Top 20 Transfers This Season (in Euro)

[Syncope]

Article in Kicker about the most expensive UEFA transfers this season.

http://www.kicker.de/content/news/artikel.asp?folder=8100&object=270543&liga=1&saison=2002/03&spieltag=3&spielpaarung=&turnier=&gruppe=4454

If someone wants to do some math about who spent the most money (Club, League, etc) over the past three years, go right ahead. What I’d be really interested in seeing is a list of payrolls for the European top clubs or leagues over the past few years. Anyone know where I can find that?

***2002***
01. Ferdinand (England), Leeds United>Manchester United: 47.0 Mil.
02. Adriano (Brazil), Inter Milan>AC Parma: 30.0 Mil.
03. Anelka (France), Paris St. Germain>Manchester City: 18.0 Mil.
04. Diouf (Senegal), RC Lens>FC Liverpool: 15.0 Mil.
05. Javi Moreno (Spain), AC Milan>Atletico Madrid: 14.0 Mil.
06. Bonera (Italy), AC Brescia>AC Parma: 13.0 Mil.
07. Viana (Portugal), Sporting Lissabon>Newcastle United: 12.5 Mil.
08. Maccarone (Italy), Empoli>FC Middlesbrough: 12.3 Mil.
09. Riquelme (Argentina), Boca Juniors Buenos Aires>FC Barcelona: 12.0 Mil.
10. Andrade (Portugal), FC Porto>Deportivo La Coruña: 11.9 Mil.
11. Cannavaro (Italy), AC Parma>Inter Milan: 11.5 Mil.
12. Sorin (Argentina), Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte>Lazio Rome: 11.2 Mil.
13. Diao (Senegal), CS Sedan>FC Liverpool: 10.5 Mil.
14. Acuna (Argentina), Real Saragossa>Deportivo La Coruña: 10.0 Mil.
15. Arteta (Spain), FC Barcelona>Glasgow Rangers: 9.7 Mil.
16. Zé Roberto (Brazil), Bayer Leverkusen>Bayern München: 9.5 Mil.
17. Deisler (Germany), Hertha BSC>Bayern München: 9.2 Mil.
18. Juninho (Brazil), Atletico Madrid>FC Middlesbrough: 9.0 Mil.
19. Frings (Germany) Werder Bremen>Borussia Dortmund: 8.5 Mil.
19. Franca (Brazil), FC Sao Paulo>Bayer Leverkusen: 8.5 Mil.

Observations:
- Where does Middlesbrough get its money from?
- Leeds knows when to cash out.


***2001***
01. Zinedine Zidane (France) - Juventus Turin>Real Madrid: 75.0 Mil.
02. Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) - AC Parma>Juventus Turin: 56.4 Mil.
03. Rui Costa (Portugal) - AC Florenz>AC Milan: 45.7 Mil.
04. Filippo Inzaghi (Italy) - Juventus Turin>AC Milan: 43.0 Mil.
05. Sebastian Veron (Argentina) - Lazio Rome>Manchester United: 41.9 Mil.
06. Pavel Nedved (Czech) - Lazio Rome>Juventus Turin: 40.3 Mil.
07. Lilian Thuram (France) - AC Parma>Juventus Turin: 37.6 Mil.
08. Javier Saviola (Argentina) - River Plate>FC Barcelona: 34.3 Mil.
09. Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) - AS Rom>AC Parma: 32.2 Mil.
10. Ruud v. Nistelrooy (Holland) - PSV Eindhoven>Manchester United: 31.9 Mil.
11. Francesco Toldo (Italy) - AC Florenz>Inter Milan: 29.6 Mil.
12. Antonio Cassano (Italy) - FC Bari>AS Rome: 26.9 Mil.
12. Stefano Fiore (Italy) - Udinese>Lazio Rome: 26.9 Mil.
14. Amoroso (Brazil) - AC Parma>Borussia Dortmund: 26.6 Mil.
15. Sebastian Frey (France) - Inter Milan>AC Parma: 24.2 Mil.
15. Sergio Conceicao (Portugal) - AC Parma>Inter Milan: 24.2 Mil.
17. Geovanni (Brazil) - Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte>FC Barcelona: 22.0 Mil.
18. Christian Zenoni (Italy) - AC Milan>Juventus Turin: 21.5 Mil.
19. Andrea Pirlo (Italy) - Inter Milan>AC Milan: 18.4 Mil.
20. Philippe Cristanval (France) - AS Monaco>FC Barcelona: 18.6 Mil.

Notes:
- I believe I normalized 2001 figures into the Euro exchange rate effective at the time (on the books anyway). I used the ratio I got from Kicker by dividing Zidane's DM141.0 into €75 million, both of which were listed in Kicker, which gave me the memorable ratio of 0.53191489361702127659574468085106)


***2000***
01. Figo (Portugal), FC Barcelona>Real Madrid: 59.0 Mil.
02. Crespo (Argentina), Parma>Lazio Rome: 55.0 Mil.
03. Overmars (Holland), Arsenal>FC Barcelona: 36.0 Mil.
04. Batistuta (Argentina), Florenz>AS Rome: 35.0 Mil.
05. Anelka (France), Real Madrid>Paris St. Germain: 32.3 Mil.
06. Jardel (Brazil), FC Porto>Galatasaray Istanbul: 29.0 Mil.
07. Claudio Lopez (Argentina), FC Valencia>Lazio Rom: 27.3 Mil.
08. Milosevic (Yugoslavia), Saragossa>Parma: 25.0 Mil.
09. Flavio Conceicao (Brazil), Deportivo La Coruña>Real Madrid: 23.5 Mil.
10. Hasselbaink (Holland), Atletico Madrid>FC Chelsea: 23.3 Mil.
11. Almeyda (Argentina), Lazio Rom>Parma: 22.5 Mil.
12. Trezeguet (France), Monaco>Juventus Turin: 21.5 Mil.
13. Gerard (Spain), FC Valencia>FC Barcelona: 21.2 Mil.
14. Keane (Ireland), Coventry>Inter Milan: 20.3 Mil.
15. Farinos (Spain), FC Valencia>Inter Milan: 19.3 Mil.
16. Redondo (Argentina) Real Madrid>AC Milan: 17.7 Mil.
17. Emerson (Brazil), Bayer Leverkusen>AS Rome: 17.5 Mil.
18. Samuel (Argentina), Boca Juniors>AS Rome: 17.3 Mil.
19. Rebrow (Ukraine), Dynamo Kiev>Tottenham: 17.0 Mil.
20. Peruzzi (Italy), Inter Milan>Lazio Rome: 16.5 Mil.

Note: In 2000 Kicker used an exchange rate of 0.5 from DM into €.

[sinner78]

Those transfers show why the italian teams are in deep financial trouble .Years of mad spending has ruined them and turned the whole transfer market into a farce.

As for middlesbrough..
where does their money come from??

answer== their rich owner

[thepremierleague]

Did Man City pay 18 mill for Anelka?

I totally missed that one.

[Juanele]

Originally posted by thepremierleague
Did Man City pay 18 mill for Anelka?

I totally missed that one.

Interesting figures. Anelka to Man City is the third highest transfer this offseason but it wouldn't even make the top 20 the season before.

[Syncope]

With the recent last-minute transfers, I've updated the list (new values taken from UEFA.com). Italy has apparently legalized the printing of money, or maybe it was stupidity. All German transfers have dropped out of the top 20. Note that at €9.5m, Ze Roberto is Munich's most expensive signing ever (and Ballack doesn't even make any list).

01. Ferdinand (England), Leeds United>Manchester United: 47.0 Mil.
02. Ronaldo (Brazil), Inter Milan>Real Madrid: 45.0 Mil.
03. Alessandro Nesta (Italy), Lazio Rome>AC Milan: 30.2 Mil.
04. Adriano (Brazil), Inter Milan>AC Parma: 30.0 Mil.
05. Hernan Crespo (Argentina), Lazio Rome>Inter Milan: 26.0 Mil.
05. Marco Di Vaio (Italy), Parma>Juventus: 26.0 Mil.
06. Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), Parma> Inter Milan: 23.0 Mil.
07. Anelka (France), Paris St. Germain>Manchester City: 18.0 Mil.
08. Diouf (Senegal), RC Lens>FC Liverpool: 15.0 Mil.
09. Javi Moreno (Spain), AC Milan>Atletico Madrid: 14.0 Mil.
09. Flo (Norway), Rangers>Sunderland: 14.0 Mil.
10. Bonera (Italy), AC Brescia>AC Parma: 13.0 Mil.
11. Viana (Portugal), Sporting Lissabon>Newcastle United: 12.5 Mil.
12. Maccarone (Italy), Empoli>FC Middlesbrough: 12.3 Mil.
13. Riquelme (Argentina), Boca Juniors Buenos Aires>FC Barcelona: 12.0 Mil.
14. Andrade (Portugal), FC Porto>Deportivo La Coruña: 11.9 Mil.
15. Sorin (Argentina), Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte>Lazio Rome: 11.2 Mil.
16. Keane (Ireland), Leeds United> Tottenham Hotspurs: 11.0 Mil.
17. Diao (Senegal), CS Sedan>FC Liverpool: 10.5 Mil.
18. Acuna (Argentina), Real Saragossa>Deportivo La Coruña: 10.0 Mil.
18. Brighi (Italy), Juventus>Parma: 10.0 Mil.

***Dropping Out***
19. Arteta (Spain), FC Barcelona>Glasgow Rangers: 9.7 Mil.
20. Zé Roberto (Brazil), Bayer Leverkusen>Bayern München: 9.5 Mil.
21. Juninho (Brazil), Atletico Madrid>FC Middlesbrough: 9.45 Mil.
22. Deisler (Germany), Hertha BSC>Bayern München: 9.2 Mil.
23. Frings (Germany) Werder Bremen>Borussia Dortmund: 8.5 Mil.
23. Franca (Brazil), FC Sao Paulo>Bayer Leverkusen: 8.5 Mil.

[minorthreat]

Did AC Milan pay Feyenoord anything for Jon Dahl Tomasson?

[Spartak]

Originally posted by C-towner
Did AC Milan pay Feyenoord anything for Jon Dahl Tomasson?
No, he came on a Bosman.

[Soccerholic]

Originally posted by Syncope
Note that at €9.5m, Ze Roberto is Munich's most expensive signing ever (and Ballack doesn't even make any list).


How much did Bayern Munich pay for Ballack?

[mr magoo]

These amounts are all in that wierd Euro Money.

[Syncope]

Originally posted by Soccerholic
How much did Bayern Munich pay for Ballack? Six million Euros; one of the best bargains, discounting some of the amazing free transfers this summer (all of which seemed to go Milan's way).

[waq1]

Fener payed 22 million for Ortega were is that transfer!

[Syncope]

Accoriding to an August article on the Kicker Web site, Fenerbahce paid six million Euros. A May article (before the transfer) at soccernet.com states that Fener were going to 7.5 million to River Plate and 2.5 to Parma, who apparently still held some rights to the player. UEFA.com, perhaps the most trustworthy source, lists him at 8.1 million (http://www.uefa.com/FootballCentral/transfers/index,newsId=22618.html).