CIES Football Observatory Issue n°102- 10/03/2015 Big-5 Weekly Post

Most profitable youth academies

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%) Total: 1.072 billion € Total:

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 www.football-observatory.com