Almost all transfers for €100+m are failures

The current state of the European transfer market is quite impressive. In the past, the reported sums in terms of the purchase of a particular player were much smaller, even in terms of the current exchange rate. In recent years, few can surprise anyone with a double-digit amount. But, nevertheless, they managed to do so.

The psychological mark was 100m euros. It was marked in 2013. It was followed by another 12 transfers that were not only valued at a similar amount, but also exceeded it. This has revealed a certain pattern, which the experts are telling us about.

Gareth Bale

The start of the impressive transfers marks the purchase of Gareth Bale, the Tottenham player. The APL star has attracted Real Madrid so much that they were willing to pay an impressive amount of money for him. After long and difficult negotiations the Spaniards had to pay 101 million euros for Gareth.

Paul Pogba

Paul has often been criticised for his lack of consistency in his play, but this has not prevented him receiving a lot of attention from some of the top clubs. Pogba has shown immense effectiveness playing for Juventus and his former club Manchester United have been keen to sign him back. The Mancunians have splashed out €105m to ensure Pogba’s return to helping them win. Interestingly, the athlete was only 23 years old at the time of this expensive deal.

Neymar

Today, even those who are not interested in football are bound to have heard of Neymar at least once. The commercially successful athlete has tons of decent contracts in his pocket. But his football talent still trumps all his other merits. His “antics” on the field during his performances for Barcelona so impressed PSG that they gave 222 million euros for him.

It’s not all that simple though. In fact, the club have only engaged in the activation of the player’s contract. In addition, there has been a financial fair play circumvention. It appears that Neymar bought himself out and transferred. The Parisian side are now increasingly convinced that the price of the player was exorbitant, since the Brazilian has failed to produce the desired result.

Kylian Mbappe

One player that PSG can really be proud of is Mbappe. Bought after Neymar, and not the usual financial scheme either, he has managed to make impressive progress. Valued at €180m, paid in circumvention of UEFA sanctions, and in addition the final amount may be even higher, he has managed to become one of the best players in the world.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano has succeeded in literally everything he has attempted. He holds the record for the most Instagram followers, and has multi-million dollar contracts with cosmetic and clothing brands. In addition, he himself owns top companies and in doing so performs real miracles on the football pitch.

He has devoted most of his time to the club Manchester United. Then he impressed Real Madrid fans. But in the end, the Spaniards let him go to Juventus for €117m. Not a record sum, but the club, thanks to Cristiano’s presence, were able to make money on the sale of their own jerseys.