CIES Football Observatory Issue n°117 - 08/09/2015 Big-5 Weekly Post
Most under-paid players Transfer assessment: summer 2015
Player Age Position From To Estimated* Reported** Gap 1. Anthony Martial 19 fw Monaco Manchester United 22.1 50.0 +27.9 2. Kevin de Bruyne 24 am Wolfsburg Manchester City 47.4 74.0 +26.6 3. Christian Benteke 24 fw Aston Villa Liverpool 26.3 46.0 +19.7 *** 4. Ángel Di María 27 am Manchester United Paris SG 47.7 63.0 +15.3 5. Arda Turan 28 am Atlético Madrid Barcelona 18.8 34.0 +15.2 6. Nicolás Otamendi 27 cb Valencia Manchester City 26.3 40.0 +13.7 *** 7. Alessio Romagnoli 20 cb Roma Milan 12.7 25.0 +12.3 8. Aymen Abdennour 25 cb Monaco Valencia 12.9 25.0 +12.1 9. Petr Čech 33 gk Chelsea Arsenal 3.6 15.0 +11.4 Most over-paid transfers Most over-paid 10. Ivan Perišić 26 am Wolfsburg Inter 7.1 18.0 +10.9 11. Morgan Schneiderlin 25 dm Southampton Manchester United 23.8 34.0 +10.2 12. Adama Traoré 20 dm Lille Monaco 4.4 14.0 +9.6 13. James Chester 26 cb Hull City West Bromwich 2.6 11.3 +8.7 14. Paulo Dybala 21 fw Palermo Juventus 23.6 32.0 +8.4 15. Julian Draxler 21 am Schalke Wolfsburg 22.2 30.0 +7.8 16. Jordan Amavi 21 fb Nice Aston Villa 5.9 13.0 +7.1 17. Roberto Soldado 30 fw Tottenham Villarreal 5.6 12.6 +7.0 18. Robert Brady 23 am Hull City Norwich 3.3 9.9 +6.6 19. Geoffrey Kondogbia 22 dm Monaco Internazionale 23.6 30.0 +6.4 20. Yohan Cabaye 29 dm Paris SG Crystal Palace 7.7 14.0 +6.3
Player Age Position From To Estimated* Reported** Gap 1. Raheem Sterling 20 fw Liverpool Manchester City 95.1 63.0 -32.1 2. Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa 26 cb Roma Lyon 19.9 8.0 -11.9 3. Robin van Persie 31 fw Manchester United Fenerbahçe 16.9 5.5 -11.4 4. Denis Suárez 21 am Barcelona Villarreal 13.7 4.0 -9.7 5. Nathaniel Clyne 24 fb Southampton Liverpool 24.5 14.8 -9.7 6. Mattia Destro 24 fw Roma Bologna 17.2 8.5 -8.7 7. Sergio García 32 fw Espanyol Al Rayyan 9.7 1.5 -8.2 *** 8. Connor Wickham 22 fw Sunderland Crystal Palace 17.9 10.0 -7.9 9. Gerard Deulofeu 21 fw Barcelona Everton 13.6 6.0 -7.6 10. Juanmi Jiménez 22 fw Málaga Southampton 14.3 7.0 -7.3 *** Most under-paid transfers 11. Angelo Ogbonna 27 cb Juventus West Ham 18.7 12.0 -6.7 12. Afriyie Acquah 23 dm Hoffenheim Torino 9.3 3.0 -6.3 13. Xherdan Shaqiri 23 dm Internazionale Stoke 23.1 17.0 -6.1 14. Edin Džeko 29 fw Manchester City Roma 20.9 15.0 -5.9 15. Fabian Delph 25 dm Aston Villa Manchester City 17.0 11.5 -5.5 *** 16. Dante Bonfim 31 cb Bayern Wolfsburg 10.0 4.5 -5.5 17. Raúl García 28 am Atlético Madrid Athletic Bilbao 13.4 8.0 -5.4 18. Stevan Jovetić 25 fw Manchester City Inter 20.3 15.0 -5.3 19. Davide Astori 28 cb Cagliari Fiorentina 10.6 5.5 -5.1 20. Max Kruse 27 fw M'gladbach Wolfsburg 17.0 12.0 -5.0 ***
* Estimated fee +23% (average inflation) ** Not including add-ons *** Buy-out clause Inflation compared to 2009-2014: +23%
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel www.football-observatory.com