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Issue n°79 - 02/09/2014 Big-5 Weekly Post

Transfers follow-up - Summer 2014

Most over-paid players Most under-paid players

+ 30.0 Ángel Di María -16.0 million € Real CF  Manchester United FC million € AC  Liverpool FC

+ 29.0 -11.8 Luis Suárez million € Chelsea FC  St-Germain FC million € Liverpool FC  FC

+ 25.0 m James Rodríguez -10.0 million € AS Monaco  Real Madrid CF million € Club Atlético de Madrid  Chelsea FC

Transfers worth more than 10 million €

Over-paid Ángel Jérémy Shane Dejan Luís Gyl Di María Mathieu Long Lovren Filipe Sigurdsson

David Calum Claudio Adam Vincent Juan Manuel Luiz Chambers Bravo Lallana Aboubakar Iturbe

James Thomas Luke Jack Keylor Alberto Rodríguez Vermaelen Shaw Rodwell Navas Moreno

Ander Alexis Medhi Ivan Divock Herrera Sánchez Benatia Rakitić Origi

Right price Demba Ben Federico Jake Álvaro Ba Davies Fernández Livermore Morata

Juan Mathieu Javi Adrián Shkodran Bernat Debuchy García López Musta

Hakan Federico Toni Romelu Marc-André Çalhanoğlu Fazio Kroos Lukaku ter Stegen

Emre Leroy Pierre-Michel Mario Danny Can Fer Lasogga Mandžukić Welbeck

Under-paid Mario Matthias Steven Antoine Balotelli Ginter Caulker Griezmann

Luis Juan Ciro Suárez Cuadrado Immobile

Diego Rémy Alessio Costa Cabella Cerci

Antonio Loïc Francesc Candreva Rémy Fàbregas

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Rank estimated

1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th

Chelsea FC Manchester City FC Liverpool FC Arsenal FC Manchester United FC Everton FC Tottenham Hotspur FC Southampton FC Leicester City FC Stoke City FC Newcastle United FC West Bromwich Albion FC West Ham United FC Burnley FC Aston Villa FC Swansea City AFC Hull City AFC Crystal Palace FC Sunderland AFC Queens Park Rangers FC

1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th

Most probable rank

By indicator Rk: Rank estimated; St: Players’ status; Co: Squad cohesion; Am: Club ambition Better than rank estimated; As rank estimated; Worse than rank estimated

Chelsea FC Manchester City FC Liverpool FC Arsenal FC Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 1 2 3 4

Manchester United FC Everton FC Tottenham Hotspur FC Southampton FC Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 5 6 7 8

Leicester City FC Stoke City FC Newcastle United FC West Bromwich Albion FC Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 9 10 11 12

West Ham United FC Burnley FC Aston Villa FC Swansea City AFC Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 13 14 15 16

Hull City AFC Crystal Palace FC Sunderland AFC Queens Park Rangers FC Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 17 18 19 20 Premier

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Rank estimated

1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th

FC Barcelona Real Madrid CF Club Atlético de Madrid Athletic Club Bilbao Valencia CF Villarreal CF Sevilla FC de Fútbol RC Celta de Vigo Levante UD Málaga CF RCD Espanyol Granada CF RC Deportivo La Coruña de Madrid Getafe CF Elche CF Córdoba CF SD Eibar UD Almería

1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th

Most probable rank

By indicator Rk: Rank estimated; St: Players’ status; Co: Squad cohesion; Am: Club ambition Better than rank estimated; As rank estimated; Worse than rank estimated

FC Barcelona Real Madrid CF Club Atlético de Madrid Athletic Club Bilbao Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 1 2 3 4

Valencia CF Villarreal CF Sevilla FC Real Sociedad de Fútbol Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 5 6 7 8

RC Celta de Vigo Levante UD Málaga CF RCD Espanyol Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 9 10 11 12

Granada CF RC Deportivo La Coruña Rayo Vallecano de Madrid Getafe CF Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 13 14 15 16

Elche CF Córdoba CF SD Eibar UD Almería Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 17 18 19 20 Liga

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Rank estimated

1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th

Paris St-Germain FC LOSC Lille Olympique de AS Monaco AS St-Etienne Stade Rennais FC Toulouse FC FC Girondins de Bordeaux SC Bastia Evian Thonon Gaillard FC EA Guingamp Montpellier Hérault SC FC Metz FC FC Lorient OGC SM Caen RC Lens

1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th

Most probable rank

By indicator Rk: Rank estimated; St: Players’ status; Co: Squad cohesion; Am: Club ambition Better than rank estimated; As rank estimated; Worse than rank estimated

Paris St-Germain FC LOSC Lille AS Monaco Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 1 2 3 4

AS St-Etienne Stade Rennais FC Toulouse FC Olympique Lyonnais Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 5 6 7 8

FC Girondins de Bordeaux SC Bastia Evian Thonon Gaillard FC EA Guingamp Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 9 10 11 12

Stade de Reims Montpellier Hérault SC FC Metz FC Nantes Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 13 14 15 16

FC Lorient OGC Nice SM Caen RC Lens Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 17 18 19 20

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Rank estimated

1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th

FC Bayern München VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach FC Schalke 04 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim VfL Wolfsburg Hertha BSC Berlin 1. FSV Mainz 05 1. FC Köln FC Augsburg VfB Stuttgart SV Werder Bremen Hamburger SV SC Freiburg SC Paderborn 07

1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th

Most probable rank

By indicator Rk: Rank estimated; St: Players’ status; Co: Squad cohesion; Am: Club ambition Better than rank estimated; As rank estimated; Worse than rank estimated

FC Bayern München Borussia Dortmund VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayer 04 Leverkusen Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 1 2 3 4

FC Schalke 04 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim VfL Wolfsburg Hertha BSC Berlin Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 5 6 7 8

1. FSV Mainz 05 1. FC Köln Hannover 96 FC Augsburg Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 9 10 11 12

VfB Stuttgart SV Werder Bremen Hamburger SV SC Freiburg Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 13 14 15 16

Eintracht Frankfurt SC Paderborn 07 Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 17 18

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Rank estimated

1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th

AS Roma Juventus FC AC Fiorentina Milan AC SSC Napoli Internazionale Milano FC SS Lazio Torino Calcio Sampdoria UC FC Parma Hellas Verona FC FC 1893 Atalanta Bergamo Palermo US US Sassuolo Empoli FC AC Chievo Verona AC Cesena

1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th

Most probable rank

By indicator Rk: Rank estimated; St: Players’ status; Co: Squad cohesion; Am: Club ambition Better than rank estimated; As rank estimated; Worse than rank estimated

AS Roma Juventus FC AC Fiorentina Milan AC Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 1 2 3 4

SSC Napoli Internazionale Milano FC SS Lazio Torino Calcio Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 5 6 7 8

Sampdoria UC FC Parma Hellas Verona FC Udinese Calcio Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 9 10 11 12

FC Genoa 1893 Atalanta Bergamo Cagliari Calcio Palermo US Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 13 14 15 16

US Sassuolo Empoli FC AC Chievo Verona AC Cesena Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am Rk St Co Am 17 18 19 20

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel Issue n°81 - 17/09/2014 Big-5 Weekly Post

Transfer fees paid by big-5 league clubs (summer 2014)

National to big-5 league clubs transfers

112 796 72% Summer 2014 Lower division clubs in the same country 28% Clubs in the same big-5 league

to other clubs To other 2,443 To non big-5 league big-5 league clubs million € Lower division clubs clubs in other big-5 to big-5 league clubs league countries

Clubs in other big-5 leagues 25 68%

956 118 436 32%

Non-UEFA clubs UEFA clubs outside

big-5 league countries 2013/14 2008/09 to from to other clubs International transfers

Highest incomes for transfers to big-5 league clubs (summer 2014)

Million € Million € Million € 1. Southampton FC 121 16. Tottenham Hotspur FC 38 31. Hamburger SV 20 2. Real Madrid CF 112 17. Athletic Club Bilbao 36 . Hertha BSC Berlin 20 3. Chelsea FC 102 18. Manchester United FC 34 33. SC Freiburg 19 4. Liverpool FC 100 19. Hellas Verona FC 29 . SSC Napoli 19 5. AS Monaco 95 20. Cardiff City FC 28 . Hull City AFC 19 6. FC Barcelona 86 21. Torino Calcio 27 . Norwich City FC 19 7. FC Porto 84 22. AFC Ajax 25 37. Swansea City AFC 18 8. Club Atlético de Madrid 73 . Sporting Clube de Portugal 25 . 1. FC Nürnberg 18 9. Sevilla FC 54 . 25 . LOSC Lille 18 10. FC Bayern München 49 25. Milan AC 24 40. FC Parma 17 11. Real Sociedad de Fútbol 46 26. Juventus FC 22 . Queens Park Rangers FC 17 . AS Roma 46 . FC Genoa 1893 22 42. Stade Rennais FC 16 13. SL Benfica 43 . FC Dynamo Kyiv 22 . Montpellier Hérault SC 16 14. Valencia CF 41 . Arsenal FC 22 . FC Salzburg 16 15. Udinese Calcio 39 30. Sampdoria UC 21 . Manchester City FC 16 . Bayer 04 Leverkusen 16 * Non big-5 league clubs

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel Issue n°82 - 23/09/2014 Big-5 Weekly Post

Transfer expenditure of big-5 league clubs [Summer transfer windows]

Total expenditure, 2008-2014 Ranking by club, 2008-2014 Million € 3,000 1. Real Madrid CF 750 2,422 2. Million € 2,208 Manchester City FC 733 1,889 3. FC Barcelona 611 2,000 4. Liverpool FC 466 1,858 5. Chelsea FC 431 1,747 1,598 1,342 6. Manchester United FC 425 1,000 7. Paris St-Germain FC 414 8. Tottenham Hotspur FC 384 9. Juventus FC 365 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 10. Arsenal FC 316 11. FC Bayern München 307 12. Internazionale Milano FC 291 13. AS Roma 288 Transfer expenditure of the 10 most active clubs (%) 14. SSC Napoli 283

60% 15. Club Atlético de Madrid 273 16. Milan AC 231

49.2% 17. FC Genoa 1893 213 48.0% 47.1% 44.7% 18. AS Monaco 204 40% 42.6% 41.3% 19. Olympique de Marseille 201

% of total fees paid fees % of total 35.9% 20. AC Fiorentina 196 21. Aston Villa FC 191 20% 22. Sunderland AFC 188 23. Olympique Lyonnais 186 24. Borussia Dortmund 172 0% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 25. VfL Wolfsburg 167 26. Sevilla FC 162 27. SS Lazio 158 Transfer expenditure of English Premier League clubs (%) 28. Southampton FC 146 29. Palermo US 140 60% . Hamburger SV 140 31. Everton FC 138 32. Valencia CF 129 44.7% 40% 33. West Ham United FC 124 38.5% 34. Stoke City FC 117 % of total fees paid fees % of total 36.1% 35.0% 30.9% 31.3% 27.7% 35. Newcastle United FC 106 20% 36. Udinese Calcio 103 37. FC Schalke 04 99 38. Villarreal CF 95 0% 39. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 91 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 40. Swansea City AFC 90

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel Issue n°83 - 30/09/2014 Big-5 Weekly Post

Best performing players per position, since the start of the season*

*At least 60% of minutes

1. (Juventus) 100.0 1. (Bayern) 100.0 2. Jérémy Mathieu (Barcelona) 83.1 2. (Paris SG) 80.3 3. (Juventus) 82.6 3. (Barcelona) 77.0 4. Jérôme Boateng (Bayern) 82.2 4. (Juventus) 74.2 5. Dante Bonfim (Bayern) 67.0 5. (AS Roma) 65.8 Centre backs Centre 6. Aoás (Paris SG) 58.0 6. (Paris SG) 64.9 7. (Arsenal) 53.3 7. Seydou Keita (AS Roma) 64.4 8. (Juventus) 52.5 8. (Lille) 61.5 9. David Luiz (Paris SG) 51.4 9. Miralem Pjanić (AS Roma) 60.1 10. Robin Knoche (Wolfsburg) 50.1 10. (Southampton) 59.3 11. José Fonte (Southampton) 46.7 11. (Lille) 57.6 12. Simon Kjaer (Lille) 45.7 12. (Arsenal) 56.9

13. (Real Madrid) 44.9 Central/Defensive 13. (Real Madrid) 55.6 14. Dejan Lovren (Liverpool) 44.8 14. Gabi Fernández (Atlético Madrid) 54.4 15. (Nantes) 44.1 15. (Juventus) 53.6

1. (Barcelona) 100.0 1. Francesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) 100.0 2. (Juventus) 96.8 2. Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) 74.6 3. (Barcelona) 94.6 3. (Paris SG) 69.2 4. (Bayern) 73.5 4. Ivan Rakitić (Barcelona) 67.7 Full backs Full 5. (Man. City) 73.1 5. (Man. City) 66.7 6. Antonio Balzano (Cagliari) 72.8 6. Koke Resurrección (Atlético Madrid) 61.1 7. Marcelo Vieira (Real Madrid) 67.5 7. (Juventus) 58.2 8. (Monaco) 66.6 8. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) 55.2 9. (Milan) 66.5 9. Mesut Özil (Arsenal) 53.2 Attacking midfielders Attacking 10. Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg) 66.1 10. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea) 52.0 11. Calum Chambers (Arsenal) 62.0 11. Stewart Downing (West Ham) 51.6 12. Leighton Baines (Everton) 61.3 12. Hernanes de Carvalho (Internazionale) 51.5 13. Brice Dja Djédjé (Marseille) 59.6 13. Marek Hamšík (Napoli) 50.1 14. Stefan Lichtsteiner (Juventus) 59.2 14. Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland) 49.7 15. (Bayern) 58.3 . James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) 49.7

Key performance indicators 1. André-Pierre Gignac (Marseille) 100.0 2. Diego Costa (Chelsea) 91.7 3. (Real Madrid) 88.0 4. Forwards Pablo Osvaldo (Internazionale) 66.7 Rigour Recovery 5. (Barcelona) 65.0 6. Paco Alcácer (Valencia) 64.8 7. Carlos Tévez (Juventus) 56.4 8. Manuel Nolito (Vigo) 56.1 Pitch Shooting Distribution performance 9. Sergio Agüero (Man. City) 54.9 10. (Internazionale) 53.2 11. (Liverpool) 48.9 12. Shinji Okazaki (Mainz) 46.5 Chance Take on 13. (Marseille) 45.6 creation 14. (Toulouse) 45.5 15. (Paris SG) 45.1

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel Issue n°84 - 07/10/2014 Big-5 Weekly Post page 1

Points by minute* *Average number of points achieved at the end of every minute of the game

Premier League **fielded for at least 50% of minutes

Club ranking Players (highest)** Players (lowest)** 1. Chelsea 2.18 César Azpilicueta 2.18 Oscar dos Santos 2.07 2. Swansea 1.80 Nathan Dyer 1.84 Federico Fernández 1.14 3. Man. United 1.76 2.39 1.37 4. West Ham 1.61 James Tomkins 1.69 1.49 5. Man. City 1.54 Gaël Clichy 2.02 Luiz Fernandinho 1.19 6. Tottenham 1.42 1.58 1.38 7. Aston Villa 1.39 Ashley Westwood 1.57 0.98 8. Everton 1.35 Kevin Mirallas 1.56 1.25 9. Hull 1.32 Stephen Quinn 1.46 Michael Dawson 1.09 10. Crystal Palace 1.29 Scott Dann 1.62 Frazier Campbell 1.09 . Liverpool 1.29 Javi Manquillo 1.53 Mario Balotelli 0.99 12. Southampton 1.28 Steven Davis 1.44 James Ward-Prowse 0.83 13. Stoke City 1.27 1.71 Marko Arnautović 0.55 14. Sunderland 1.20 Steven Fletcher 1.55 Wes Brown 0.94 15. Leicester 1.08 Jeffrey Schlupp 1.35 David Nugent 0.81 16. Arsenal 0.93 1.22 Mathieu Flamini 0.62 17. WBA 0.91 James Morrison 1.12 Jonas Olsson 0.47 18. Burnley 0.62 George Boyd 0.72 Michael Duff 0.60 19. QPR 0.55 Matthew Phillips 0.98 Niko Kranjčar 0.31 20. Newcastle 0.47 Emmanuel Rivière 0.61 0.42

Liga

Club ranking Players (highest)** Players (lowest)** 1. Valencia 2.20 Pablo Piatti 2.34 Rodrigo Moreno 2.05 2. Real Madrid 2.05 Raphaël Varane 2.31 Pepe 1.85 3. Sevilla 2.03 2.23 Aleix Vidal 1.84 4. Barcelona 1.80 Dani Alves 2.05 Pedro Rodríguez 1.32 5. Vigo 1.59 Carles Planas 1.77 Nemanja Radoja 1.49 6. Atlético Madrid 1.58 Raúl García 1.85 1.30 7. Eibar 1.25 Saúl Berjón 1.54 Javi Lara 0.58 8. Granada 1.18 Rubén Rochina 1.36 Isaac Success 1.07 . Espanyol 1.18 José Cañas 1.82 Christian Stuani 0.77 . Rayo Vallecano 1.18 Tito Triguero 1.38 0.96 11. Almería 1.13 1.36 Fernando Soriano 0.84 12. Villarreal 1.10 Víctor Ruiz 1.34 0.71 13. La Coruña 1.08 Alberto Lopo 1.21 Isaac Cuenca 0.77 14. Getafe 1.03 Juan Valera 1.26 Ángel Lafita 0.53 . Levante 1.03 Rubén García 1.46 Simão Mate 0.56 16. Elche 1.00 Víctor Rodríguez 1.24 Przemyslaw Tytoń 0.84 17. Bilbao 0.90 Beñat Etxebarria 1.17 0.74 18. Málaga 0.89 Vitorino Antunes 1.14 Sergi Darder 0.82 19. Córdoba 0.68 Nabil Ghilas 0.81 Fausto Rossi 0.57 20. Real Sociedad 0.48 0.67 Xabi Prieto 0.46

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel Issue n°84 - 07/10/2014 Big-5 Weekly Post page 2

Points by minute* *Average number of points achieved at the end of every minute of the game

Ligue 1 **fielded for at least 50% of minutes

Club ranking Players (highest)** Players (lowest)** 1. Marseille 2.08 Dimitri Payet 2.19 1.92 2. Paris SG 1.68 Marquinhos Aoás 1.88 1.33 3. Montpellier 1.45 Mathieu Deplagne 1.64 Souleymane Camara 1.24 4. Toulouse 1.39 Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro 1.81 0.73 5. Reims 1.36 Antoine Devaux 1.62 Benjamin Moukandjo 1.07 . Lille 1.36 Jonathan Delaplace 1.67 Florent Balmont 1.02 7. Nantes 1.33 Serge Gakpé 1.54 Alejandro Bedoya 1.14 8. Bordeaux 1.31 Jaroslav Plašil 1.73 Mariano Ferreira 1.13 9. Metz 1.30 Sergei Krivets 1.53 Johann Carrasso 0.87 10. 1.28 1.62 Arnold Mvuemba 0.83 11. Nice 1.21 Eric Bauthéac 1.56 Alexy Bosetti 0.96 12. 1.12 Cheikh M'Bengue 1.30 Ola Toivonen 1.05 13. Lens 1.09 Pierrick Valdivia 1.29 Alharbi El Jadeyaoui 0.76 . Caen 1.09 Florian Raspentino 1.20 Jean Calvé 0.90 15. Evian Thonon 1.08 Cédric Mongongu 1.45 Fabien Camus 0.67 16. Lorient 1.04 Rafidine Abdullah 1.19 Wesley Lautoa 0.65 17. Bastia 1.00 1.30 Mathieu Peybernes 0.58 18. St-Etienne 0.98 Fabien Lemoine 1.21 Florentin Pogba 0.74 19. Monaco 0.93 Jérémy Toulalan 1.11 Yannick Ferreira Carrasco 0.74 20. Guingamp 0.73 Maxime Baca 1.03 Jérémy Sorbon 0.73

Bundesliga

Club ranking Players (highest)** Players (lowest)** 1. Bayern 2.28 2.60 Juan Bernat 2.07 2. Hoffenheim 1.82 1.89 1.64 3. M'gladbach 1.69 Álvaro Dominguez 2.13 Julian Korb 1.28 4. Leverkusen 1.46 1.88 1.33 5. Mainz 1.35 Jonas Hofmann 1.48 Christoph Moritz 1.02 6. Hannover 1.34 Leon Andreasen 1.65 Manuel Schmiedebach 1.15 7. Wolfsburg 1.30 Diego Benaglio 1.49 Ivica Olić 1.04 8. Frankfurt 1.29 Constant Djakpa 1.49 Carlos Zambrano 0.98 9. Hertha Berlin 1.19 Hajime Hosogai 1.37 Marcel Ndjeng 1.08 10. Freiburg 1.08 Maximilian Philipp 1.28 Oliver Sorg 0.85 11. Paderborn 1.07 Marvin Bakalorz 1.42 Lukas Rupp 0.92 12. Schalke 04 1.05 Roman Neustädter 1.35 0.58 13. Augsburg 1.04 1.39 0.97 14. Köln 1.01 1.35 Mišo Brečko 0.98 15. Stuttgart 0.99 Gotoku Sakai 1.08 0.75 16. Dortmund 0.95 Neven Subotić 1.43 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 0.82 17. Hamburg 0.84 1.08 Zoltán Stieber 0.61 18. Bremen 0.63 Davie Selke 0.92 Raphael Wolf 0.63

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel Issue n°84 - 07/10/2014 Big-5 Weekly Post page 3

Points by minute* *Average number of points achieved at the end of every minute of the game

Serie A **fielded for at least 50% of minutes

Club ranking Players (highest)** Players (lowest)** 1. Juventus 2.23 Angelo Ogbonna 2.56 1.87 2. AS Roma 1.88 Ashley Cole 2.16 1.49 3. Udinese 1.57 Ivan Piris 1.85 1.16 4. Milan 1.54 Daniele Bonera 1.90 Christian Abbiati 1.02 5. Sampdoria 1.52 Alessio Romagnoli 1.89 Éder Martins 1.28 6. Lazio 1.45 Filip Djordjević 1.77 1.19 7. Napoli 1.38 Marek Hamšík 1.57 1.03 8. Fiorentina 1.29 Jasmin Kurtić 1.72 0.79 9. Empoli 1.22 Mário Rui 1.57 Francesco Tavano 0.90 10. Palermo 1.21 Francesco Bolzoni 1.74 0.50 . Torino 1.21 Alessandro Gazzi 1.40 Daniele Padelli 1.09 12. Internazionale 1.16 Andrea Ranocchia 1.44 Nemanja Vidić 0.81 13. Genoa 1.08 Andrea Bertolacci 1.29 Mauricio Pinilla 0.86 14. Verona 1.06 Rafael de Andrade 1.21 Rafael Marques 0.88 . Cesena 1.06 Massimo Volta 1.37 Daniele Capelli 1.00 16. Chievo Verona 1.04 Ivan Radovanović 1.41 0.76 17. Atalanta 0.95 Marcelo Estigarribia 1.15 Giuseppe Biava 0.93 18. Cagliari 0.84 Lorenzo Crisetig 1.21 Daniele Conti 0.41 19. Parma 0.62 Cristóbal Jorquera 0.84 Francesco Lodi 0.47 20. Sassuolo 0.58 0.79 Paolo Cannavaro 0.46

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel CIES Football Observatory Issue n°85 - 21/10/2014 Big-5 Weekly Post page 1

Oldest and youngest line-ups

Last match day Since 2008/09 Youngest [19/10/2014] Youngest [10/05/2014]

Gayá 19.4 R. de Paul 20.4 77IN Rafetraniaina 17.7 69OUT Puel 17.0 78IN Alcácer 21.1 Carles Gil 21.9 45IN Maupay 17.7 Genevois 26.5 53IN Subs Subs Filipe Augusto 21.2 45OUT Feghouli 24.8 45IN Honorat 17.7 78OUT Abriel 34.8 69IN Mustafi 22.5 Hassen 19.2 Starting 11 Rodrigo 23.6 Starting 11 Amavi 20.2 Parejo 25.5 La Coruña - Valencia Mendy 21.9 Evian TG - Nice Piatti 25.6 45OUT Eysseric 22.1 Rodríguez 26.1 Average age on the pitch: Kolodziejczak 22.6 53OUT Average age on the pitch: Otamendi 26.7 24.4 Palun 25.5 22.1 Barragán 27.4 Pejčinović 26.5 Javi Fuego 30.8 77OUT Bauthéac 26.7

Liga, 19/10/2014 Ligue 1, 10/05/2014 24.4 22.1 La Coruña - Valencia Evian TG - Nice

Premier League, 20/10/2014 Liga, 15/05/2010

By league By 24.6 league By 22.3 West Bromwich - Manchester United Atlético de Madrid - Getafe

Serie A, 19/10/2014 Bundesliga, 18/05/2013 25.0 22.7 Cagliari - Sampdoria FC Augsburg - SpVgg Greuther Fürth

Ligue 1, 18/10/2014 Premier League, 02/05/2009 25.0 22.7 Nice - Bastia Portsmouth - Arsenal

Bundesliga, 18/10/2014 Serie A, 06/04/2014 25.0 23.1 Stuttgart - Leverkusen Fiorentina - Udinese

Oldest [19/10/2014] Oldest [03/05/2009]

Toni 37.4 Nenê 31.2 69IN Maldini 40.9 Bonera 27.9 79IN Márquez 35.7 90RED Campanharo 22.5 67IN Favalli 37.3 Mattioni 20.6 89IN Subs Subs Agostini 35.2 López 21.1 72IN Inzaghi 35.7 74OUT Pato 19.7 74IN Moras 33.1 Dida 35.6 Starting 11 Rafael 32.6 Starting 11 Beckham 34.0 79OUT Rafael Marques 31.1 Hellas Verona - Milan Seedorf 33.1 Catania - Milan Janković 30.6 67OUT Zambrotta 32.2 Hallfredsson 30.3 Average age on the pitch: Jankulovski 32.0 Average age on the pitch: Gómez 29.4 69OUT 31.0 Ambrosini 31.9 33.3 Ionită 24.2 72OUT Pirlo 30.0 Tachtsidis 23.7 Kaká 27.0 89OUT

Serie A, 19/10/2014 Serie A, 03/05/2009 31.0 33.3 Hellas Verona - Milan Catania - Milan

Premier League, 18/10/2014 Liga, 18/12/2011

By league By 29.3 league By 32.3 Manchester City - Tottenham Granada - Levante

Liga, 18/10/2014 Premier League, 27/03/2010 28.5 31.9 Barcelona - Eibar Tottenham - Portsmouth

Bundesliga, 18/10/2014 Ligue 1, 07/12/2008 28.2 31.0 Mainz - Augsburg Grenoble - Auxerre

Ligue 1, 19/10/2014 Bundesliga, 28/02/2009 28.1 30.4 Lyon - Montpellier Hannover - Leverkusen

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel www.football-observatory.com CIES Football Observatory Issue n°85 - 21/10/2014 Big-5 Weekly Post page 2

Average age on the pitch: ranking by club [Match day from 17/10 to 20/10/2014]

1. Hellas Verona FC (ITA) 31.0 . Granada CF (ESP) 27.0 2. Torino Calcio (ITA) 30.3 . SM Caen (FRA) 27.0 3. Manchester City FC (ENG) 29.3 52. LOSC Lille (FRA) 26.9 4. Juventus FC (ITA) 29.2 . Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) 26.9 5. Everton FC (ENG) 29.1 54. FC Bayern München (GER) 26.8 6. AS Roma (ITA) 29.0 . Real Madrid CF (ESP) 26.8 7. Milan AC (ITA) 28.8 56. SSC Napoli (ITA) 26.7 8. Crystal Palace FC (ENG) 28.5 . Newcastle United FC (ENG) 26.7 . FC Barcelona (ESP) 28.5 . Sevilla FC (ESP) 26.7 10. FC Parma (ITA) 28.4 . SD Eibar (ESP) 26.7 11. Athletic Club Bilbao (ESP) 28.3 . VfL Wolfsburg (GER) 26.7 12. FC Augsburg (GER) 28.2 61. SC Paderborn 07 (GER) 26.6 13. Atalanta Bergamo (ITA) 28.1 62. RC Celta de Vigo (ESP) 26.5 . Montpellier Hérault SC (FRA) 28.1 . Hannover 96 (GER) 26.5 . SS Lazio (ITA) 28.1 . FC Nantes (FRA) 26.5 16. Evian Thonon Gaillard FC (FRA) 28.0 65. Southampton FC (ENG) 26.4 17. Stoke City FC (ENG) 27.9 . Liverpool FC (ENG) 26.4 . AC Chievo Verona (ITA) 27.9 . Málaga CF (ESP) 26.4 19. Burnley FC (ENG) 27.8 68. Internazionale Milano FC (ITA) 26.3 20. Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 27.7 69. SC Freiburg (GER) 26.2 . Udinese Calcio (ITA) 27.7 . UD Almería (ESP) 26.2 22. EA Guingamp (FRA) 27.6 71. VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER) 26.1 23. Stade de Reims (FRA) 27.5 . Stade Rennais FC (FRA) 26.1 . Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (ESP) 27.5 . Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 26.1 . Borussia Dortmund (GER) 27.5 . Villarreal CF (ESP) 26.1 . West Bromwich Albion FC (ENG) 27.5 . FC Schalke 04 (GER) 26.1 27. SV Werder Bremen (GER) 27.4 76. Palermo US (ITA) 26.0 . Paris St-Germain FC (FRA) 27.4 . Empoli FC (ITA) 26.0 . AC Cesena (ITA) 27.4 . AS Monaco (FRA) 26.0 30. Aston Villa FC (ENG) 27.3 . FC Metz (FRA) 26.0 . Elche CF (ESP) 27.3 . VfB Stuttgart (GER) 26.0 . Hull City AFC (ENG) 27.3 81. Olympique de Marseille (FRA) 25.9 . Swansea City AFC (ENG) 27.3 . Córdoba CF (ESP) 25.9 . Real Sociedad de Fútbol (ESP) 27.3 83. RC Deportivo La Coruña (ESP) 25.7 . AC Fiorentina (ITA) 27.3 84. Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 25.5 36. Hamburger SV (GER) 27.2 85. Arsenal FC (ENG) 25.4 . Queens Park Rangers FC (ENG) 27.2 . US Sassuolo (ITA) 25.4 . West Ham United FC (ENG) 27.2 . SC Bastia (FRA) 25.4 . Leicester City FC (ENG) 27.2 . Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) 25.4 . RCD Espanyol (ESP) 27.2 . 1. FC Köln (GER) 25.4 . FC Genoa 1893 (ITA) 27.2 90. 1. FSV Mainz 05 (GER) 25.3 . Sunderland AFC (ENG) 27.2 . FC Lorient (FRA) 25.3 43. AS St-Etienne (FRA) 27.1 92. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (GER) 25.1 . Levante UD (ESP) 27.1 93. Toulouse FC (FRA) 25.0 . Chelsea FC (ENG) 27.1 . Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) 25.0 . Getafe CF (ESP) 27.1 . OGC Nice (FRA) 25.0 . FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) 27.1 . Cagliari Calcio (ITA) 25.0 48. Sampdoria UC (ITA) 27.0 97. Manchester United FC (ENG) 24.6 . RC Lens (FRA) 27.0 98. Valencia CF (ESP) 24.4

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Training clubs of big-5 league players

% of club-trained players* (1st semester squad)

24.6% 20.2% 18.5% 22.4% 17.9% 18.0% 18.0% 17.2%

16.4% 17.2% 13.9%

9.6%

Ligue 1 Liga Bundesliga Premier Serie A Big-5 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 League By league (2014) Trend 2009-2014

* At least three years at the club between the ages of 15 and 21

Number of big-5 players trained: club ranking (2014)

In another In another Club In the club big-5 club Total Club In the club big-5 club Total 1. FC Barcelona (ESP) 13 30 43 . SM Caen (FRA) 5 11 16 2. Manchester United FC (ENG) 12 24 36 28. FC Nantes (FRA) 9 6 15 3. Real Madrid CF (ESP) 8 26 34 . RC Celta de Vigo (ESP) 7 8 15 4. Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 15 18 33 . LOSC Lille (FRA) 4 11 15 5. Paris St-Germain FC (FRA) 5 22 27 . AFC Ajax (NED) - 15 15 6. Athletic Club Bilbao (ESP) 15 9 24 . Le Havre AC (FRA) - 15 15 . Real Sociedad de Fútbol (ESP) 15 9 24 . TSV München 1860 (GER) - 15 15 . Stade Rennais FC (FRA) 5 19 24 34. Empoli FC (ITA) 7 7 14 9. FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) 11 11 22 . SC Freiburg (GER) 7 7 14 . RC Lens (FRA) 9 13 22 . Aston Villa FC (ENG) 6 8 14 . Arsenal FC (ENG) 7 15 22 . Hamburger SV (GER) 4 10 14 . Atalanta Bergamo (ITA) 5 17 22 . SV Werder Bremen (GER) 4 10 14 13. Montpellier Hérault SC (FRA) 10 11 21 . Milan AC (ITA) 3 11 14 . AS Monaco (FRA) 4 17 21 . CA (ARG) - 14 14 . RCD Espanyol (ESP) 4 17 21 41. Olympique de Marseille (FRA) 5 8 13 . Valencia CF (ESP) 4 17 21 . Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) 4 9 13 17. FC Metz (FRA) 10 10 20 . AS St-Etienne (FRA) 3 10 13 . FC Bayern München (GER) 6 14 20 . AJ Auxerre (FRA) - 13 13 19. Internazionale Milano FC (ITA) 4 14 18 45. Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) 6 6 12 20. VfB Stuttgart (GER) 7 10 17 . EA Guingamp (FRA) 5 7 12 . Toulouse FC (FRA) 5 12 17 . Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (ESP) 5 7 12 . AS Roma (ITA) 4 13 17 . Southampton FC (ENG) 4 8 12 . Sevilla FC (ESP) 3 14 17 . VfL Borussia M’gladbach (GER) 4 8 12 . CA River Plate (ARG) - 17 17 . Chelsea FC (ENG) 3 9 12 25. FC Schalke 04 (GER) 9 7 16 . Manchester City FC (ENG) 1 11 12 . Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 5 11 16 . Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) - 12 12 * Non big-5 league clubs

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Shortest and tallest line-ups

Current season Since 2008/09 Shortest [18/10/2014] Shortest [07/10/2012]

Messi 169 Iniesta 170 55IN Pedro 169 Sánchez 169 64IN Pedro 169 71OUT Sandro Ramírez 175 71IN Messi 169 Montoya 175 28IN Subs Subs Alba 170 Munir 175 77IN Alba 170 170 Xavi 170 Starting 11 Dani Alves 173 Starting 11 Iniesta 170 Mascherano 174 Barcelona - Eibar Adriano 172 Barcelona - Real Madrid 175 77OUT Dani Alves 173 28OUT 177 75OUT Average height on the pitch Mascherano 174 Average height on the pitch Bravo 184 176.4 cm Fàbregas 179 64OUT 174.2 cm Mathieu 190 Valdès 183 Piqué 192 Busquets 189

Liga, 18/10/2014 Liga, 07/10/2012 176.4 174.2 Barcelona - Eibar Barcelona - Real Madrid

Ligue 1, 23/08/2014 Ligue 1, 22/02/2009

By league By 177.0 league By 176.1 Nice - Bordeaux Marseille - Le Mans

Serie A, 23/09/2014 Premier League, 03/12/2011 178.2 176.5 Empoli - Milan Blackburn - Swansea

Bundesliga, 24/09/2014 Serie A, 19/02/2012 179.4 177.9 Hertha Berlin - Wolfsburg Lecce - Siena

Premier League, 18/10/2014 Bundesliga, 23/10/2010 179.8 178.7 Manchester City - Tottenham Hannover - Köln

Tallest [25/10/2014] Tallest [03/05/2009]

Crouch 201 Arnautovic 192 69OUT Mertesacker 198 Harnik 185 46IN Begovic 198 Diouf 185 53OUT Naldo 198 Perthel 183 72IN Subs Subs Shawcross 191 Assaidi 178 79OUT Prödl 194 45OUT Fritz 183 22IN Cameron 191 Wiese 193 Starting 11 N'Zonzi 190 Starting 11 Boenisch 191 Wilson 188 Southampton - Stoke Niemeyer 191 72OUT Köln - Werder Adam 185 53OUT Tziolis 189 Walters 183 69OUT Average height on the pitch Baumann 187 Average height on the pitch Pieters 182 188.0 cm Vranjes 187 22OUT 189.8 cm Bardsley 180 Rosenberg 185 Moses 177 79OUT Pizarro 184

Premier League, 25/10/2014 Bundesliga, 03/05/2009 188.0 189.8 Southampton - Stoke City Köln - Werder

Bundesliga, 23/08/2014 Premier League, 06/05/2013

By league By 186.7 league By 189.1 Hannover 96 - Schalke 04 Sunderland - Stoke

Serie A, 26/10/2014 Serie A, 13/02/2011 186.2 186.7 Napoli - Verona Juventus . Internazionale

Ligue 1, 25/10/2014 Liga, 28/02/2010 185.5 186.4 Bastia - Monaco Sevilla -

Liga, 2/11/2014 Ligue 1, 03/05/2013 183.6 185.2 Elche - Espanyol St-Etienne - Bordeaux

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Big-5 league expatriates

% of expatriates* (1st november)

Evolution, big-5 (2009-2014) Evolution, by ligue (2009-2014)

Average 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 09-14

45.9% Premier League 60.0 58.1 54.2 56.0 60.9 59.3 58.1 44.7% 43.8% 43.3% Serie A 42.4 47.0 48.4 51.9 54.7 54.8 49.9 43.1% 42.1% Bundesliga 49.8 45.2 44.5 44.6 38.1 43.5 44.3 34.6 36.4 36.0 35.3 38.0 38.9 36.5 Ligue 1 32.2 28.1 26.6 27.2 30.2 31.6 29.3

75% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 ENG ENG ITA 50% GER GER ITA * Footballers who began playing in a different national association from that ESP of their employer club ESP FRA FRA 25%

0% 2009_1 2010_1 2011_1 2012_1 2013_1 2014_1

Origin of big-5 league expatriates

Evol Evol 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 09-14 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 09-14 1. 98 107 98 92 107 113 +15 19. Chili 8 12 13 22 18 18 +10 2. Argentine 112 108 111 101 101 112 = . 13 15 12 15 15 18 +5 . Brésil 134 121 112 125 117 112 -22 21. Autriche 14 17 18 19 18 17 +3 4. Espagne 17 28 30 40 51 58 +41 . Japon 6 6 13 15 13 17 +11 5. Suisse 35 35 32 34 40 42 +7 . Suède 16 15 17 19 18 17 +1 6. Belgique 15 20 21 25 31 41 +26 24. Ecosse 17 17 18 17 14 16 -1 7. Pays-Bas 33 33 41 37 36 39 +6 25. Grèce 9 14 9 15 16 15 +6 . Serbie 31 26 30 30 28 39 +8 . Rep. Tchèque 21 25 23 22 21 15 -6 9. Portugal 30 30 39 35 35 38 +8 . Italie 10 10 12 15 16 15 +5 10. 31 36 37 36 35 26 -5 28. Slovénie 8 11 11 10 12 14 +6 11. Colombie 18 17 19 20 31 25 +7 29. Autralie 10 11 9 10 8 10 = 12. Sénégal 17 21 19 23 23 24 +7 . Cameroun 22 20 14 17 11 10 -12 13. Danemark 17 23 18 20 25 23 +6 . Nigéria 20 17 13 10 9 10 -10 14. Allemagne 8 8 13 21 28 20 +12 32. Mali 12 9 9 8 6 9 -3 . Côte d'Ivoire 22 23 22 18 22 20 -2 . Irlande du Nord 8 6 8 12 8 9 +1 . Pologne 12 13 13 13 18 20 +8 . Roumanie 13 12 13 12 23 9 -4 17. Croatie 23 23 18 14 22 19 -4 . USA 17 18 11 12 13 9 -8 . Irlande 23 19 19 17 16 19 -4

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Most expensive line-ups

Transfer fees spent for players fielded

Real Madrid 424 Carvajal Marcello Arbeloa Casillas 690 Ronaldo Rodríguez Modrić Benzema Illarramendi Pepe Ramos Kroos Khedira milion € Xavi Alves Messi Bravo Piqué Pedro Iniesta Rakitić Suárez Neymar Mathieu 267 Busquets Mascherano

Liga 25.10.2014 FC Barcelona Sergi Roberto

Manchester City 292

578 Agüero Mangala Džeko Fernandinho Touré Silva Milner Kolarov Navas Zabaleta Kompany Hart Lampard Sagna milion € Terry Matić Cahill Costa Willian Hazard Drogba Ramíres Schürrle Ivanović Courtois Fàbregas Obi Mikel

286 Azpilicueta

Premier League21.09.2014 Chelsea

Paris Saint-Germain

414

503 Cavani David Luíz Lucas Pastore Marquinhos Lavezzi Cabaye Ibrahimović Verratti Aurier Matuidi Maxwell Sirigu milion € Fanni Payet Mendy Gignac Imbula Lemina Barrada Thauvin N'Koulou Batshuayi Dja Djédjé 89 Mandanda Alessandrini Ligue 1 09.11.2014 Olympique Marseille

Bayern München

175 Götze Benatia Ribéry Neuer 272 Robben Boateng Bernat Alonso Pizarro Alaba Lahm Lewandowski Rode Müller milion € Kehl Durm Ramos Bender Subotić Kagawa 97 Piszczek Hummels Mkhitaryan Grosskreutz Weidenfeller Aubameyang Bundesliga01.11.2014 Borussia Dortmund Papastathopoulos

Internazionale

123 Icardi Guarín Handanović Palacio Medel Ribeiro Obi M'Vila Mbaye Vidić 263 Ranocchia Hernanes Kovačić milion € Inler Britos Albiol López Cabral Zúñiga Insigne 140 Hamšík Higuaín Callejón Mertens Jorginho Ghoulam Koulibaly

Serie A 19.10.2014 Napoli

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Since the start of the season 2014/15 Best players, by area of play Only footballers who played at least 66% of minutes

Rigour Take on

Absolute Relative Absolute Relative Javi Manquillo* (Liverpool) (QPR) (Chelsea) (Crystal Palace)

Diego Godín Raúl Navas Vela Carlos Federico Cartabia (Atlético Madrid) (Eibar) (Real Sociedad) (Córdoba)

Jonathan Mensah Mathieu Bodmer* Florian Thauvin Paul-Georges Ntep (Evian Thonon) (Nice) (Marseille) (Rennes)

Ömer Toprak Jens Wemmer Stefan Kiessling Eric Choupo-Moting (Leverkusen) (Paderborn) (Leverkusen) (Schalke 04)

Angelo Ogbonna Ivan Piris (Juventus) (Udinese) (Fiorentina) (Palermo)

* Best performing player at big-5 leagues level Recovery Chance creation

Absolute Relative Absolute Relative Marcos Rojo Armand Traoré Gylfi Sigurdsson Francesc Fàbregas (Manchester Utd) (QPR) (Swansea) (Chelsea)

José Cañas Gabi Fernández Cristiano Ronaldo Xabi Prieto (Espanyol) (Atlético Madrid) (Real Madrid) (Real Sociedad)

Mathieu Coutadeur Alaixys Romao Dimitri Payet Jordan Ayew (Lorient) (Marseille) (Marseille) (Lorient)

Dante Bonfim Marc-Oliver Kempf Zlatko Junuzović (Bayern) (Freiburg) (Wolfsburg) (Bremen)

Gökhan Inler Kouassi Carlos Tévez (Napoli) (Verona) (AS Roma) (Juventus)

Distribution Shooting

Absolute Relative Absolute Relative Francesc Fàbregas Steven N’Zonzi Diego Costa Charlie Austin (Chelsea) (Stoke City) (Chelsea) (QPR)

Lionel Messi Roberto Trashorras Cristiano Ronaldo Jonathas de Jesus (Barcelona) (Rayo Vallecano) (Real Madrid) (Elche)

Javier Pastore Idrissa Gueye (Paris SG) (Lille) (Lyon) (Evian Thonon)

Xabi Alonso Zlatko Junuzović Alexander Meier Shinji Okazaki (Bayern) (Bremen) (Frankfurt) (Mainz)

Miralem Pjanić Filip Djordjević (AS Roma) (Sassuolo) (Lazio) (Torino)

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ASAR ratio for big-5 league clubs (2014/15)

Best ASAR ratio (on the pitch)

2 Average Average age ASAR Ranking Longest average stay , by league Stay at recruitment ratio1 (08/12) ENG Everton 4.89 1. Real Sociedad (ESP) 5.87 22.08 0.266 14* ESP Real Sociedad 5.87 2. Real Madrid (ESP) 5.44 22.36 0.243 1 FRA Montpellier Hérault 4.19 3. Barcelona (ESP) 5.30 23.25 0.228 2 GER Borussia Dortmund 4.90 4. Athletic Club Bilbao (ESP) 5.18 22.80 0.227 9 ITA Juventus 4.72 5. Borussia Dortmund (GER) 4.90 22.70 0.216 14* 6. Everton (ENG) 4.89 25.05 0.195 12* 7. Juventus (ITA) 4.72 24.82 0.190 1 Lowest average age at recruitment, by league 8. Liverpool (ENG) 4.18 22.63 0.185 9 ENG Liverpool 22.63 9. Bayern München (GER) 4.18 23.60 0.177 1 ESP Real Sociedad 22.08 10. Montpellier Hérault (FRA) 4.19 24.28 0.173 8 FRA Nice 22.40 11. Chelsea (ENG) 4.05 23.83 0.170 1 GER Bayer Leverkusen 22.42 12. Cagliari Calcio (ITA) 3.75 23.39 0.160 17* ITA Empoli 23.31 . Manchester United (ENG) 3.66 22.93 0.160 5 14. Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 3.52 22.42 0.157 4

15. Manchester City (ENG) 3.92 25.59 0.153 2 1 ASAR ratio: Average stay / Average age at recruitment 16. Schalke 04 (GER) 3.51 23.11 0.152 5 2 Number of seasons in the first team squad of the employer 17. LOSC Lille (FRA) 3.62 24.16 0.150 15* club 18. Newcastle United (ENG) 3.49 23.49 0.149 7 19. Olympique Marseille (FRA) 3.42 23.13 0.148 1 20. Olympique Lyon (FRA) 3.34 22.77 0.147 3 * Under-performing clubs from an ASAR ratio perspective

Worst ASAR ratio (on the pitch)

Average Average age ASAR Ranking Shortest average stay, by league Stay at recruitment ratio (08/12) ENG Queens Park Rangers 1.94 1. Córdoba (ESP) 1.49 25.46 0.059 19 ESP Córdoba 1.49 2. Cesena (ITA) 1.81 27.08 0.067 19 FRA Bastia 1.85 3. Queens Park Rangers (ENG) 1.94 26.96 0.072 17 GER Köln 2.51 . Bastia (FRA) 1.85 25.41 0.073 20 ITA Cesena 1.81 . Elche (ESP) 1.89 25.82 0.073 18 6. Sevilla (ESP) 1.90 25.57 0.074 4* . Caen (FRA) 1.95 26.19 0.074 19 Highest average age at recruitment, by league . Rayo Vallecano (ESP) 1.94 26.01 0.074 10 ENG Queens Park Rangers 26.96 9. Genoa (ITA) 1.99 25.56 0.078 3* ESP Levante 26.75 10. Torino Calcio (ITA) 2.27 27.18 0.083 16 FRA Caen 26.19 11. Deportivo La Coruña (ESP) 2.16 25.75 0.084 20 GER Augsburg 25.63 12. Almería (ESP) 2.15 24.89 0.087 17 ITA Hellas Verona 28.01 . Hull City (ENG) 2.25 25.94 0.087 18 . Hellas Verona (ITA) 2.43 28.01 0.087 14 15. Levante (ESP) 2.42 26.75 0.090 15 16. Palermo (ITA) 2.36 25.38 0.093 11 17. Getafe (ESP) 2.40 25.50 0.094 13 18. Atalanta Bergamo (ITA) 2.53 26.14 0.097 15 19. Granada (ESP) 2.44 24.83 0.098 16 20. Valencia (ESP) 2.30 23.26 0.099 5* * Over-performing clubs from an ASAR ratio perspective

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Average age

Average age of squad members, by league (01/10/2014)

27.3 27.2 26.9 26.8 26.8 26.3 26.2 26.2 26.2 26.1 26.0 26.0 26.0 25.9 25.9 25.8 25.8 25.8 25.6 25.6 25.4 25.3 25.2 25.1 24.9 24.8 24.8 24.4 24.4 24.4 24.2

ITA RUS CYP ENG TUR GRE ESP POL BLR BUL UKR CZE SUI ROM GER FRA HUN ISR DEN POR SWE NOR BEL SCO SRB AUT SVK CRO FIN SVN NED

Average age, by club

Premier League Liga Ligue 1 1. Manchester City 28.80 1. Eibar 28.03 1. Evian TG 27.68 2. Crystal Palace 28.39 2. Levante 27.76 2. Caen 27.29 3. Stoke City 28.09 3. Deportivo La Corunã 26.89 3. Guingamp 27.27 4. WBA 27.77 4. Elche 26.83 4. St-Etienne 26.74 5. QPR 27.71 5. Getafe 26.54 5. PSG 26.66 6. Everton 27.33 . Córdoba 26.54 6. Montpellier 26.48 7. Leicester 27.24 7. Real Sociedad 26.49 7. Reims 26.34 8. Hull City 27.21 8. Rayo Vallecano 26.44 8. Bastia 26.25 9. Burnley 27.12 9. Athletic Bilbao 26.42 9. Lille 26.04 10. Chelsea 27.08 10. Real Madrid 26.26 10. Lorient 25.67 11. Aston Villa 26.73 11. Málaga 26.21 11. Metz 25.53 12. West Ham 26.53 . Sevilla 26.21 12. Nantes 25.47 13. Sunderland 26.36 13. Espanyol 26.19 13. Rennes 25.36 14. Tottenham 26.23 14. Atlético Madrid 25.93 14. Lens 25.21 15. Swansea 26.13 15. Granada 25.91 15. Bordeaux 25.15 16. Arsenal 26.00 16. Barcelona 25.89 16. Toulouse 24.92 17. Liverpool 25.68 17. Almería 25.49 17. Lyon 24.88 18. Southampton 25.57 . Celta Vigo 25.49 18. Monaco 24.84 19. Manchester United 25.44 19. Villarreal 25.16 19. Nice 24.50 20. Newcastle 25.30 20. Valencia 24.06 20. Marseille 24.23

Bundesliga Serie A 1. Augsburg 27.44 1. Atalanta 29.12 2. M'gladbach 26.83 2. Juventus 28.77 3. Bayern München 26.79 3. Torino 28.38 4. Hannover 26.68 4. Milan 28.29 5. Frankfurt 26.67 5. Chievo 28.28 6. Hertha Berlin 26.58 6. Lazio 28.22 7. Wolfsburg 26.28 . Sassuolo 28.22 8. Paderborn 26.13 8. Hellas Verona 28.13 9. Hamburg 25.78 9. Roma 27.91 10. Dortmund 25.75 10. Fiorentina 27.78 11. Schalke 25.50 11. Napoli 27.73 12. Freiburg 25.47 12. Cesena 27.23 13. Werder Bremen 25.31 13. Internazionale 27.08 14. Leverkusen 25.23 14. Parma 26.88 15. Mainz 25.15 15. Genoa 26.26 16. Köln 25.09 16. Udinese 25.93 17. Hoffenheim 24.99 17. Sampdoria 25.83 18. Stuttgart 24.87 18. Empoli 25.74 19. Palermo 25.71 20. Cagliari 25.10

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Transfer Values - Top 120 - January 2015

Value Evolution National Rank Name (milion €) (since June) Club Age Position A-Team Contract 1. Lionel Messi 220 = Barcelona (ESP) 27 FW ARG 2018 2. Cristiano Ronaldo 133  Real Madrid (ESP) 29 FW POR 2018 3. Eden Hazard 99  Chelsea (ENG) 23 AM BEL 2017 4. Diego Costa 84  Chelsea (ENG) 26 FW ESP 2019 5. Paul Pogba 72  Juventus (ITA) 21 DM FRA 2019 6. Sergio Agüero 65  Manchester City (ENG) 26 FW ARG 2019 7. Raheem Sterling 63  Liverpool (ENG) 20 FW ENG 2017 8. Francesc Fàbregas 62  Chelsea (ENG) 27 DM ESP 2019 9. Alexis Sánchez 61  Arsenal (ENG) 26 FW CHI 2018 10. Gareth Bale 60 = Real Madrid (ESP) 25 AM WAL 2019

11. Neymar Júnior 58  Barcelona (ESP) 22 FW BRA 2018 12. Ángel Di María 57  Manchester United (ENG) 26 AM ARG 2019 13. Mario Götze 52 = Bayern München (GER) 22 AM GER 2017 14. James Rodríguez 50  Real Madrid (ESP) 23 AM COL 2020 . Oscar dos Santos 50 = Chelsea (ENG) 23 AM BRA 2019 16. Luis Suárez 48  Barcelona (ESP) 27 FW URU 2019 17. 45  Chelsea (ENG) 22 GK BEL 2019 . Isco Alarcón 45 = Real Madrid (ESP) 22 AM ESP 2018 19. 44  Bayern München (GER) 26 FW POL 2019 . Koke Resurrección 44  Atlético Madrid (ESP) 22 AM ESP 2019 21. 43  Real Madrid (ESP) 27 FW FRA 2019 22. Antoine Griezmann 42  Atlético Madrid (ESP) 23 FW FRA 2020 23. Toni Kroos 41  Real Madrid (ESP) 24 DM GER 2020 24. Thomas Müller 39 = Bayern München (GER) 25 FW GER 2019 25. Romelu Lukaku 38 = Everton (ENG) 21 FW BEL 2019 . Edinson Cavani 38  Paris St-Germain (FRA) 27 FW URU 2018 27. Luka Modrić 37  Real Madrid (ESP) 29 DM CRO 2018 . Wayne Rooney 37 = Manchester United (ENG) 29 FW ENG 2019 29. 36  Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) 22 AM DEN 2018 . Mesut Özil 36  Arsenal (ENG) 26 AM GER 2018 31. Jérôme Boateng 35  Bayern München (GER) 26 CB GER 2018 . 35  Bayern München (GER) 28 GK GER 2019 . Miralem Pjanić 35 = AS Roma (ITA) 24 DM BIH 2018 . David Silva 35 = Manchester City (ENG) 28 AM ESP 2019 35. 34 = Liverpool (ENG) 22 AM BRA 2018 . Gonzalo Higuaín 34 = Napoli (ITA) 27 FW ARG 2018 . 34 = Manchester City (ENG) 28 CB BEL 2019 . Marco Reus 34 = Borussia Dortmund (GER) 25 FW GER 2017 . Sergio Busquets 34  Barcelona (ESP) 26 DM ESP 2018 40. Willian Borges 33  Chelsea (ENG) 26 AM BRA 2018 . Sergio Ramos 33  Real Madrid (ESP) 28 CB ESP 2017 . Marco Verratti 33 = Paris St-Germain (FRA) 22 DM ITA 2019 . 33  Everton (ENG) 21 AM ENG 2018 . Juan Mata 33  Manchester United (ENG) 26 AM ESP 2018 45. Mateo Kovačić 32  Internazionale Milano (ITA) 20 DM CRO 2018 . Alexandre Lacazette 32  Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 23 FW FRA 2018 . Lucas Moura 32 = Paris St-Germain (FRA) 22 FW BRA 2017 . Yaya Touré 32 = Manchester City (ENG) 31 DM CIV 2017 . Jack Wilshere 32  Arsenal (ENG) 23 DM ENG 2018 50. 31 = Juventus (ITA) 27 DM CHI 2017

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Value Evolution National Rank Name (milion €) (since June) Club Age Position A-Team Contract . Andrés Iniesta 31  Barcelona (ESP) 30 AM ESP 2018 52. Nemanja Matić 30  Chelsea (ENG) 26 DM SRB 2019 . Danny Welbeck 30  Arsenal (ENG) 24 FW ENG 2019 . André Schürrle 30 = Chelsea (ENG) 24 FW GER 2018 . Aaron Ramsey 30  Arsenal (ENG) 24 DM WAL 2019 56. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 29  Arsenal (ENG) 21 AM ENG 2018 . David Alaba 29 = Bayern München (GER) 22 FB AUT 2018 . Santi Cazorla 29  Arsenal (ENG) 30 AM ESP 2017 . Juan Cuadrado 29  Fiorentina (ITA) 26 FW COL 2019 60. 28  Manchester United (ENG) 28 FW COL 2018 61. 27  Liverpool (ENG) 24 DM ENG 2016 . Álvaro Morata 27  Juventus (ITA) 22 FW ESP 2019 . Ivan Rakitić 27  Barcelona (ESP) 26 DM CRO 2019 . Carlos Vela 27  Real Sociedad (ESP) 25 FW MEX 2018 65. Mario Balotelli 26  Liverpool (ENG) 24 FW ITA 2018 . Gerard Piqué 26  Barcelona (ESP) 27 CB ESP 2019 . 26  Manchester United (ENG) 19 FB ENG 2018 68. César Azpilicueta 25  Chelsea (ENG) 25 FB ESP 2019 . 25  Swansea City (ENG) 26 FW CIV 2018 . Daniel Carvajal 25  Real Madrid (ESP) 22 FB ESP 2019 . Kevin de Bruyne 25  Wolfsburg (GER) 23 AM BEL 2019 . Roberto Firmino 25  Hoffenheim (GER) 23 AM BRA 2017 . 25  Manchester United (ENG) 19 AM BEL 2018 . Gervinho Kouassi 25  AS Roma (ITA) 27 FW CIV 2018 . 25  Athletic Bilbao (ESP) 22 AM ESP 2017 . Mats Hummels 25 = Borussia Dortmund (GER) 26 CB GER 2017 . Arjen Robben 25 = Bayern München (GER) 30 AM NED 2017 . 25  Liverpool (ENG) 25 FW ENG 2019 79. José María Callejón 24  Napoli (ITA) 27 FW ESP 2018 . 24  Manchester City (ENG) 27 AM FRA 2019 . Leonardo Bonucci 24 = Juventus (ITA) 27 CB ITA 2017 . Marek Hamšík 24 = Napoli (ITA) 27 AM SVK 2018 . Julian Draxler 24  Schalke 04 (GER) 21 AM GER 2018 . 24  Arsenal (ENG) 28 FW FRA 2018 . David Luiz 24  Paris St-Germain (FRA) 27 CB BRA 2018 . Thiago Silva 24  Paris St-Germain (FRA) 30 CB BRA 2018 87. Marquinhos Aoás 23  Paris St-Germain (FRA) 20 CB BRA 2018 . Calum Chambers 23  Arsenal (ENG) 19 FB ENG 2019 . Edin Džeko 23  Manchester City (ENG) 28 FW BIH 2018 . Diego Godín 23  Atlético Madrid (ESP) 28 CB URU 2018 . Raphaël Varane 23  Real Madrid (ESP) 21 CB FRA 2020 . Medhi Benatia 23 = Bayern München (GER) 27 CB MAR 2019 . Luiz Fernandinho 23 = Manchester City (ENG) 29 DM BRA 2017 94. Radja Nainggolan 22  AS Roma (ITA) 26 DM BEL 2018 . Carlos Tévez 22 = Juventus (ITA) 30 FW ARG 2016 . Marcelo Vieira 22 = Real Madrid (ESP) 26 FB BRA 2018 97. Roberto Pereyra 21  Juventus (ITA) 23 AM ARG 2016 . Heung-Min Son 21  Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 22 FW KOR 2018 . Arda Turan 21  Atlético Madrid (ESP) 27 AM TUR 2017 . Adam Lallana 21 = Liverpool (ENG) 26 AM ENG 2019 . Adem Ljajić 21 = AS Roma (ITA) 23 FW SRB 2017 . 21  SS Lazio (ITA) 27 AM ITA 2019 . Stevan Jovetić 21  Manchester City (ENG) 25 FW MNE 2018 . Pedro Rodríguez 21  Barcelona (ESP) 27 FW ESP 2016 . Ramires Santos 21  Chelsea (ENG) 27 DM BRA 2017

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Value Evolution National Rank Name (milion €) (since June) Club Age Position A-Team Contract 106. Blaise Matuidi 20  Paris St-Germain (FRA) 27 DM FRA 2018 . Juan Bernat 20  Bayern München (GER) 21 CB ESP 2019 . 20  Manchester United (ENG) 24 GK ESP 2016 . Mauro Icardi 20  Internazionale Milano (ITA) 21 FW ARG 2018 . Erik Lamela 20  Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) 22 FW ARG 2018 . 20  Napoli (ITA) 27 FW BEL 2018 . 20 = Chelsea (ENG) 29 CB ENG 2017 . 20 = Manchester City (ENG) 23 CB FRA 2019 . Henrik Mkhitaryan 20 = Borussia Dortmund (GER) 25 AM ARM 2017 . 20 = Newcastle (ENG) 25 AM FRA 2019 . Thiago Alcântara 20  Bayern München (GER) 23 DM ESP 2017 . 20  Napoli (ITA) 23 FW ITA 2019 . Franck Ribéry 20  Bayern München (GER) 31 AM FRA 2017 . Bastian Schweinsteiger 20  Bayern München (GER) 30 DM GER 2016 . 20  Manchester United (ENG) 31 FW NED 2016

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Date of first team inclusion Players fielded in domestic league matches since the start of the season

Liga Serie A

Less than Less than 5 [players] 1 year 16 6 1 year 14

1 to 3 1 to 3 5 years 7 6 years 14

3 years 3 years 12 and more 4 11 and more 0

Real Madrid Granada Juventus FC AC Cesena 4.32 [years] 2.03 3.58 1.54 Average stay Average stay

Bundesliga Ligue 1

Less than Less than 6 1 year 8 3 1 year 10

1 to 3 1 to 3 6 years 8 12 years 9

3 years 3 years 10 and more 7 8 and more 2

Bayern München SC Freiburg Olympique Lyon SM Caen 3.88 2.56 3.00 2.67 Average stay Average stay

Premier League Top vs Last [13.01.2015]

Less than 7 1 year 7

1 to 3 7 years 9

3 years 6 and more 8

Chelsea Leicester 3.39 2.42 Average stay

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An alternative ranking: Percentage of time leading % of minutes since the start of the season

Premier League Liga Ligue 1

% minutes Rank1 Gap2 % minutes Rank1 Gap2 % minutes Rank1 Gap2 1. Chelsea 56.3% [1] = 1. Real Madrid 64.7% [1] = 1. Marseille 41.5% [2] +1 2. Man. City 38.8% [2] = 2. Valencia 44.8% [5] +3 2. Paris SG 39.8% [3] +1 3. Southampton 34.8% [3] = 3. Sevilla 44.4% [4] +1 3. Lyon 38.3% [1] -2 4. Man. United 34.6% [4] = 4. Atlético Madrid 43.5% [3] -1 4. Montpellier 29.8% [6] +2 5. West Ham 32.3% [7] +2 5. Barcelona 39.6% [2] -3 5. Monaco 26.6% [5] = 6. Arsenal 28.9% [5] -1 6. Villarreal 33.8% [6] = 6. Bordeaux 25.7% [7] +1 . Swansea 28.9% [9] +3 7. Eibar 29.7% [8] +1 7. Guingamp 24.7% [13] +6 8. Liverpool 28.6% [8] = 8. Real Sociedad 24.8% [12] +4 . Lille 24.7% [12] +5 9. Everton 28.0% [13] +4 9. Málaga 24.0% [7] -2 9. Reims 24.4% [11] +2 . Stoke City 28.0% [10] +1 10. Bilbao 23.3% [13] +3 10. St-Etienne 24.1% [4] -6 11. Tottenham 27.5% [6] -5 11. Córdoba 19.6% [14] +3 11. Lorient 22.9% [14] +3 12. Aston Villa 24.2% [14] +2 . Elche 19.6% [17] +6 12. Bastia 22.5% [15] +3 13. Hull 18.2% [18] +5 13. La Coruña 19.5% [16] +3 . Rennes 22.5% [9] -3 14. WBA 15.5% [15] +1 14. Espanyol 19.0% [9] -5 14. Toulouse 22.4% [16] +2 15. QPR 15.0% [19] +4 . Vigo 19.0% [11] -3 15. Nantes 22.0% [8] -7 16. Newcastle 13.9% [11] -5 16. Almería 15.9% [19] +3 16. Nice 18.0% [10] -6 17. Burnley 13.5% [17] = 17. Rayo Vallecano 15.3% [10] -7 17. Evian Thonon 17.7% [18] +1 18. Crystal Palace 13.3% [12] -6 18. Getafe 13.7% [15] -3 18. Lens 16.6% [19] +1 19. Leicester 12.8% [20] +1 19. Levante 13.2% [18] -1 19. Caen 16.1% [20] +1 20. Sunderland 10.3% [16] -4 20. Granada 11.7% [20] = 20. Metz 13.9% [17] -3

Bundesliga Serie A 1 League ranking on the 19/01/2015 2 Gap compared to the real table

% minutes Rank1 Gap2 % minutes Rank1 Gap2 1. Bayern 52.4% [1] = 1. Juventus 52.0% [1] = 2. Wolfsburg 42.5% [2] = 2. AS Roma 42.5% [2] = 3. M'gladbach 37.9% [4] +1 3. Lazio 39.5% [5] +2 4. Schalke 04 34.9% [5] +1 4. Palermo 35.9% [8] +4 5. Hoffenheim 31.8% [7] +2 5. Milan 33.0% [10] +5 6. Leverkusen 27.9% [3] -3 6. Napoli 32.5% [3] -3 7. Frankfurt 26.3% [9] +2 7. Sampdoria 28.0% [4] -3 8. Augsburg 25.5% [6] -2 8. Fiorentina 26.6% [6] -2 . Hannover 25.5% [8] = 9. Udinese 26.4% [12] +3 10. Dortmund 24.6% [17] +7 10. Internazionale 23.7% [9] -1 11. Freiburg 22.7% [18] +7 11. Torino 19.3% [13] +2 12. Hertha Berlin 22.1% [13] +1 12. Genoa 19.2% [7] -5 13. Köln 20.2% [11] -2 13. Empoli 17.4% [16] +3 14. Bremen 19.0% [16] +2 14. Sassuolo 17.1% [11] -3 15. Mainz 18.1% [12] -3 15. Chievo Verona 16.8% [17] +2 16. Stuttgart 16.4% [15] -1 16. Atalanta 16.7% [15] -1 17. Hamburg 13.1% [14] -3 17. Cagliari 16.2% [18] +1 18. Paderborn 12.4% [10] -8 18. Verona 13.5% [14] -4 19. Parma 11.2% [20] +1 20. Cesena 11.1% [19] -1

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Attempts per Since the start of the season

First Second First Second half half Total half half Total 1. Real Madrid CF (ESP) 5.6 5.3 5.4 . Sampdoria UC (ITA) 11.5 8.7 9.8 2. Valencia CF (ESP) 4.6 7.5 5.7 51. FC Parma (ITA) 10.1 9.7 9.9 3. Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 5.9 6.0 6.0 52. Internazionale Milano FC (ITA) 9.1 10.9 10.0 4. FC Barcelona (ESP) 8.8 5.5 6.6 . Swansea City AFC (ENG) 9.8 10.2 10.0 5. Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 8.8 5.5 6.7 . Toulouse FC (FRA) 9.2 11.0 10.0 . Sevilla FC (ESP) 6.1 7.1 6.7 55. FC Augsburg (GER) 16.8 7.8 10.2 7. Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 8.1 6.2 6.9 . SC Freiburg (GER) 8.6 12.1 10.2 . Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) 7.0 6.8 6.9 57. VfB Stuttgart (GER) 19.6 7.2 10.3 . FC Schalke 04 (GER) 7.1 6.7 6.9 58. US Sassuolo (ITA) 12.4 8.8 10.4 10. Chelsea FC (ENG) 6.6 7.4 7.0 . Málaga CF (ESP) 13.5 8.6 10.4 . Paris St-Germain FC (FRA) 5.4 9.1 7.0 60. AS St-Etienne (FRA) 13.6 8.6 10.5 12. Palermo US (ITA) 5.2 12.2 7.5 . Newcastle United FC (ENG) 18.6 7.6 10.5 . SD Eibar (ESP) 6.3 9.3 7.5 62. Hellas Verona FC (ITA) 12.6 9.3 10.6 . Juventus FC (ITA) 8.4 6.8 7.5 . AS Monaco (FRA) 11.0 10.3 10.6 15. Southampton FC (ENG) 7.9 7.4 7.6 64. 1. FSV Mainz 05 (GER) 7.9 15.9 10.8 . Manchester United FC (ENG) 6.7 8.6 7.6 65. Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) 13.4 9.5 10.9 17. SV Werder Bremen (GER) 8.7 7.1 7.7 66. Liverpool FC (ENG) 10.5 11.6 11.1 18. Evian Thonon Gaillard FC (FRA) 13.3 5.8 7.8 67. Córdoba CF (ESP) 11.0 11.4 11.2 19. FC Bayern München (GER) 7.7 8.0 7.9 68. RC Lens (FRA) 11.4 11.1 11.3 20. Olympique de Marseille (FRA) 9.4 7.0 8.0 . Hull City AFC (ENG) 10.8 11.6 11.3 21. FC Genoa 1893 (ITA) 8.8 7.7 8.1 70. SC Paderborn 07 (GER) 21.6 8.2 11.4 22. Villarreal CF (ESP) 9.0 7.6 8.2 71. FC Lorient (FRA) 11.6 11.6 11.6 . SC Bastia (FRA) 7.1 10.0 8.2 72. AC Fiorentina (ITA) 15.5 9.5 11.7 24. VfL Wolfsburg (GER) 8.0 8.5 8.3 73. Elche CF (ESP) 12.3 11.6 11.9 . AS Roma (ITA) 7.3 9.6 8.3 74. Athletic Club Bilbao (ESP) 9.6 14.9 12.1 . Montpellier Hérault SC (FRA) 8.9 7.9 8.3 . Sunderland AFC (ENG) 10.0 14.4 12.1 27. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (GER) 7.1 10.5 8.4 76. Real Sociedad de Fútbol (ESP) 11.4 13.0 12.2 . VfL Borussia M’gladbach (GER) 5.7 11.8 8.4 . Burnley FC (ENG) 9.9 15.2 12.2 29. SS Lazio (ITA) 7.8 9.2 8.5 . RC Deportivo La Coruña (ESP) 8.6 17.0 12.2 . West Ham United FC (ENG) 10.1 7.3 8.5 79. Leicester City FC (ENG) 9.8 14.7 12.3 . Manchester City FC (ENG) 9.6 7.8 8.5 80. Stoke City FC (ENG) 8.5 19.6 12.4 32. Stade de Reims (FRA) 8.7 8.6 8.6 . UD Almería (ESP) 9.8 16.1 12.4 . RCD Espanyol (ESP) 11.0 7.5 8.6 . FC Metz (FRA) 18.0 9.8 12.4 34. Udinese Calcio (ITA) 6.6 11.6 8.8 83. Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (ESP) 9.3 16.4 12.5 35. Milan AC (ITA) 7.7 10.3 8.9 84. West Bromwich Albion FC (ENG) 14.8 11.8 13.0 . FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) 10.5 7.9 8.9 85. FC Nantes (FRA) 11.6 15.8 13.4 . OGC Nice (FRA) 10.5 7.9 8.9 86. RC Celta de Vigo (ESP) 18.7 11.8 14.1 . AC Cesena (ITA) 8.3 9.6 8.9 87. Queens Park Rangers FC (ENG) 14.8 14.0 14.3 39. Arsenal FC (ENG) 10.9 7.8 9.0 88. Atalanta Bergamo (ITA) 15.7 13.9 14.6 . Stade Rennais FC (FRA) 9.9 8.5 9.0 . Empoli FC (ITA) 17.1 12.9 14.6 41. Hannover 96 (GER) 11.6 7.8 9.2 90. Getafe CF (ESP) 19.8 13.2 15.1 42. Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) 8.8 9.8 9.3 91. LOSC Lille (FRA) 20.5 12.3 15.2 . SSC Napoli (ITA) 11.4 7.9 9.3 92. Levante UD (ESP) 21.5 13.0 15.6 . 1. FC Köln (GER) 7.1 12.4 9.3 93. Borussia Dortmund (GER) 12.1 21.0 16.1 45. Everton FC (ENG) 8.8 10.2 9.5 . AC Chievo Verona (ITA) 29.3 10.8 16.1 . EA Guingamp (FRA) 7.3 11.8 9.5 95. Granada CF (ESP) 17.4 16.5 16.9 47. Crystal Palace FC (ENG) 12.9 8.0 9.8 96. Torino Calcio (ITA) 13.9 20.3 17.1 . Cagliari Calcio (ITA) 6.8 15.0 9.8 97. Aston Villa FC (ENG) 13.4 54.5 20.9 . SM Caen (FRA) 9.7 9.8 9.8 98. Hamburger SV (GER) 17.6 29.5 22.9

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* Best U23 players , per area of the game Since the start of the season

* Players born on or after 01/01/1992, at least 50% of minutes

Rigour Take on

1. José Giménez (1995) Atlético Madrid (ESP) 1. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (1993) Arsenal (ENG) 2. Michael Keane (1993) Burnley (ENG) 2. Paulo Dybala (1993) Palermo (ITA) 3. Marquinhos Aoás (1994) Paris SG (FRA) 3. Lucas Moura (1992) Paris SG (FRA) 4. Layvin Kurzawa (1992) Monaco (FRA) 4. Yannick Ferreira Carrasco (1993) Monaco (FRA) 5. John Brooks (1993) Hertha Berlin (GER) 5. Raheem Sterling (1994) Liverpool (ENG) 6. Marc Muniesa (1992) Stoke City (ENG) 6. Florian Thauvin (1993) Marseille (FRA) 7. Phil Jones (1992) Man. United (ENG) 7. (1993) Lyon (FRA) 8. Jores Okore (1992) Aston Villa (ENG) 8. Paul-Georges Ntep (1992) Rennes (FRA) 9. (1994) Schalke 04 (GER) 9. (1992) Empoli (ITA) 10. Shkodran Mustafi (1992) Valencia (ESP) 10. Neymar Júnior (1992) Barcelona (ESP) 11. Jeison Murillo (1992) Granada (ESP) 11. Federico Cartabia (1993) Córdoba (ESP) 12. Djibril Sidibé (1992) Lille (FRA) 12. Paul Pogba (1993) Juventus (ITA)

Recovery Chance creation

1. Layvin Kurzawa (1992) Monaco (FRA) 1. Isco Alarcón (1992) Real Madrid (ESP) 2. David Alaba (1992) Bayern (GER) 2. Yunus Malli (1992) Mainz (GER) 3. Phil Jones (1992) Man. United (ENG) 3. Paco Alcácer (1993) Valencia (ESP) 4. Rafidine Abdullah (1994) Lorient (FRA) 4. Raheem Sterling (1994) Liverpool (ENG) 5. Yeltsin Tejeda (1992) Evian Thonon (FRA) 5. (1992) Milan (ITA) 6. Marco Verratti (1992) Paris SG (FRA) 6. Marc Stendera (1995) Frankfurt (GER) 7. Marquinhos Aoás (1994) Paris SG (FRA) 7. Erik Lamela (1992) Tottenham (ENG) 8. (1992) Dortmund (GER) 8. Paulo Dybala (1993) Palermo (ITA) 9. Marc Stendera (1995) Frankfurt (GER) 9. (1994) Sassuolo (ITA) 10. José Giménez (1995) Atlético Madrid (ESP) 10. Koke Resurrección (1992) Atlético Madrid (ESP) 11. Tin Jedvaj (1995) Leverkusen (GER) 11. Alassane Pléa (1993) Nice (FRA) 12. Ricardo Rodríguez (1992) Wolfsburg (GER) 12. Heung-Min Son (1992) Leverkusen (GER)

Distribution Shooting

1. Marco Verratti (1992) Paris SG (FRA) 1. Neymar Júnior (1992) Barcelona (ESP) 2. Gilbert Imbula (1992) Marseille (FRA) 2. (1993) Tottenham (ENG) 3. Christian Eriksen (1992) Tottenham (ENG) 3. Mario Götze (1992) Bayern (GER) 4. Mateo Kovačić (1994) Internazionale (ITA) 4. Davie Selke (1995) Bremen (GER) 5. Jordan Ferri (1992) Lyon (FRA) 5. Nabil Fekir (1993) Lyon (FRA) 6. (1994) Lyon (FRA) 6. Léo Baptistão (1992) Rayo Vallecano (ESP) 7. Lucas Moura (1992) Paris SG (FRA) 7. Mauro Icardi (1993) Internazionale (ITA) 8. Ross Barkley (1993) Everton (ENG) 8. Paulo Dybala (1993) Palermo (ITA) 9. Isco Alarcón (1992) Real Madrid (ESP) 9. Ayoze Pérez (1993) Newcastle (ENG) 10. Juan Bernat (1993) Bayern (GER) 10. Paul-Georges Ntep (1992) Rennes (FRA) 11. Koke Resurrección (1992) Atlético Madrid (ESP) 11. Paul Pogba (1993) Juventus (ITA) 12. Paul Pogba (1993) Juventus (ITA) 12. Elias Kachunga (1992) Paderborn (GER)

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Follow up on paying transfers from big-5 league clubs - Winter 2014/15

Estimated fee Reported fee Gap Player From To (million €) (million €) +9.2 Bernardo Silva Benfica (on loan, Monaco) MonacoA 6.5 15.7 +9.0 Villarreal ArsenalA 6.0 15.0 +6.3 Wilfried Bony Swansea City Manchester CityA 25.7 32.0 +5.7 Chelsea (on loan, Southampton) SouthamptonA 7.3 13.0 +3.9 Juan Cuadrado Fiorentina ChelseaA 29.5 33.4 +3.0 Kyle Naughton Tottenham Hotspur Swansea City 3.6 6.6 +2.6 Oussama Assaidi Liverpool (on loan, Stoke City) Al Ahli (UAE) 3.4 6.0 +2.3 Luis Muriel Udinese Calcio Sampdoria 8.2 10.5 +2.1 Vitorino Antunes Málaga Dynamo Kyiv 3.9 6.0 +2.1 Internazionale Sampdoria 2.4 4.5 +1.6 Espanyol Villarreal 4.1 5.7 +1.5 André Schürrle Chelsea Wolfsburg 30.5 32.0 +1.5 Bayern München Internazionale MilanoB 13.5 15.0 +1.5 Jack Cork Southampton Swansea City 2.5 4.0 +1.2 Pape Souaré Lille Crystal Palace 3.4 4.6 +1.1 Jordon Mutch Queens Park Rangers Crystal Palace 5.2 6.3 +0.6 Wilfred Zaha Manchester Utd (on loan, Crystal Palace) Crystal Palace 7.4 8.0 +0.5 Dimitri Cavaré Lens Stade Rennais (on loan, Lens) 2.5 3.0 +0.2 Tin Jedvaj Roma (on loan, Bayer Leverkusen) Bayer LeverkusenA 7.8 8.0 +0.2 Marco Capuano Pescara Calcio (on loan, Cagliari) Cagliari CalcioA 0.8 1.0 +0.2 Benjamin Mokulu Bastia Avellino 0.5 0.7 +0.1 Hany Mukhtar Hertha Berlin Benfica 0.5 0.6 +0.1 Genoa (co-owned, Sassuolo) SassuoloC 1.6 1.7 = Franco Mussis Genoa San Lorenzo 1.7 1.7 = Jannik Vestergaard Hoffenheim Werder Bremen 2.5 2.5 = Davide Zappacosta Avellino (co-owned, Atalanta) Atalanta BergamoC 1.2 1.2 = Knowledge Musona Hoffenheim Oostende 0.5 0.5 = Raphael Holzhauser Stuttgart Wien 0.3 0.3 = Mateusz Klich Wolfsburg Kaiserslautern 0.3 0.3 = Jean-François Gillet Torino Calcio 0.2 0.2 = Joaquín Liverpool Milan 1.3 1.3 -0.1 Ibrahima Mbaye Internazionale Milano BolognaB 2.8 2.7 -0.1 Tolgay Arslan Hamburger SV Beşiktaş 0.6 0.5 -0.1 Maxwell Cornet Metz Olympique Lyonnais 0.5 0.4 -0.2 Ivica Olić Wolfsburg Hamburger SV 1.7 1.5 -0.2 Dong-Won Ji Borussia Dortmund Augsburg 2.2 2.0 -0.3 Mauricio Pinilla Genoa Atalanta Bergamo 2.3 2.0 -0.3 Koen Casteels TSG Hoffenheim Wolfsburg 1.8 1.5 -0.4 Carles Gil Valencia Aston Villa 4.6 4.2 -0.4 Málaga 2.4 2.0 -0.4 Clément Chantôme Paris St-Germain Girondins Bordeaux 1.2 0.8 -0.5 Míchel Herrero Getafe Guangzhou 1.5 1.0 -0.5 Stefan Thesker Hannover 96 Greuther Fürth 0.6 0.1 -1.1 Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa Newcastle (on loan, Roma) RomaA 8.4 7.3 -1.2 Parma Milan 3.2 2.0 -1.3 Luca Antonelli Genoa MilanB 5.8 4.5 -2.0 Daniele Gastaldello Sampdoria Bologna 2.6 0.6 -2.3 Alfred Duncan Internazionale (on loan, Sampdoria) SampdoriaA 5.3 3.0 -2.8 Manolo Gabbiadini Sampdoria Napoli 15.8 13.0 -3.2 Chelsea (on loan, Milan) Milan (on loan, Atlético Madrid) 6.2 3.0

A Buy out clause / option to buy B Loan with obligation to make the move permanent C 50% of transfer rights

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Experience capital: most promising players, by age category and position

Experience capital: number of matches played in adult championships weighted by league level and club results. For more information, see CIES Football Observatory Monthly Report 2.

Goalkeepers Big-5 Other leagues2 U201 Mouez Hassen, Nice (FRA) 12.1 Georgi Kitanov, Cherno More Varna (BUL) 23.8 U21 , Mainz (GER) 33.1 Yvon Mvogo, Young Boys (SUI) 25.6 U22 , Atlético Madrid (ESP) 57.2 Oliver Zelenika, Lokomotiva Zagreb (CRO) 26.4 U23 Thibaut Courtois, Chelsea (ENG) 200.6 , Club Brugge (BEL) 83.1

Full backs Big-5 Other leagues2 U20 Luke Shaw, Manchester United (ENG) 65.8 Eduard Sobol, Metalurg Donetsk (UKR) 29.4 U21 , Marseille (FRA) 60.8 , PSV (NED) 94.5 U22 Juan Bernat, Bayern München (GER) 75.3 Jonas Svensson, Rosenborg (NOR) 62.9 U23 David Alaba, Bayern München (GER) 155.2 Laurens De Bock, Club Brugge (BEL) 82.4

Centre backs Big-5 Other leagues2 U20 Niklas Süle, Hoffenheim (GER) 36.4 Milan Škriniar, MŠK Žilina (SVK) 21.8 U21 Marquinhos Aoás, PSG (FRA) 66.8 Karim Rekik, PSV (NED) 52.2 U22 Raphaël Varane, Real Madrid (ESP) 84.8 Emil Bergström, Djurgårdens (SWE) 46.7 U23 Phil Jones, Manchester United (ENG) 143.0 Bruno Martins Indi, Porto (POR) 115.7

Defensive/Central midfielders Big-5 Other leagues2 U20 Carlos Gruezo, Stuttgart (GER) 51.0 Tonny Vilhena, Feyenoord (NED) 76.8 U21 Mateo Kovačić, Internazionale (ITA) 81.5 Kyle Ebecilio, Twente (NED) 48.2 U22 Paul Pogba, Juventus (ITA) 108.3 Ergys Kaçe, PAOK (GRE) 53.7 U23 Marco Verratti, PSG (FRA) 113.9 Fernando Martins, Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 79.9

Attacking midfielders Big-5 Other leagues2 U20 Maximilian Meyer, Schalke (GER) 52.8 Pione Sisto, Midtjylland (DEN) 36.4 U21 , Monaco (FRA) 80.8 Dennis Praet, Anderlecht (BEL) 61.3 U22 Julian Draxler, Schalke (GER) 113.1 Adam Maher, PSV (NED) 96.3 U23 Mario Götze, Bayern München (GER) 175.5 Georgi Milanov, CSKA Moskva (RUS) 110.5

Forwards Big-5 Other leagues2 U20 Divock Origi, Lille (FRA) 48.2 , Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 35.3 U21 Raheem Sterling, Liverpool (ENG) 95.9 , PSV (NED) 74.9 U22 Romelu Lukaku, Everton (ENG) 154.8 Zakaria Labyad, Vitesse (NED) 84.1 U23 Neymar Júnior, Barcelona (ESP) 129.2 Luc Castaignos, Twente (NED) 106.6

1 U20/U21/U22/U23: players born on or after 01.01.1995 / 01.01.1994 / 01.01.1993 / 01.01.1992 2 Top division leagues in 26 European associations. Fore more information, see CIES Football Observatory Monthly Report 2.

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel www.football-observatory.com CIES Football Observatory Issue n°100 - 24/02/2015 Big-5 Weekly Post Top 100 Training Clubs in Europe

[1] Ajax (NED) 77* [51] Real Sociedad (ESP) 26 [2] Partizan (SRB) 74 [52] Valencia (ESP) 26 [3] Barcelona (ESP)** 57 [53] Metz (FRA) 26 [4] Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 50 [54] Le Havre (FRA) 26 [5] Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 50 [55] Montpellier (FRA) 26 [63] [20] [6] Hajduk Split (CRO) 49 [56] Banska Bystrica (SVK) 26 [86] [34] [7] Real Madrid (ESP) 47 [57] Brommapojkarna (SWE) 26 [8] Sporting CP (POR) 47 [58] Elfsborg (SWE) 26 [57] [9] Crvena Zvezda (SRB) 47 [59] Levski Sofia (BUL) 25 [96] [10] Sparta Praha (CZE) 46 [60] Litex Lovech (BUL) 25 [47] [58] [11] Feyenoord (NED) 45 [61] NK Zagreb (CRO) 25 [85] [12] Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 44 [62] Espanyol (ESP) 25 [26] [13] Dinamo Minsk (BLR) 41 [63] TPS Turku (FIN) 25 [14] FC Porto (POR) 41 [64] Bordeaux (FRA) 25 [33] [66] [15] Lyon (FRA) 40 [65] Basel (SUI) 25 [49] [48] [16] MTK (HUN) 40 [66] BATE Borisov (BLR) 24 [13] [17] Heerenveen (NED) 40 [67] Atlético Madrid (ESP) 24 [73] [18] [17] [18] Manchester Utd (ENG) 39 [68] Kozice (SVK) 24 [37] [90] [19] Vojvodina (SRB) 37 [69] Ruzomberok (SVK) 24 [1] [29] [20] HJK Helsinki (FIN) 36 [70] Metal. Zaporizhya (UKR) 24 [11] [12] [5] [28] [78] [21] Benfica (POR) 36 [71] Club Brugge (BEL) 23 [71] [27] [100] [94] [72] [22] Osijek (CRO) 35 [72] Genk (BEL) 23 [10] [95] [54] [39] [23] PSG (FRA) 35 [73] Manchester City (ENG) 23 [41] [31] [70] [24] FK Rad (SRB) 35 [74] Panathinaikos (GRE) 23 [25] [80] [69] [87] [45] [43] [68] [25] Slavia Praha (CZE) 34 [75] Szombathelyi (HUN) 23 [44] [56] [23] [53] [32] [38] [26] Celtic (SCO) 34 [76] Videoton (HUN) 23 [82] [91] [27] PSV Eindhoven (NED) 34 [77] Internazionale (ITA) 23 [40] [93] [98] [16] [65] [83] [28] Arsenal (ENG) 33 [78] Vitesse (NED) 23 [79] [75] [76] [29] Twente (NED) 33 [79] Grasshopper (SUI) 23 [99] [81] [4] [19] [30] OFK Beograd (SRB) 33 [80] Dubnica (SVK) 23 [2] [15] [89] [61] [22] [31] Standard Liège (BEL) 32 [81] ND Gorica (SVN) 23 [9] [64] [77] [30] [24] [32] Bayern (GER) 32 [82] Austria Wien (AUT) 22 [50] [51] [60] [33] Midtjylland (DEN) 30 [83] Sturm Graz (AUT) 22 [84] [97] [88] [34] Honka (FIN) 30 [84] NK Zadar (CRO) 22 [55] [35] [6] [59] [35] Monaco (FRA) 30 [85] Aalborg (DEN) 22 [14] [36] Maccabi Haifa (ISR) 30 [86] Inter Turku (FIN) 22 [7] [37] Alkmaar (NED) 30 [87] Caen (FRA) 22 [3] [8] [46] [38] Rapid Wien (AUT) 29 [88] Toulouse (FRA) 22 [67] [62] [39] Anderlecht (BEL) 29 [89] Atalanta (ITA) 22 [21] [40] Auxerre (FRA) 28 [90] Utrecht (NED) 22 [52] [41] Lens (FRA) 28 [91] Nitra (SVK) 22 [42] Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) 28 [92] Sevilla (ESP) 21 [92] [74] [43] FK AS Trençin (SVK) 28 [93] Nantes (FRA) 21 [44] Rennes (FRA) 27 [94] Lille (FRA) 21 [45] Stuttgart (GER) 27 [95] Wisla Kraków (POL) 21 [36] [46] PAOK (GRE) 27 [96] Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) 21 [42] [47] Spartak Moskva (RUS) 27 [97] FK Borac Čačak (SRB) 21 [48] Malmö FF (SWE) 27 [98] FC Zürich (SUI) 21 [49] Brondby (DEN) 26 [99] NK Maribor (SVN) 21 * Number of players, 31 European top division leagues (01/10/2014) [50] Athletic Bilbao (ESP) 26 [100] Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) 21 ** Big-5 league clubs

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Best signings of the season, per area of the game

* At least 50% of minutes since the start of the season

Rigour Take on

1. Dejan Lovren Liverpool (ENG) 1. Karim Bellarabi Leverkusen (GER) 2. AS Roma (ITA) 2. Ángel Di María Man. United (ENG) 3. Michael Keane Burnley (ENG) 3. Alexis Sánchez Arsenal (ENG) 4. Sergi Gómez Vigo (ESP) 4. Genoa (ITA) 5. Ermin Bičakčić Hoffenheim (GER) 5. Southampton (ENG) 6. Emiliano Velázquez Getafe (ESP) 6. Rémy Cabella Newcastle (ENG) 7. Jin-su Kim Hoffenheim (GER) 7. Victor Moses Stoke City (ENG) 8. Brede Hangeland Crystal Palace (ENG) 8. Wellington Silva Almería (ESP) 9. Nicolás Otamendi Valencia (ESP) 9. Luis Suárez Barcelona (ESP) 10. Giancarlo González Palermo (ITA) 10. Lucas Vázquez Espanyol (ESP) 11. Marcos Rojo Man. United (ENG) 11. Eric Choupo-Moting Schalke 04 (GER) 12. Federico Fazio Tottenham (ENG) 12. Jérémy Pied Guingamp (FRA)

Recovery Chance creation

1. Napoli (ITA) 1. Luis Suárez Barcelona (ESP) 2. Wendell Nascimento Leverkusen (GER) 2. Francesc Fàbregas Chelsea (ENG) 3. Dušan Basta Lazio (ITA) 3. Gylfi Sigurdsson Swansea (ENG) 4. Jin-su Kim Hoffenheim (GER) 4. James Rodríguez Real Madrid (ESP) 5. Davide Astori AS Roma (ITA) 5. Toni Kroos Real Madrid (ESP) 6. Seydou Keita AS Roma (ITA) 6. Lazaros Christodoulopoulos Verona (ITA) 7. Tin Jedvaj Leverkusen (GER) 7. Ángel Di María Man. United (ENG) 8. Jérémy Mathieu Barcelona (ESP) 8. Valentin Stocker Hertha Berlin (GER) 9. Shinji Kagawa Dortmund (GER) 9. Jordan Ayew Lorient (FRA) 10. Josuha Guilavogui Wolfsburg (GER) 10. Dušan Tadić Southampton (ENG) 11. Yeltsin Tejeda Evian Thonon (FRA) 11. Shinji Kagawa Dortmund (GER) 12. Man. United (ENG) 12. Villarreal (ESP)

Distribution Shooting

1. Xabi Alonso Bayern (GER) 1. Diego Costa Chelsea (ENG) 2. Francesc Fàbregas Chelsea (ENG) 2. Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid (ESP) 3. Toni Kroos Real Madrid (ESP) 3. Khouma Babacar Fiorentina (ITA) 4. Internazionale (ITA) 4. Luciano Vietto Villarreal (ESP) 5. Ivan Rakitić Barcelona (ESP) 5. Espanyol (ESP) 6. Seydou Keita AS Roma (ITA) 6. Federico Piovaccari Eibar (ESP) 7. Lyon (FRA) 7. West Ham (ENG) 8. David López Napoli (ITA) 8. Joaquín Larrivey Vigo (ESP) 9. Juan Bernat Bayern (GER) 9. Cyril Théréau Udinese (ITA) 10. James Rodríguez Real Madrid (ESP) 10. Mario Mandžukić Atlético Madrid (ESP) 11. Matías Vecino Empoli (ITA) 11. Julian Schieber Hertha Berlin (GER) 12. Jack Colback Newcastle (ENG) 12. Alexis Sánchez Arsenal (ENG)

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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, , , Eden Hazard, Divock Origi 76.0 3. Real Sociedad de Fútbol (ESP) Antoine Griezmann, 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, 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, 32.8 11. Swansea City AFC (WAL) , Ben Davies 31.6 12. FC Bayern München (GER) , 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, , Ilan Boccara 25.2 15. FC Genoa 1893 (ITA) Richmond Boakye, Isaac Cofie, Stephan El Shaarawy, Dejan Lazarević, 24.5 16. Everton FC (ENG) Victor Anichebe, Jack Rodwell, 23.9 17. Atalanta Bergamo (ITA) , , , 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, 20.8

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Transfer expenditure of big-5 league clubs (2009/10-2014/15)

Transfer expenditure for squad members, per league (billion €)

+41.1% +0.7% +45.8% +57.1% -1.2% +24.6%

8.62 3.43

2.43 6.90 1.63 1.61 1.42 1.43 1.05 1.10 0.72 0.70

2009/10 2014/15 2009/10 2014/15 2009/10 2014/15 2009/10 2014/15 2009/10 2014/15 2009/10 2014/15 Premier League Liga Ligue 1 Bundesliga Serie A Big-5 leagues

Average transfer fee per squad member, per position (million €)

+23.5% +8.8% +12.3% +38.3% +30.6% +19.9%

4.04 3.63 3.37 2.85 2.78 2.46 2.26 2.06 1.63 1.83 1.26 1.02

2009/10 2014/15 2009/10 2014/15 2009/10 2014/15 2009/10 2014/15 2009/10 2014/15 2009/10 2014/15 Goalkeepers Centre backs Full backs Central/defensive Attacking Forwards mid elders mid elders

Average transfer expenditure for squad members of the three top ranked clubs, per league (million €)1

+76.4% +29.9% +92.2% +74.4% +0.9% +47.1%

464

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263 278 278 214 216 196 189 150 102 86

2009/10 2014/15 2009/10 2014/15 2009/10 2014/15 2009/10 2014/15 2009/10 2014/15 2009/10 2014/15 Premier League Liga Ligue 1 Bundesliga Serie A Big-5 leagues

1 2014/15: ranking on 19/02/2015

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel www.football-observatory.com CIES Football Observatory Issue n°104 - 24/03/2015 Big-5 Weekly Post

% of minutes played by full internationals Since the start of the season

Full internationals: players with national A-team caps

Premier League Bundesliga

1. Chelsea 98.2% 11. Tottenham 73.6% 1. Dortmund 98.1% 11. Köln 57.2% 2. Man. City 93.8% 12. Sunderland 73.3% 2. Bayern 96.2% 12. Stuttgart 49.7% 3. Everton 92.3% 13. QPR 72.1% 3. Wolfsburg 81.7% 13. Freiburg 48.7% 4. Liverpool 91.1% 14. WBA 70.9% 4. Leverkusen 80.0% 14. Bremen 48.1% 5. Man. United 90.1% 15. Swansea 68.8% 5. Schalke 04 73.6% 15. Augsburg 44.4% 6. Hull 89.9% 16. Leicester 64.2% 6. Hamburg 69.9% 16. Frankfurt 43.2% 7. Arsenal 89.6% 17. West Ham 62.8% 7. Hoffenheim 69.5% 17. Mainz 41.3% 8. Stoke City 85.8% 18. Crystal Palace 60.6% 8. M'gladbach 69.3% 18. Paderborn 4.4% 9. Aston Villa 85.3% 19. Newcastle 53.1% 9. Hertha Berlin 61.2% 10. Southampton 83.3% 20. Burnley 16.2% 10. Hannover 59.7%

Serie A Ligue 1

1. Milan 99.4% 11. Chievo Verona 56.5% 1. Paris SG 95.3% 11. Bastia 41.5% 2. Juventus 95.8% 12. Verona 54.4% 2. Marseille 57.2% 12. St-Etienne 38.9% 3. AS Roma 95.1% 13. Udinese 46.4% 3. Monaco 56.9% 13. Reims 36.6% 4. Internazionale 88.2% 14. Parma 45.7% 4. Lille 54.1% . Rennes 36.6% 5. Lazio 83.6% 15. Palermo 38.1% 5. Nantes 52.2% 15. Metz 31.6% 6. Fiorentina 83.1% 16. Sassuolo 36.7% 6. Toulouse 51.8% 16. Montpellier 26.7% 7. Napoli 77.4% 17. Atalanta 35.7% 7. Bordeaux 51.3% 17. Guingamp 24.5% 8. Torino 64.1% 18. Cagliari 26.1% 8. Evian Thonon 47.5% 18. Nice 22.2% 9. Sampdoria 61.8% 19. Empoli 20.6% 9. Lyon 44.8% 19. Caen 19.9% 10. Genoa 61.6% 20. Cesena 13.6% 10. Lorient 42.2% 20. Lens 16.0%

Liga Average, by league

1. Real Madrid 95.5% 11. Espanyol 29.3% 75.8% 60.9% 59.2% 42.4% 38.0% 2. Barcelona 93.6% 12. Rayo Vallecano 27.2% 3. Atlético Madrid 73.7% 13. Elche 25.3% 4. Valencia 62.0% 14. Granada 22.6% 5. Málaga 52.3% 15. La Coruña 21.5% 6. Sevilla 51.4% 16. Real Sociedad 20.5% 7. Bilbao 37.6% 17. Almería 17.4% 8. Villarreal 35.6% 18. Getafe 12.3% Premier Bundesliga Serie A Ligue 1 Liga League 9. Vigo 32.8% 19. Córdoba 10.6% 10. Levante 32.7% 20. Eibar 7.0%

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Best performing players per position, since January 1st*

*At least 66% of minutes

1. Emir Spahić (Leverkusen/GER) 100 1. Nuri Sahin (Dortmund/GER) 100 2. Martín Demichelis (Man. City/ENG) 89 2. Paul Pogba (Juventus/ITA) 96 3. Mats Hummels (Dortmund/GER) 79 3. Luiz Fernandinho (Man. City/ENG) 94 4. (Man. United/ENG) 76 4. (Lazio/ITA) 89 5. Thiago Silva (Paris SG/FRA) 71 5. Ilkay Gündoğan (Dortmund/GER) 87 Centre backs Centre 6. David Luiz (Paris SG/FRA) 69 6. Marco Verratti (Paris SG/FRA) 85 . (Lazio/ITA) 69 7. Clément Chantôme (Bordeaux/FRA) 84 8. Marcos Rojo (Man. United/ENG) 68 8. Xabi Alonso (Bayern/GER) 79 9. Konstantinos Manolas (AS Roma/ITA) 64 9. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern/GER) 78 . Neven Subotić (Dortmund/GER) 64 10. Arturo Vidal (Juventus/ITA) 77 11. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus/ITA) 63 11. (Fiorentina/ITA) 75 12. (Evian Thonon/FRA) 62 12. Francesc Fàbregas (Chelsea/ENG) 73

. (Barcelona/ESP) 62 midfielders Central/Defensive 13. Adama Traoré (Lille/FRA) 71 14. Jérôme Boateng (Bayern/GER) 61 14. Miralem Pjanić (AS Roma/ITA) 68 . Sebastian Langkamp (Hertha Berlin/GER) 61 . Radja Nainggolan (AS Roma/ITA) 68

1. Gaël Clichy (Man. City/ENG) 100 1. Eden Hazard (Chelsea/ENG) 100 2. Marcelo Vieira (Real Madrid/ESP) 75 . Mesut Özil (Arsenal/ENG) 100 3. Márcio Rafinha (Bayern/GER) 72 3. Jesús Navas (Man. City/ENG) 86 . Wendell Nascimento (Leverkusen/GER) 72 4. Kevin de Bruyne (Wolfsburg/GER) 85 Full backs Full 5. Pablo Zabaleta (Man. City/ENG) 70 5. Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund/GER) 84 6. David Alaba (Bayern/GER) 69 6. Marek Hamšík (Napoli/ITA) 79 . Jordi Alba (Barcelona/ESP) 69 7. David Silva (Man. City/ENG) 77 8. Layvin Kurzawa (Monaco/FRA) 68 8. Maximilian Meyer (Schalke 04/GER) 73 9. Dušan Basta (Lazio/ITA) 67 9. Roberto Pereyra (Juventus/ITA) 72 Attacking midfielders Attacking 10. Juan Bernat (Bayern/GER) 65 . Javier Pastore (Paris SG/FRA) 72 11. Dani Alves (Barcelona/ESP) 63 11. Pablo de Blasis (Mainz/GER) 71 . Abdul Rahman Baba (Augsburg/GER) 63 . Joaquín Sánchez (Fiorentina/ITA) 71 13. Roberto Hilbert (Leverkusen/GER) 62 . Santi Cazorla (Arsenal/ENG) 71 . (Lorient/FRA) 62 14. Patrick Herrmann (M'gladbach/GER) 70 15. Djibril Sidibé (Lille/FRA) 61 15. Karim Bellarabi (Leverkusen/GER) 62

Key performance indicators 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona/ESP) 100 2. Arjen Robben (Bayern/GER) 92 3. Bas Dost (Wolfsburg/GER) 77 4. Forwards Luis Suárez (Barcelona/ESP) 71 Rigour Recovery 5. Diego Costa (Chelsea/ENG) 61 6. Harry Kane (Tottenham/ENG) 57 . Marco Reus (Dortmund/GER) 57 8. Lucas Barrios (Montpellier/FRA) 56 Pitch Shooting Distribution performance 9. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Dortmund/GER) 55 10. Christophe Mandanne (Guingamp/FRA) 54 11. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid/ESP) 52 12. Neymar Júnior (Barcelona/ESP) 51 Chance Take on . Olivier Giroud (Arsenal/ENG) 51 creation . (Sevilla/ESP) 51 15. Éder Martins (Sampdoria/ITA) 50

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Sporting development of players

% of matches until the age of 23 according to the league in which the games were played

Premier League Total big-5

Top national division Other big-5 leagues Top national division Other big-5 leagues

13.8% 9.0% 26.9% 31.4%

Employer club Employer club 14.2% 17.6% 30.1% 30.3%

Other leagues 28.9% 29.5% Other leagues

Lower national divisions Lower national divisions

Liga Ligue 1

Top national division Other big-5 leagues Top national division

Other big-5 leagues 8.1% 39.9% 32.6% 3.5%

Employer club Employer club 20.9% 32.9% 21.5% 23.7%

Other leagues Other leagues 26.6% 32.8%

Lower national divisions Lower nationals divisions

Bundesliga Serie A

Top national division Other big-5 leagues Other big-5 leagues Top national division 10.0% 38.1% 7.0% 24.4%

Employer club Employer club 29.6% 21.7% 11.9%

34.5% Other leagues 20.4% 36.0% Other leagues

Lower national divisions Lower national divisions

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel www.football-observatory.com CIES Football Observatory Issue n°107 - 13/04/2015 Big-5 Weekly Post

Champions League 2014

See also Monthly Report no. 4

Total number of Champions League matches of squad members

Last five winners

973 932 923 911 864 854 823 751

569 448 336 314 247 PSG Inter Porto (2012) (2014) (2011) (2010) (2013) Bayern Bayern Atlético Chelsea Monaco Juventus Barcelona Barcelona Real Madrid Real Madrid

Average stay in the first team squad (years)

4.00 3.94 3.83 3.66 3.57 3.41 3.40 3.15 2.95 2.40 2.02 1.73 1.48 PSG Inter Porto (2012) (2014) (2011) (2010) (2013) Bayern Bayern Atlético Chelsea Monaco Juventus Barcelona Barcelona Real Madrid Real Madrid

Transfer expenditure in signing squad members (million €)

590 536 443 377 336 254 226 224 200 173 134 110 92 PSG Inter Porto (2014) (2013) (2010) (2012) (2011) Bayern Bayern Atlético Chelsea Monaco Juventus Barcelona Barcelona Real Madrid Real Madrid

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Average points per match Since the start of the season

Last 10 Other Last 10 Other matches matches Difference matches matches Difference 1. Borussia Dortmund (GER) 2.00 0.84 +1.16 50. Montpellier Hérault SC (FRA) 1.60 1.57 +0.03 2. Lille OSC (FRA) 2.20 1.22 +0.98 51. Milan AC (ITA) 1.40 1.38 +0.02 3. Athletic Club Bilbao (ESP) 2.00 1.05 +0.95 52. Stoke City FC (ENG) 1.40 1.39 +0.01 4. AC Chievo Verona (ITA) 1.80 0.86 +0.94 53. Sunderland AFC (ENG) 0.90 0.91 -0.01 5. Arsenal FC (ENG) 2.70 1.77 +0.93 . FC Metz (FRA) 0.90 0.91 -0.01 6. Crystal Palace FC (ENG) 1.90 1.00 +0.90 55. Sampdoria UC (ITA) 1.60 1.62 -0.02 7. SS Lazio (ITA) 2.40 1.62 +0.78 56. Swansea City AFC (ENG) 1.40 1.43 -0.03 8. Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (ESP) 1.80 1.05 +0.75 57. Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) 1.70 1.74 -0.04 9. Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) 1.60 0.95 +0.65 . AS St-Etienne (FRA) 1.70 1.74 -0.04 10. Liverpool FC (ENG) 2.20 1.59 +0.61 59. Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 1.20 1.26 -0.06 11. Elche CF (ESP) 1.40 0.81 +0.59 60. Juventus FC (ITA) 2.30 2.38 -0.08 12. RC Celta de Vigo (ESP) 1.70 1.14 +0.56 61. 1. FC Köln (GER) 1.10 1.21 -0.11 13. Real Sociedad de Fútbol (ESP) 1.60 1.05 +0.55 62. Granada CF (ESP) 0.70 0.82 -0.12 14. FC Parma (ITA) 1.00 0.48 +0.52 63. Queens Park Rangers FC (ENG) 0.70 0.83 -0.13 . FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) 2.00 1.48 +0.52 64. VfB Stuttgart (GER) 0.80 0.95 -0.15 . Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) 2.20 1.68 +0.52 65. EA Guingamp (FRA) 1.10 1.26 -0.16 17. Empoli FC (ITA) 1.40 0.95 +0.45 66. SC Paderborn 07 (GER) 0.80 1.00 -0.20 18. West Bromwich Albion FC (ENG) 1.40 0.96 +0.44 67. Real Madrid CF (ESP) 2.20 2.45 -0.25 19. RCD Espanyol (ESP) 1.60 1.18 +0.42 68. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (GER) 1.10 1.37 -0.27 20. Evian Thonon Gaillard FC (FRA) 1.40 1.00 +0.40 . Burnley FC (ENG) 0.60 0.87 -0.27 21. Everton FC (ENG) 1.50 1.13 +0.37 70. FC Nantes (FRA) 1.10 1.39 -0.29 22. VfL Borussia M’gladbach (GER) 2.10 1.74 +0.36 71. Hellas Verona FC (ITA) 0.90 1.20 -0.30 . Internazionale Milano FC (ITA) 1.60 1.24 +0.36 72. Palermo US (ITA) 1.10 1.43 -0.33 . SM Caen (FRA) 1.40 1.04 +0.36 73. Stade Reims (FRA) 0.90 1.26 -0.36 25. Manchester United FC (ENG) 2.20 1.87 +0.33 74. Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 1.90 2.27 -0.37 . Leicester City FC (ENG) 1.10 0.77 +0.33 75. Atalanta Bergamo (ITA) 0.70 1.10 -0.40 27. VfL Wolfsburg (GER) 2.30 2.00 +0.30 . UD Almería (ESP) 0.60 1.00 -0.40 . Stade Rennais FC (FRA) 1.60 1.30 +0.30 77. RC Lens (FRA) 0.50 0.91 -0.41 29. SV Werder Bremen (GER) 1.50 1.21 +0.29 78. Southampton FC (ENG) 1.40 1.83 -0.43 30. FC Bayern München (GER) 2.70 2.42 +0.28 79. SSC Napoli (ITA) 1.40 1.86 -0.46 31. Torino Calcio (ITA) 1.60 1.33 +0.27 80. Manchester City FC (ENG) 1.60 2.09 -0.49 32. SC Bastia (FRA) 1.30 1.04 +0.26 . Málaga CF (ESP) 1.10 1.59 -0.49 33. Getafe CF (ESP) 1.30 1.05 +0.25 . OGC Nice (FRA) 0.90 1.39 -0.49 . AC Fiorentina (ITA) 1.80 1.55 +0.25 83. Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 1.60 2.13 -0.53 35. Toulouse FC (FRA) 1.30 1.09 +0.21 . FC Schalke 04 (GER) 1.10 1.63 -0.53 36. Sevilla FC (ESP) 2.10 1.91 +0.19 . US Sassuolo (ITA) 0.80 1.33 -0.53 37. AS Monaco (FRA) 1.90 1.74 +0.16 86. AS Roma (ITA) 1.50 2.05 -0.55 38. SC Freiburg (GER) 1.10 0.95 +0.15 . Hamburger SV (GER) 0.50 1.05 -0.55 39. Levante UD (ESP) 1.00 0.86 +0.14 88. Cordoba CF (ESP) 0.20 0.82 -0.62 40. FC Genoa 1893 (ITA) 1.50 1.38 +0.12 89. Udinese Calcio (ITA) 0.70 1.33 -0.63 41. Valencia CF (ESP) 2.10 2.00 +0.10 90. RC Deportivo La Coruña (ESP) 0.40 1.09 -0.69 . Paris St-Germain FC (FRA) 2.10 2.00 +0.10 91. Cagliari Calcio (ITA) 0.20 0.90 -0.70 43. FC Barcelona (ESP) 2.50 2.41 +0.09 92. Villarreal CF (ESP) 1.10 1.86 -0.76 44. AC Cesena (ITA) 0.80 0.71 +0.09 93. Newcastle United FC (ENG) 0.50 1.30 -0.80 45. FC Lorient (FRA) 1.10 1.04 +0.06 94. SD Eibar (ESP) 0.40 1.23 -0.83 46. Aston Villa FC (ENG) 1.00 0.96 +0.04 95. FC Augsburg (GER) 0.90 1.74 -0.84 . 1. FSV Mainz 05 (GER) 1.20 1.16 +0.04 96. West Ham United FC (ENG) 0.70 1.57 -0.87 . Hull City AFC (ENG) 0.90 0.86 +0.04 97. Hannover 96 (GER) 0.40 1.32 -0.92 . Chelsea FC (ENG) 2.40 2.36 +0.04 98. Olympique de Marseille (FRA) 1.00 2.04 -1.04

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Goal statistics of big-5 league top ranked teams

State at the same stage of the season [Premier League and Ligue 1: matchday 34, Liga: matchday 33, Serie A: matchday 32 and Bundesliga: matchday 30]

Goals scored per match

Highest values 2.5 1. Real Madrid (2011/12) 3.25 2. Barcelona (2012/13) 3.06 2.42 2.40 3. Bayern München (2012/13) 2.97 2.27 2.23 4. Barcelona (2008/09) 2.85 2.0 2.12 5. Barcelona (2014/15) 2.76 2.08 2.07 1.96 2.00 1.92 Lowest values 1. FC Schalke 04 (2006/07) 1.63 2. Juventus (2011/12) 1.66 1.5 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 3. Lyon (2006/07) 1.68 4. Marseille (2008/09) 1.71 5. Milan (2010/11) 1.75

Goals conceded per match

Lowest values 1.0 1. Bayern München (2014/15) 0.43 2. Bayern München (2012/13) 0.47 0.87 0.84 3. Barcelona (2010/11) 0.52 0.81 0.78 0.73 0.74 0.74 0.75 0.76 4. Juventus (2014/15) 0.53 0.5 0.64 . Manchester United (2007/08) 0.53

Highest values 1. Liverpool (2013/14) 1.24 2. VfL Wolfsburg (2008/09) 1.20 0.0 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 3. Barcelona (2012/13) 1.06 4. Manchester United (2012/13) 1.03 5. Lyon (2007/08) 1.00

Goal difference per match

Highest values +2.0 1. Bayern München (2012/13) +2.50 2. Real Madrid (2011/12) +2.38 +1.67 +1.64 +1.59 3. Barcelona (2014/15) +2.18 +1.49 4. Barcelona (2010/11) +2.15 5. Bayern München (2014/15) +2.13 +1.5 +1.33 +1.26 +1.28 +1.23 +1.21 +1.11 Lowest values 1. FC Schalke 04 (2006/07) +0.73 2. Marseille (2008/09) +0.79 +1.0 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 3. Lille (2010/11) +0.85 4. Marseille (2009/10) +0.88 . Montpellier (2011/12) +0.88

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Best performing U23 players per position*

* Players born on or after 01/01/1992 - At least 50% of minutes since the start of the season

1. Phil Jones (Man. United/ENG) 100 1. Marco Verratti (Paris SG/FRA) 100 2. José Giménez (Atlético Madrid/ESP) 89 2. Paul Pogba (Juventus/ITA) 83 3. Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid/ESP) 77 3. (M'gladbach/GER) 65 4. Stefan de Vrij (Lazio/ITA) 70 . (Monaco/FRA) 65 . Marquinhos Aoás (Paris SG/FRA) 70 5. Gilbert Imbula (Marseille/FRA) 58 Centre backs Centre 6. Tin Jedvaj (Leverkusen/GER) 63 6. Bryan Dabo (Montpellier/FRA) 51 7. Niklas Süle (Hoffenheim/GER) 61 7. Jordan Ferri (Lyon/FRA) 49 8. Michael Keane (Burnley/ENG) 56 8. Rafidine Abdullah (Lorient/FRA) 47 9. Jores Okore (Aston Villa/ENG) 54 . Rubén Pardo (Real Sociedad/ESP) 47 Defensive midfielders Defensive 10. Shkodran Mustafi (Valencia/ESP) 51 . Nabil Bentaleb (Tottenham/ENG) 47 11. (Bilbao/ESP) 50 11. Corentin Tolisso (Lyon/FRA) 43 12. Emiliano Velázquez (Getafe/ESP) 46 12. (Sampdoria/ITA) 34 13. John Brooks (Hertha Berlin/GER) 41 13. Saphir Taïder (Sassuolo/ITA) 32 14. Jeison Murillo (Granada/ESP) 34 14. Dominik Kohr (Augsburg/GER) 31 . Uroš Spajić (Toulouse/FRA) 34 . (Nantes/FRA) 31

1. Layvin Kurzawa (Monaco/FRA) 100 1. Isco Alarcón (Real Madrid/ESP) 100 2. Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg/GER) 80 2. Bernardo Silva (Monaco/FRA) 92 3. David Alaba (Bayern/GER) 79 3. Yannick Ferreira Carrasco (Monaco/FRA) 88 4. Juan Bernat (Bayern/GER) 73 4. Moi Gómez (Villarreal/ESP) 75 Full backs Full 5. Djibril Sidibé (Lille/FRA) 68 5. Mario Götze (Bayern/GER) 74 6. Wendell Nascimento (Leverkusen/GER) 67 6. Federico Cartabia (Córdoba/ESP) 70 7. (Nice/FRA) 65 7. (Montpellier/FRA) 68 8. Calum Chambers (Arsenal/ENG) 62 . Koke Resurrección (Atlético Madrid/ESP) 68 9. Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid/ESP) 60 9. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool/ENG) 65 Attacking midfielders Attacking 10. Jin-su Kim (Hoffenheim/GER) 59 10. Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg/GER) 64 11. Abdul Rahman Baba (Augsburg/GER) 56 11. Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Leverkusen/GER) 61 12. Fabinho Tavares (Monaco/FRA) 55 . Mateo Kovačić (Internazionale/ITA) 61 13. Dodô Ribeiro (Internazionale/ITA) 54 13. Wilfred Zaha (Crystal Palace/ENG) 60 14. Šime Vrsaljko (Sassuolo/ITA) 51 14. Ross Barkley (Everton/ENG) 58 15. Achraf Lazaar (Palermo/ITA) 48 . Christian Eriksen (Tottenham/ENG) 58

Key performance indicators 1. (Lazio/ITA) 100 2. Neymar Júnior (Barcelona/ESP) 98 3. Clinton N'Jie (Lyon/FRA) 86 4. Forwards Nabil Fekir (Lyon/FRA) 82 Rigour Recovery 5. Paulo Dybala (Palermo/ITA) 69 6. Harry Kane (Tottenham/ENG) 67 7. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool/ENG) 66 8. Lucas Moura (Paris SG/FRA) 62 Pitch Shooting Distribution performance 9. Luciano Vietto (Villarreal/ESP) 56 10. (Monaco/FRA) 55 11. Paul-Georges Ntep (Rennes/FRA) 52 . Sadio Mané (Southampton/ENG) 52 Chance Take on 13. Paco Alcácer (Valencia/ESP) 46 creation 14. Erik Lamela (Tottenham/ENG) 45 15. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal/ENG) 43

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Average age of first-team inclusion

Premier League Liga Ligue 1

1. Manchester United 22.90 1. Real Sociedad 21.75 1. Nice 21.92 2. Liverpool 23.07 2. Real Madrid 22.44 2. Marseille 22.06 3. Arsenal 23.12 3. Barcelona 22.66 3. Lyon 22.09 4. Newcastle 23.33 4. Athletic Bilbao 22.75 4. Toulouse 22.29 5. Southampton 23.48 5. Valencia 23.05 5. Bordeaux 22.76 6. Chelsea 23.98 6. Villarreal 23.25 6. Lens 22.98 7. Everton 24.12 7. Celta Vigo 23.33 7. Lille 23.31 . Aston Villa 24.12 8. Espanyol 24.09 8. Nantes 23.46 9. Tottenham 24.32 9. Granada 24.14 9. Montpellier 23.58 10. Swansea 24.33 10. Almería 24.33 10. Reims 23.63 11. West Ham 25.25 11. Sevilla 24.65 11. Monaco 23.69 12. Stoke City 25.27 12. Getafe 24.66 12. Lorient 23.81 13. Burnley 25.37 13. Málaga 24.67 13. St-Etienne 24.23 14. WBA 25.66 14. Atlético Madrid 24.94 14. Metz 24.29 15. Sunderland 25.74 15. Deportivo La Corunã 24.97 15. Rennes 24.33 16. QPR 26.08 16. Córdoba 25.04 16. PSG 24.52 17. Hull City 26.25 17. Elche 25.18 17. Caen 24.87 18. Crystal Palace 26.30 18. Rayo Vallecano 25.48 18. Evian TG 25.05 . Leicester 26.30 19. Levante 26.62 19. Bastia 25.17 20. Manchester City 26.64 20. Eibar 26.85 20. Guingamp 25.20 Average 24.78 Average 24.24 Average 23.66

Bundesliga Serie A Youngest (top10)

1. Werder Bremen 22.37 1. Cagliari 22.87 1. Real Sociedad (ESP) 21.75 2. Schalke 22.58 2. Udinese 23.39 2. Nice (FRA) 21.92 3. Dortmund 22.66 3. Empoli 23.70 3. Marseille (FRA) 22.06 4. Leverkusen 22.97 4. Palermo 24.42 4. Lyon (FRA) 22.09 5. Stuttgart 23.10 5. Genoa 24.85 5. Toulouse (FRA) 22.29 6. Hoffenheim 23.19 6. Internazionale 24.94 6. Werder Bremen (GER) 22.37 7. Mainz 23.40 7. Sampdoria 24.97 7. Real Madrid (ESP) 22.44 8. Frankfurt 23.41 8. Roma 25.08 8. Schalke (GER) 22.58 9. M'gladbach 23.42 9. Lazio 25.49 9. Barcelona (ESP) 22.66 10. Bayern München 23.81 10. Napoli 25.61 . Dortmund (GER) 22.66 11. Köln 24.01 . Juventus 25.61 12. Paderborn 24.06 12. Cesena 25.81 13. Wolfsburg 24.07 13. Parma 25.93 14. Freiburg 24.22 14. Sassuolo 25.99 15. Hertha Berlin 24.71 15. Chievo 26.28 16. Hannover 24.78 16. Milan 26.32 17. Hamburg 25.12 17. Torino 26.83 18. Augsburg 25.27 18. Fiorentina 27.15 19. Hellas Verona 27.26 20. Atalanta 27.41 Average 23.73 Average 25.50

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BEST PLAYERS 2014/15

At least 60% of minutes

1. Thiago Silva (Paris SG/FRA) 100.0 1. Francesc Fàbregas (Chelsea/ENG) 100.0 2. Jérôme Boateng (Bayern/GER) 97.1 2. Marco Verratti (Paris SG/FRA) 96.3 3. Javier Mascherano (Barcelona/ESP) 94.8 3. Xabi Alonso (Bayern/GER) 91.2 4. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus/ITA) 93.5 4. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona/ESP) 82.4 5. Davide Astori (AS Roma/ITA) 86.3 5. Claudio Marchisio (Juventus/ITA) 82.1 Centre backs Centre 6. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona/ESP) 85.6 6. Ivan Rakitić (Barcelona/ESP) 81.8 7. Jérémy Mathieu (Barcelona/ESP) 83.3 7. Luiz Fernandinho (Man. City/ENG) 81.4 8. Nicolas N'Koulou (Marseille/FRA) 81.7 8. Miralem Pjanić (AS Roma/ITA) 80.7 9. Mats Hummels (Dortmund/GER) 80.8 9. Arturo Vidal (Juventus/ITA) 79.1 Defensive midfielders Defensive 10. Emir Spahić (Leverkusen/GER) 80.2 10. Lucas Biglia (Lazio/ITA) 78.8 . Loïc Perrin (St-Etienne/FRA) 80.2 11. Paul Pogba (Juventus/ITA) 77.7 12. Dejan Lovren (Liverpool/ENG) 79.6 12. Nemanja Matić (Chelsea/ENG) 75.9 13. Dante Bonfim (Bayern/GER) 78.8 13. Gary Medel (Internazionale/ITA) 75.5 14. Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (AS Roma/ITA) 78.1 14. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal/ENG) 74.2 15. Jérémy Morel (Marseille/FRA) 77.6 15. Idrissa Gueye (Lille/FRA) 71.8

1. Dani Alves (Barcelona/ESP) 100.0 1. James Rodríguez (Real Madrid/ESP) 100.0 2. Jordi Alba (Barcelona/ESP) 92.8 2. Eden Hazard (Chelsea/ENG) 93.8 3. Layvin Kurzawa (Monaco/FRA) 87.1 3. Kevin de Bruyne (Wolfsburg/GER) 81.2 4. Gaël Clichy (Man. City/ENG) 77.3 4. David Silva (Man. City/ENG) 75.4 Full backs Full 5. (Man. United/ENG) 76.4 5. Dimitri Payet (Marseille/FRA) 71.7 6. Patrice Evra (Juventus/ITA) 76.3 6. Marek Hamšík (Napoli/ITA) 68.1 7. Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg/GER) 75.6 7. Jesús Navas (Man. City/ENG) 67.7 . Marcelo Vieira (Real Madrid/ESP) 75.6 8. Patrick Herrmann (M'gladbach/GER) 66.7 9. Djibril Sidibé (Lille/FRA) 71.8 9. Isco Alarcón (Real Madrid/ESP) 65.7 Attacking midfielders Attacking 10. Dušan Basta (Lazio/ITA) 69.9 10. Santi Cazorla (Arsenal/ENG) 64.3 11. Leighton Baines (Everton/ENG) 69.5 11. Bernardo Silva (Monaco/FRA) 55.7 . Maxwell Scherrer (Paris SG/FRA) 69.5 12. Yannick Ferreira Carrasco (Monaco/FRA) 54.5 13. Pablo Zabaleta (Man. City/ENG) 69.4 13. Antonio Candreva (Lazio/ITA) 53.0 14. Christophe Jallet (Lyon/FRA) 68.8 14. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea/ENG) 52.0 15. Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland/ENG) 68.4 15. Javier Pastore (Paris SG/FRA) 51.7

Key performance indicators 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona/ESP) 100.0 2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/ESP) 93.5 3. Luis Suárez (Barcelona/ESP) 92.8 4. Forwards Arjen Robben (Bayern/GER) 88.5 Rigour Recovery 5. Sergio Agüero (Man. City/ENG) 67.0 6. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon/FRA) 65.1 7. Diego Costa (Chelsea/ENG) 65.0 8. Neymar Júnior (Barcelona/ESP) 64.1 Pitch Shooting Distribution performance 9. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/ESP) 62.5 10. Felipe Anderson (Lazio/ITA) 61.5 11. Carlos Tévez (Juventus/ITA) 59.3 12. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal/ENG) 58.0 Chance Take on 13. Nabil Fekir (Lyon/FRA) 52.9 creation 14. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/ESP) 50.5 15. Karim Bellarabi (Leverkusen/GER) 50.3

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% of minutes played by U21 footballers

U21: for 2014/15, players born on or after 01/01/1994

1. Liverpool 19.8 . Chelsea 2.2 10.4 10.0 2. Tottenham 18.9 12. West Ham 1.4 8.5 3. Arsenal 12.4 13. QPR 1.0 4. Everton 11.2 14. Swansea 0.4 6.1 5.4 5.8 6.0 4.5 5.1 5.3 5. Manchester United 10.7 . Manchester City 0.4 6. WBA 7.8 16. Leicester 0.2 7. Newcastle 7.2 . Burnley 0.2 8. Southampton 5.9 18. Crystal Palace 0.1

Club rankingClub (2014/15) 9. Hull City 4.1 19. Sunderland 0.0 Premier League Premier /06

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 10. Aston Villa 2.2 . Stoke City 0.0

1. Valencia 25.5 11. Elche 6.3 2. Málaga 18.3 12. Espanyol 4.3 3. Athletic Bilbao 14.3 13. Córdoba 2.9 8.1 7.5 7.9 7.9 7.5 8.0 6.9 6.7 4. Levante 14.2 14. Granada 2.8 5.8 5.6 5. Deportivo La Corunã 14.0 15. Barcelona 1.6 6. Villarreal 12.6 16. Rayo Vallecano 1.2 Liga 7. Celta Vigo 12.3 17. Real Sociedad 0.9 8. Sevilla 11.3 18. Almería 0.5

Club rankingClub (2014/15) 9. Getafe 9.5 19. Real Madrid 0.1 /06

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 10. Atlético Madrid 7.5 20. Eibar 0.0

12.1 12.1 1. Monaco 34.6 . Bastia 7.8 10.5 10.7 2. Lyon 31.2 12. Montpellier 7.7 10.0 10.1 10.3 9.4 8.4 9.0 3. Lens 28.8 13. Bordeaux 6.3 4. Nice 21.6 14. Toulouse 5.8 5. Lille 18.7 15. Nantes 5.5 6. Marseille 16.5 16. Rennes 4.7 7. Lorient 15.0

Ligue 1 17. Evian TG 4.5 8. PSG 11.4 18. Metz 3.4

Club rankingClub (2014/15) 9. Caen 7.9 19. Guingamp 1.8 /06

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 10. Reims 7.8 20. St-Etienne 1.5

12.7 1. Leverkusen 23.1 11. Hannover 4.9 11.4 11.7 11.0 10.3 2. Schalke 16.6 12. Bayern München 4.5 3. Augsburg 15.9 7.7 7.9 7.8 13. Hamburg 4.2 7.1 6.4 4. Mainz 12.6 14. Köln 3.2 5. Werder Bremen 11.5 15. Dortmund 2.7 6. Stuttgart 11.1 16. Paderborn 0.7 7. Frankfurt 9.4 17. M'gladbach 0.0 8. Freiburg 7.5 . Hertha Berlin 0.0 Bundesliga

Club rankingClub (2014/15) 9. Wolfsburg 6.1 /06

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 10. Hoffenheim 5.9

1. Empoli 23.3 11. Torino 4.4 2. Palermo 13.8 12. Hellas Verona 3.9 3. Cagliari 8.3 13. Genoa 3.0 7.4 6.3 4. Internazionale 7.8 14. Roma 1.9 5.9 5.5 5.5 4.6 5.1 4.1 4.3 4.4 . Sassuolo 7.8 15. Juventus 1.5 6. Sampdoria 7.3 16. Milan 0.9

Serie A 7. Parma 6.9 17. Atalanta 0.4 8. Udinese 6.5 . Fiorentina 0.4

Club rankingClub (2014/15) 9. Cesena 5.8 . Chievo 0.4 /06

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 10. Lazio 4.7 20. Napoli 0.0

1. Dortmund (2009) 36.5 11. Aston Villa (2005) 29.2 2. Man. City (2007) 35.0 12. Hoffenheim (2012) 29.1 3. Monaco (2014) 34.6 13. Udinese (2005) 28.9 8.5 Records 7.9 7.8 7.9 7.4 7.7 8.4 7.7 6.6 7.2 4. Schalke (2011) 31.8 14. Lens (2014) 28.8 5. Lyon (2014) 31.2 15. Hoffenheim (2010) 26.6 6. Toulouse (2009) 31.0 16. Hoffenheim (2008) 25.7 Big-5 7. Toulouse (2013) 30.5 . Metz (2007) 25.7 8. Metz (2005) 30.1 18. Arsenal (2008) 25.6 9. Köln (2005) 29.9 19. Nürnberg (2009) 25.5 /06

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 10. Toulouse (2012) 29.6 . Valencia (2014) 25.5

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel www.football-observatory.com CIES Football Observatory Issue n°114 - 01/06/2015 Big-5 Weekly Post page 1/2

Assessment of 2014/2015 big-5 league predictions

Club Gap 1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th Swansea City AFC +8 over-achieving Chelsea FC Crystal Palace FC +8 Manchester City FC Sunderland AFC +3 as expected Liverpool FC Tottenham Hotspur FC +2 Arsenal FC West Ham United FC +1 Manchester United FC Southampton FC +1 Everton FC Arsenal FC +1 Tottenham Hotspur FC Manchester United FC +1 Southampton FC Premier League Premier Stoke City FC +1 Leicester City FC Queens Park Rangers FC = Stoke City FC Chelsea FC = Newcastle United FC West Bromwich Albion FC Manchester City FC = West Ham United FC Hull City AFC -1 Burnley FC West Bromwich Albion FC -1 Aston Villa FC Aston Villa FC -2 Swansea City AFC Liverpool FC -3 Hull City AFC Newcastle United FC -4 under-achieving Crystal Palace FC Everton FC -5 Sunderland AFC Burnley FC -5 Queens Park Rangers FC Leicester City FC -5 1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th

Club Gap 1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th Elche CF +4 over-achieving FC Barcelona

Liga Rayo Vallecano de Madrid +4 Real Madrid CF Málaga CF +2 as expected Club Atlético de Madrid Sevilla FC +2 Athletic Club Bilbao RCD Espanyol +2 Valencia CF SD Eibar +1 Villarreal CF Getafe CF +1 Sevilla FC UD Almería +1 Real Sociedad de Fútbol Valencia CF +1 RC Celta de Vigo RC Celta de Vigo +1 Levante UD Real Madrid CF = Málaga CF Club Atlético de Madrid = RCD Espanyol Granada CF Villarreal CF = RC Deportivo La Coruña FC Barcelona = Rayo Vallecano de Madrid Córdoba CF -2 Getafe CF RC Deportivo La Coruña -2 Elche CF Athletic Club Bilbao -3 Córdoba CF Real Sociedad de Fútbol -4 under-achieving SD Eibar Levante UD -4 UD Almería Granada CF -4 1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th

Club Gap 1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th Montpellier Hérault SC +7 over-achieving Paris St-Germain FC OGC Nice +7 LOSC Lille Olympique Lyonnais +6 Olympique de Marseille Ligue 1 SM Caen +6 AS Monaco FC Girondins de Bordeaux +3 as expected AS St-Etienne FC Nantes +2 Stade Rennais FC EA Guingamp +2 Toulouse FC FC Lorient +1 Olympique Lyonnais AS Monaco +1 FC Girondins de Bordeaux RC Lens = SC Bastia AS St-Etienne = Evian Thonon Gaillard FC Paris St-Germain FC = EA Guingamp Stade de Reims Olympique de Marseille -1 Montpellier Hérault SC SC Bastia -2 FC Metz Stade de Reims -2 FC Nantes Stade Rennais FC -3 FC Lorient FC Metz -4 under-achieving OGC Nice LOSC Lille -6 SM Caen Evian Thonon Gaillard FC -7 RC Lens Toulouse FC -10 1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel www.football-observatory.com CIES Football Observatory Issue n°114 - 01/06/2015 Big-5 Weekly Post page 2/2

Assessment of 2014/2015 big-5 league predictions

Club Gap 1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th Eintracht Frankfurt +8 over-achieving FC Bayern München FC Augsburg +7 Borussia Dortmund VfL Wolfsburg +5 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach SV Werder Bremen +4 as expected Bayer 04 Leverkusen SC Paderborn 07 = FC Schalke 04

Bundesliga FC Bayern München = TSG 1899 Ho enheim VfL Borussia M’gladbach = VfL Wolfsburg Bayer 04 Leverkusen = Hertha BSC Berlin Hamburger SV -1 1. FSV Mainz 05 SC Freiburg -1 1. FC Köln FC Schalke 04 -1 Hannover 96 VfB Stuttgart -1 FC Augsburg VfB Stuttgart 1. FSV Mainz 05 -2 SV Werder Bremen 1. FC Köln -2 Hamburger SV TSG 1899 Hoffenheim -2 SC Freiburg Hannover 96 -2 Eintracht Frankfurt Borussia Dortmund -5 under-achieving SC Paderborn 07 Hertha BSC Berlin -7

1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th

Club Gap 1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th FC Genoa 1893 +7 over-achieving AS Roma Palermo US +5 Juventus FC AC Chievo Verona +5 AC Fiorentina Serie A US Sassuolo +5 Milan AC SS Lazio +4 SSC Napoli Empoli FC +3 as expected Internazionale Milano FC Sampdoria UC +2 SS Lazio AC Cesena +1 Torino Calcio Juventus FC +1 Sampdoria UC SSC Napoli 0 FC Parma AS Roma -1 Hellas Verona FC Torino Calcio -1 Udinese Calcio FC Genoa 1893 AC Fiorentina -1 Atalanta Bergamo Internazionale Milano FC -2 Cagliari Calcio Hellas Verona FC -2 Palermo US Atalanta Bergamo -3 US Sassuolo Cagliari Calcio -3 Empoli FC Udinese Calcio -4 under-achieving AC Chievo Verona Milan AC -6 AC Cesena FC Parma -10 1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20th

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel www.football-observatory.com CIES Football Observatory Issue n°115 - 08/06/2015 Big-5 Weekly Post

Transfer values and probabilities* *Situation on 08 June 2015

Top 20 - Transfer values (million €) Top 20 - Transfer probabilities

Contract Age Value Contract Age Value 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 2018 27 255.3-280.8 1. Charlie Austin (QPR) 2016 25 10.2-11.2 2. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 2020 24 135.4-148.9 2. Albin Ekdal (Cagliari) 2016 25 3.4-3.7 3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 2018 30 113.3-124.7 3. Paulo Dybala (Palermo) 2016 21 18.3-20.1 4. Neymar Júnior (Barcelona) 2018 23 89.6-98.5 4. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool) 2017 20 73.7-81.0 5. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 2019 27 78.2-86.0 5. José Mauri (Parma) 2016 19 3.5-3.9 6. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool) 2017 20 73.7-81.0 6. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) 2018 24 35.5-39.1 7. Paul Pogba (Juventus) 2019 22 70.3-77.3 7. Raphaël Guerreiro (Lorient) 2017 21 8.0-8.8 8. Diego Costa (Chelsea) 2019 26 69.9-76.9 8. Alberto Paloschi (Chievo) 2016 25 4.6-5.1 9. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) 2018 26 67.8-74.6 9. Ilkay Gündoğan (Dortmund) 2016 24 16.9-18.6 10. James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) 2020 23 62.5-68.8 10. Daniel Wass (Evian TG) 2016 26 2.0-2.2 11. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) 2019 28 60.0-66.0 11. Elias Kachunga (Paderborn) 2016 23 1.8-2.0 12. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) 2020 24 59.0-64.9 12. Tomer Hemed (Almería) 2016 28 1.2-1.4 13. Francesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) 2019 28 58.7-64.5 13. Fabián Orellana (Celta Vigo) 2016 29 4.7-5.2 14. Isco Alarcón (Real Madrid) 2018 23 57.2-62.9 14. Romain Métanire (Metz) 2016 25 1.0-1.1 15. Harry Kane (Tottenham) 2020 21 53.5-58.9 15. Bouna Sarr (Metz) 2016 23 1.4-1.5 16. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) 2019 25 51.3-56.4 16. Nabil Fekir (Lyon) 2019 21 26.0-28.6 17. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) 2020 22 50.4-55.5 17. Jordan Ayew (Lorient) 2018 23 13.2-14.5 18. Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea) 2019 23 50.3-55.3 18. (Cesena) 2018 23 6.0-6.6 19. Oscar dos Santos (Chelsea) 2019 23 47.5-52.3 19. Oliver Sorg (Freiburg) 2016 25 2.0-2.2 20. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 2019 27 44.6-49.1 20. Shinji Okazaki (Mainz) 2016 29 3.5-3.9

Top 15 - Cumulated transfer values, by club

Barcelona (ESP) 682.0 Full rankings: Monthly Report 6 Chelsea (ENG) 617.8 Real Madrid (ESP) 545.1 Arsenal (ENG) 466.1 CIES Football Observatory Liverpool (ENG) 381.5 Monthly Report 06 Bayern München (GER) 378.9 Manchester City (ENG) 374.7 Manchester United (ENG) 337.7 Tottenham (ENG) 313.9 Juventus (ITA) 308.3 PSG (FRA) 285.8 06/2015 Atlético Madrid (ESP) 255.1 Napoli (ITA) 231.8 Roma (ITA) 220.6 Southampton (ENG) 197.6

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel www.football-observatory.com