19,73 1.913,80 97,00 Midfield Average Investment Investment No. Transfers Position

12. Transfers of Strikers 00/07 17,78 515,75 29,00 18 – 22 18,74 693,25 37,00 23 – 25 18,32 714,65 39,00 26 – 29 22,31 156,20 7,00 Over 29 Ages 28,76 258,80 9,00 Star 18,32 1556,95 85,00 International 14,67 264,10 18,00 Promising player Status 18,57 2079,85 112,00 Strikers Average Investment Investment No. Transfers Position

13. Maximum Price per season 35,00 51,00 25,00 37,00 35,00 45,00 35,90 55,00 Striker 36,00 27,00 38,00 26,00 32,30 22,10 73,50 60,00 Midfield 30,00 16,00 27,00 30,00 18,00 46,00 36,50 20,00 Defender 13,50 0,00 0,00 13,00 22,50 0,00 54,10 11,50 Goalkeeper 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Max. Price

14. Price average per season 17,25 16,93 16,68 20,04 18,82 20,47 18,50 20,50 Striker 16,83 17,33 17,29 16,29 20,89 16,07 26,62 22,46 Midfield 13,53 12,43 15,50 15,92 13,38 25,20 17,79 15,63 Defender 13,50 0,00 0,00 13,00 22,50 0,00 29,80 11,00 Goalkeeper 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Price average

15. Transfers by Nationality (00/07) 278 62 29 27 30 22 21 46 41 Total … … 3 1 - - 1 - - 1 - Uruguay 3 1 - - - 2 - - - Rumania 3 - - - 1 1 - - 1 Cameroon 3 - 1 1 1 - - - - Bulgaria 3 2 1 - - - - - - Germany 4 2 2 - - - - - - Nigeria 4 - 1 - - 1 1 - 1 Ireland 5 3 1 - 1 - - - - Ivory Coast 5 - 1 - 2 - - 1 1 Check Republic 7 2 - 1 - - - 2 2 Serbia 18 4 3 - 2 2 - 4 3 Netherlands 20 5 - 2 4 2 2 2 3 Portugal 22 3 2 4 1 1 2 5 4 Spain 23 4 2 1 2 2 3 2 7 Argentina 24 3 2 2 2 - 6 9 - Italia 30 10 3 3 3 3 1 4 3 Brazil 31 6 2 1 5 2 1 8 6 France 32 6 2 6 3 4 2 4 5 England Total 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Country

16. . Buyer Teams Ranking during the period 2000-2007 10 Corintians 42 52 PSG 21 11 Villareal 41 54,5 Borusia Dormunt 20 12 Sevilla 40 64 Olimpique Lyon 19 12 Bolton 39 98,7 Deportivo 18 13,5 Sunderland 38 112 Atlético de Madrid 17 14 PSV Eindhoven 37 123,3 Bayern Munich 16 15 Al-Saad 36 126 Roma 15 20 Portsmouth 35 140,5 Parma 14 21 Olimpique Marsella 34 142 Arsenal 13 22,9 Blackburn Rovers 33 147,9 Newcastle 12 24 Shakhtar 32 153,6 Valencia 11 24,6 Middlesbrough 31 175,7 Tottenham 10 26 Dinamo Moscú 30 191,7 Lazio 9 26,9 Aston Villa 29 201,3 Liverpool 8 27,5 Everton 28 253,9 Milan 7 27,9 Fulham 27 313,9 Juventus 6 35,2 Zaragoza 26 351,2 Barcelona 5 36,8 Leeds 25 385,7 Inter de Milan 4 40,5 Mónaco 24 398,1 Manchester Utd. 3 44,5 West Ham 23 555,5 Real Madrid 2 45 Florencia 22 581,5 Chelsea 1 Mill. € Teams Mill. € Teams

17. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Atlético de Madrid 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Valencia 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Arsenal 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Bayern Munich 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Roma 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Lazio 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tottenham 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Newcastle 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 Parma 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Liverpool 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 Milan 7 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 Juventus 7 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 Barcelona 8 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 1 Inter 8 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 Manchester Utd. 12 0 2 2 2 5 0 0 1 Chelsea 14 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 Real Madrid Total 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

19. Ranking of clubs according the average price paid for players each year. Liverpool Chelsea Real Madrid 2007 Inter Manchester Utd. Chelsea 2006 Real Madrid Milan Chelsea 2005 Manchester Utd. Barcelona Inter 2004 Real Madrid Barcelona Arsenal 2003 Milan Manchester Utd. Real Madrid 2002 Manchester Utd. Juventus Real Madrid 2001 Roma Lazio Real Madrid 2000 3º 2º 1º Year

20. [1] Number of season that the player has played in the highest Division 4.6 15.2 23.5 13.90 Tottenham 7.5 29.1 25.9 13.91 Bayern Munich 4.1 15.7 24.9 14.10 Deportivo 6.0 18.9 23.4 14.50 At. Madrid 5.2 18.5 24.3 14.79 Newcastle 6.0 10.8 25.3 15.07 Valencia 5.2 20.8 23.7 15.78 Arsenal 5.3 14.7 22.5 15.94 Liverpool 7.2 24.8 25.2 19.29 Inter de Milan 4.3 21.4 23.4 20.07 Parma 7.3 31.1 25.2 20.66 Barcelona 6.8 21.1 25.1 20.76 Chelsea 6.2 21.1 24.1 22.70 Manchester Utd. 6.3 25.1 25.5 23.08 Milan 8.4 41.9 26.4 25.24 Juventus 8.0 29.3 25.5 26.92 Real Madrid Average experience [1] Average international age Average Price

21. PSV Eindhoven 15 126 Roma 15 Sevilla FC 14 140,5 Parma 14 FC Porto 13 142 Arsenal 13 Juventus 12 147,9 Newcastle Utd. 12 Newcastle Utd. 11 153,6 Valencia 11 Olympique Lyon 10 175,7 Tottenham 10 Valencia 9 191,7 Lazio 9 Manchester Utd. 8 201,3 Liverpool 8 Chelsea 7 253,9 AC Milan 7 Real Madrid 6 313,9 Juventus 6 Arsenal 5 351,2 FC Barcelona 5 Inter 4 385,7 Inter 4 Liverpool 3 398,1 Manchester Utd. 3 FC Barcelona 2 555,5 Real Madrid 2 AC Milan 1 581,5 Chelsea 1 UEFA CLUB COEFFICIENT RANKING 2003/2007 Mill. € Club

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