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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