CIES Football Observatory

Issue n°102- 10/03/2015

Big-5 Weekly Post Most profitable youth academies

Total: 1.072 billion €

Transfer fees generated since July 2012 by players from the academy (three seasons between 15 and 21 years of age) Ligue 1: 292 million € (27%)

Liga: 276 million € (26%)

Premier League: 227 million € (21%)

Bundesliga: 163 million € (15%) Serie A: 114 million € (11%)

Club ranking Club

Players

Transfer fees (million €)

1. Southampton FC (ENG)

Calum Chambers, Adam Lallana, Luke Shaw

90.2

2. LOSC Lille (FRA)

Gianni Bruno, Mathieu Debuchy, Lucas Digne, Eden Hazard, Divock Origi

76.0

3. Real Sociedad de Fútbol (ESP)

Antoine Griezmann, Asier Illarramendi

62.2

4. Sevilla FC (ESP)

Luis Alberto, José Campaña, Antonio Luna, Alberto Moreno, Jesús Navas

51.5

5. Borussia Dortmund (GER)

Daniel Ginczek, Mario Götze, Julian Koch, Lasse Sobiech, Koray Günter

43.5

6. Real Madrid CF (ESP)

José María Callejón, Daniel Carvajal, Esteban Granero, Álvaro Morata

43.0

7. FC Barcelona (ESP)

Thiago Alcântara, Jonathan dos Santos, Andreu Fontàs, Bojan Krkić, Antonio Sanabria

38.8

8. Stade Rennais (FRA)

Y. M’Vila, T. Bakayoko, Y. Brahimi, K. Théophile, J. Kembo, D. Foulquier, Y. Jebbour

33.6

9. Montpellier Hérault SC (FRA)

Rémy Cabella, Benjamin Stambouli, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Younès Belhanda

33.5

10. AS St-Etienne (FRA)

Faouzi Ghoulam, Josuha Guilavogui, Loris Néry, Kurt Zouma

32.8

11. Swansea City AFC (WAL)

Joe Allen, Ben Davies

31.6

12. FC Bayern München (GER)

Emre Can, Diego Contento, Raif Husic, Toni Kroos

31.1

13. Manchester United FC (ENG)

Michael Keane, Danny Welbeck, Robert Brady, Matt James, Joshua King

28.7

14. Paris St-Germain FC (FRA)

Clément Chantôme, Antoine Conte, Mamadou Sakho, Ilan Boccara

25.2

15. FC Genoa 1893 (ITA)

Richmond Boakye, Isaac Cofie, Stephan El Shaarawy, Dejan Lazarević, Stefano Sturaro

24.5

16. Everton FC (ENG)

Victor Anichebe, Jack Rodwell, Shane Duffy

23.9

17. Atalanta Bergamo (ITA)

Giacomo Bonaventura, Simone Colombi, Andrea Consigli, Manolo Gabbiadini, J. Olausson

23.6

18. Valencia CF (ESP)

Juan Bernat, Carles Gil, Pablo Hernández, Míchel Herrero

23.2

19. Toulouse FC (FRA)

Etienne Capoue, Daniel Congré, Cheikh M’Bengue, Moussa Sissoko

22.2

20. SC Freiburg (GER)

Oliver Baumann, Daniel Caligiuri, Johannes Flum, Matthias Ginter

20.8

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel

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