Spending totals among Europe’s biggest clubs over the past six years "have rocketed, with the threat of Financial Fair Play doing little to deter the richest in their quest for dominance," according to Ben Grounds of the London DAILY MAIL. Cristiano Ronaldo’s £80M move to Real Madrid from ManU in '09 was surpassed by Gareth Bale’s £86M transfer to the same club four years later before Paul Pogba "took up the crown as the world’s most expensive player last summer." With the help of a CIES Football Observatory report, the following are the top 10 clubs from Europe’s top five leagues to have "made the most money in transfer sales during the course of the past 14 windows" stretching back to Jan. '10 (DAILY MAIL, 11/9).
Top European Club Sellers
|
| Team |
Amount
|
Biggest Sale |
| Liverpool |
£384M
|
Luis Suarez (£75M, Barcelona '14) |
| Valencia |
£360M |
Shkodran Mustafi (£34.9M, Arsenal '16) |
| Juventus |
£352M |
Paul Pogba (£89M, ManU '16) |
| Benfica |
£351M |
Renato Sanches (£30M, Bayern Munich '16) |
| Porto |
£324M |
James Rodriguez (£38.3M, Monaco '13) |
Atlético Madrid
|
£319M |
Radamel Falcao (£51M, Monaco '13) |
| Tottenham |
£313M |
Gareth Bale (£86M, Real Madrid '13) |
| Roma |
£311M |
Erik Lamela (£30M, Tottenham '13)
|
| Real Madrid |
£310M |
Angel di Maria (£60M, ManU '14) |
| Chelsea |
£300M |
David Luiz (£50M, Paris St. Germain '14) |
