Report: Arsenal Miss Out On £150m In Player Sales While Liverpool Take Home An Extra 7%

We may complain about the billions pumped through the arteries of the beautiful game to see the best and brightest play in the top leagues when there’s, well you know, trivial issues like world hunger and climate change to sort out, but it isn’t half entertaining. Tens of millions are quickly bypassed or glossed over in conversation when accounting for an individual player’s worth. ‘Yeah, why don’t we just pay £60million instead of 50?’. BettingOdds.com has now examined the past 10 years of ‘Big Six’ transfer activity and which of Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs and Manchesters United and City have sold at the right time or perhaps blown their beans a bit too early to see quick buck-making turn into embarrassment when a particular player value hasn’t stopped escalating (Chelsea saying so long to Salah? Say no more….). Every transfer since 2012 has been examined, with overall results to see player value increase within one and two years of their sale. This means that the findings are presented between 2012 and 2019. The results of an individual player value has been studied up until the present day.

Liverpool have performed the best of the Big Six, selling players for a total of £505.24million on an initial player value of £471.97m, resulting in a £33.27m greater return on estimated value, or 7.0% to the better. Conversely, Arsenal have sold players in this period for £297.23m, £146.22m less than these players’ estimated value of £443.45m, or just 67% of what they could have expected to receive. Similarly as sorrowfully lacking in business-savvy, Manchester United have seen their own £315.64m of sales transform to £389.53m in player value after two years of departure, to witness a player value increase of 23.41% or £73.89m of missed sales potential by the Red Devils.

Though Chelsea fans still observe Mohamed Salah through gritted teeth, the Egyptian being the player who most increased in value upon being sold by a Big Six club within two years of leaving (an initial sale of £13.50m in 2016 transformed into a £135m machine by 2018, or £121.50m of missed income), they can take comfort in knowing that the ‘Greatest Projected Individual Player Loss From Fee Sold For To Value After 2 Years Of Sale’ lies with their one-time hero Eden Hazard, who dropped from in value by a record £99million within two years of moving to Real Madrid.

Results are presented in £millions, with data taken from the Premier League and Transfermarkt.com. The year presented denotes the start of a particular season.

The results have been organised into the following categories:

• Fee Received To Player Value (2012 - 2019)
• Player Value To Fee Sold For After 1 Year of Sale (2012 - 2019)
• Player Value To Fee Sold For After 2 Years of Sale (2012 - 2019)
• Greatest Individual Player Loss From Fee Sold For To Estimated Value
• Greatest Projected Individual Player Loss From Fee Sold For To Estimated Value After 1 Year Of Sale
• Greatest Projected Individual Player Loss From Fee Sold For To Estimated Value After 2 Years Of Sale
• Greatest Individual Player Value Decrease After 1 Year Of Sale
• Greatest Individual Player Value Decrease After 2 Years Of Sale

Fee Received To Player Value (2012 - 2019)

Player Value To Fee Sold For After 1 Year of Sale (2012 - 2019)

Player Value To Fee Sold For After 2 Years of Sale (2012 - 2019)

Greatest Individual Player Loss From Fee Sold For To Estimated Value

Greatest Projected Individual Player Loss From Fee Sold For To Estimated Value After 1 Year Of Sale

Greatest Projected Individual Player Loss From Fee Sold For To Estimated Value After 2 Years Of Sale

Greatest Individual Player Value Decrease After 1 Year Of Sale

Greatest Individual Player Value Decrease After 2 Years Of Sale