Football Transfers: 2011 Transfer Analysis

Thursday, 01 September 2011 19:31 Karan Mundul

Mikel Arteta

The transfer window has finally closed. Football clubs are done fighting each other off the field. Management teams will now count their financial losses & pray their new signings justify their price tags & inflated wages. Given below are some statistics from the recently concluded transfer period which give an idea as to which clubs & leagues have been the busiest in the transfer market. All figures mentioned are in millions of Pound Sterling (GBP).

Player Transfers
Name	From	To	Fee
Kun Agüero	Atlético Madrid	Manchester City	39.5
Javier Pastore	US Palermo	Paris Saint-Germain	38
Radamel Falcao	FC Porto	Atlético de Madrid	35
Fábio Coentrão	Benfica Lissabon	Real Madrid CF	26.5
Cesc Fàbregas	Arsenal FC	FC Barcelona	25.5
Samir Nasri	Arsenal FC	Manchester City	24
Juan Manuel Mata	Valencia CF	Chelsea FC	23.5
Alexis Sánchez	Udinese Calcio	FC Barcelona	23
Samuel Eto'o	Inter Milan	Anzhi Makhachkala	23
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	FC Barcelona	AC Milan	21
Stewart Downing	Aston Villa	Liverpool FC	20
Romelu Lukaku	RSC Anderlecht	Chelsea FC	19.5
Manuel Neuer	FC Schalke 04	FC Bayern Munich	19.5
Santi Cazorla	Villarreal CF	Málaga CF	18.5
David de Gea	Atlético de Madrid	Manchester United	17.5
Phil Jones	Blackburn Rovers	Manchester United	17
Jordan Henderson	Sunderland AFC	Liverpool FC	16
Ashley Young	Aston Villa	Manchester United	16
Gökhan Inler	Udinese Calcio	SSC Napoli	15.5
Édinson Cavani	US Palermo	SSC Napoli	14

League wise Transfer Figures
League	Country	Expenditure	Revenue
Barclays Premier League	England	484.66	293.22
Seria A	Italy	405.44	356.57
La Liga Primera División	Spain	306.96	254.96
Ligue 1	France	165.88	134.34
1.Bundesliga	Germany	134.33	118.03
SuperLiga	Portugal	85	92.58
Süper Lig	Turkey	78.7	68.2

Top Spenders
Club	Country	Amount
Manchester City	England	81
Paris Saint-Germain	France	78.5
Juventus FC	Italy	75.5
Chelsea FC	England	75.5
AS Roma	Spain	69