FC Nordsjaelland in honorable mentions also Not massively profitable in terms of the size of sales but has made millions from players that joined for free such as Kamaldeen Sulemana, Andreas Schjelderup, Andreas Skov Olsen, Simon Adingra, Mohamed Kudus, Mikkel Damsgaard etc etc
Tbf Nordsjælland is mostly impressive for their academy work, not transfers. Still an amazingly ran club though, and unlike other european clubs they dont simply poach african players for cheap but actually give them proper pay and living conditions, and are working actively to develop the game in africa with RTD
The numbers all speak to one club dominating the transfer market: Benfica They have the most sales, the biggest profit to investment ratio. The pipeline of Latin America --> Benfica ---> European Superclubs is a well oiled machine. For all the successes though, they're are just as many busts. Not that Benfica cares, they're still making bank.
But like you said there’s just as many failures, which means benfica aren’t the best at making transfers, they make a lot of very good transfers but if they fail that much they can’t be the best
This is what frustrates me the most as a Benfica fan. If only we stopped caring that much about profit and made a bigger effort to keep our best players for a bit longer, we could be a proper European powerhouse... If only.
Although i agree with that benfica should be in the top 10, i also think that benfica has spent a lot money and havent been that successfull - 2 titles (1 liga portuguesa and the supercup) n 4 years despite being 1 of the teams that spent more money during the pandemic. That hampers their transfer success.
Benfica are surely up there near the top, but they're not "dominating" anything, as in doing way better than any other club, check the figures at around 19:30 in the video.
@@funky__cracky8369as a Porto fan I feel the same. Obviously Benfica has been more successful in the transfer market over recent years but it’s a similar thing. The Portuguese clubs are always in debt for some reason from the looks of it. I wonder where all the money is going. Not a local Portuguese myself (half Portuguese, born abroad) so I’m no expert, that’s just a distant observation
Yawn. Everyone says this without failing to realise the massive ownership differences between Brighton and Southampton. Saying the two clubs are the due the same fate because they've both punched above their weight just shows a lack of research.
@@Viewer41 I'm gonna quote you here: "...it'll be interesting to see how long it lasts," meaning you implied a definite endpoint to their current transfer success. Obviously, if the club is sold as they might be reaching Europe fairly often, the transfer strategy will change and that will fail them, but not their current tactic.
@@nazzableExactly, Brighton’s recruitment has been nothing short of genius and Tony Bloom deserves his fair share of the credit, and it also doesn’t hurt that he’s a lifelong fan of the club. I’d love to see them break into the top 4 at some point.
As a father of a son with Down Syndrome, Brentford will always have a special place in my heart because to the players and managers special relationship with Woody O’Rourke. Happy to see them on this list. Go Bees!
Benfica should be minimum top 3. Highest profit in recent markets and consistently generates new and high level academy graduates. I cant see a reason to leave Benfica out, other than pure spite.
To be fair, he did mention this list was about clubs that rarely get it wrong, and Benfica have had some bad transfer business in recent years, namely RDT, Waldschmidt, Everton, Pedrinho, etc... I absolutely agree that Benfica are one of the best clubs in the world at selling players, and the majority of transfer business is really good, but I can see how we're not on this list. Even if we sold the players I mentioned for a bit more than they came in for. Now, if the list was about the best clubs at making profit, Benfica should be, at the very least, top 3 in the world. Speaking as a Benfiquista.
Olá amigo Alfie! A few years back it should be Porto topping this list. But unfortunately our management is falling apart and more interested in their own pockets rather than in the club. Here's a new video suggestion: Rise and Fall of FC Porto.
they havent fallen much yet, champions the season before, their finances are the biggest threat and in maybe 5 years that could have sporting consequences because of it, but maybe change it to "Rise and Fall of Pinto da Costa" (Porto's President) and its morre correct even if less catchy
@@pedluc2010 in a sporting sense the fall is not so steep because there is still a pit between the 3/4 best teams in the championship and the rest. Sporting and Braga are inconsistent but are becoming more of a threat, and Benfica are regaining a lot of past dominance. I predict that after Pinto da Costa leaves, a lot will be uncovered and the club will collapse and go to purgatory for a few years. In the last few years we had nothing short of miracles when we were able to win the league with such low talent comparing to a few years back.
These kinds of lists always skew in favour of clubs/nations that still reap the benefits of colonization. Portugal, France and the Netherlands all have this pipeline that encourages talent from former colonies to join them before being sold for a profit. Clubs like these make up for more than half this list with the rest being the Moneyballers and Salzburg.
Braga over Benfica surprised me. Other than the 2021/22 transfer window, they have been outstanding in their business. Between 2014-2021 they conducted arguably the best business in terms of generating a profit and replacing departed players (1 Billion Euros in transfer revenue since 2015). Great video though, no question Brighton have done the best business in recent years. Was expecting a surprise mention from Southampton for their role as the premier league's academy (well... mainly Liverpool's) for the late 2000s/early 2010s.
Braga over Porto, Benfica, Dinamo Zagreb, Rakow, PSV or Feynoord is simply disrespectful... If Ajax is 2nd clubs like Benfica or Dinamo should be right there with them by every means.
I was hoping to see Shakhtar Donetsk in honourable mentions at least. Although they are owned by Ukrainian oligarch, they also do great business in recruiting and selling young players, mostly Brazilians, like Fred, Douglas Costa, Willian, Fernandinho, but also Mkhitaryan or Mudryk
@@d15t0rted4 I guess good network and scouts. The owner is the richest guy in Ukraine (at least pre-war) Rinat Akhmetov, so he could offer great wages to attract young Brazilians to come to the club. Plus since success stories of Fernandinho or Willian, players probably see Shakhtar as a great stepping stone. Also, Shakhtar plays in Europe every season, which helps to be noticed
@@d15t0rted4 Shahkhatar's Romanian manager in the 2000's, Mircea Lucescu, introduce Brazillian players in Shahkhtar team. If I'm not mistaken he even learn Portuguese to help him communicate with them.
I suspect the reason may be that some of those top sales (Mudryk aside) just barely fell outside of the time window that Alfie zoomed in on for this video. Like the last 5 to 10 years I think he mentioned.
Being an Ajax fan is like having a Divorce every 4 years. Your partner takes all the kids, but at least you had a solid prenuptual and you kept your mansion.
I think that Atalanta should have been mentioned instead of Udinese, they're probably the best runned club in Italy, and in just a few seasons they passed from being a yo-yo club to regularly qualify for Europe. Udinese used to be like that in the early 2010's, but now they are an average mid-table club
Exactly my thought. I was also going to comment that. The amount of talent they signed, developed and sold for a profit is unreal. Bastoni, Ibanez, Kulusevski, Hojlund, I'm sure there's way more. It is actually shocking how many good players were once on their books if you delve deep into it
Honorable mentions from Germany: Union Berlin, the Bundesliga equivalent to Brentford. Only more successful. Their story shows how far you can come if you just don't make mistakes on the transfer market - even with a budget as small as theirs. The top scorer last season, Sheraldo Becker, was signed for 1M out of the Eredivisie btw. Those are the kind of deals which brought them to the Champions League. Leverkusen, although as a Colonian it pains me to admit it. Very consistent over the last like 25 years, very little duds, and an insane transfer window this summer. But I suspect Xavi Alonso's star power might have had something to do with that.
Recent years Southampton’s business has been woeful, Djenepo, Armstrong, Diallo, Sulemana, Onuachu, Mara, Perraud, none worth the money paid, that’s only in the last 4 years.
Livramento cost 26m, plus a Chelsea sell on clause and was sold to Newcastle for 40m. Lavia good yeah, but ward prowse was academy. 7 years ago yes they may be on the list but not now no.
Alfie you left Benfica out ??? crazy, we not only rule the roost on transfers...........we have the best academy in world football..........still think you ar the PG tips of football analysis so I will forgive you this one
I'm surprised Villarreal aren't in there. Their ability to get really good players, often for free, has made them the most overperforming team around in spite of coming from a tiny town in Spain.
As a crystal palace fan, seeing brighton get promoted after us, leapfrog us, continue to make the best signings, continue to scam everyone on their sales, become the exciting underdog everyone else is cheering for, AND just keep improving, (all while we don't improve that much) is not just annoying, but enraging & infuriating, and that's just putting it lightly.
You don't realize what you are saying. If selling your starting players is a scam, your recruitment was rubbish in the first place. Brighton peaked. That's it.
@@stnbch3025 I don't think you realize what I'm saying. what I'm saying is what Alfie talked about, selling their players for a much higher value than they are worth to their new clubs.
You should research Independiente Del Valle from Ecuador. They make the best business in Southamerica. They are the club that sold Moises Caicedo, Piero Hincapie, Kendry Paez and many more. And footballwise they are one of the best teams in South America
When Del Valle reached Libertadores Final in 2016 and lost 1-0 on aggregate to Atlético Nacional, I thought that it was just one more small club that defeated some giant clubs from South America and reached the final as Nacional from Paraguay did in 2014 or Lanus in 2017. But Del Valle proved to be more than that with 2 Copa Sudamericana titles, amazing business in transfer market, and a superb youth academy.
i feel like if your looking at the last 10 years, monaco should really be higher, higher than lille (even tho there also great) over the last 10 years theyve bought: james rodruiguez, falcao, joao moutinho, martial, bernardo silva, fabinho, lemar, benjamin mendy, tielemans, golovin(who IMO is one of the most under rated players in world football), ben yedder, tchouameni, yousouff fofana, disasi, volland, caio henrique, and vanderson, as well as the mbappe sale monaco have definatly made mistakes, but their successes over shadow that 10 fold IMO
"Most of you probably dont spend a lot of time watching or even thinking about Portuguese Football". Me, one of your 0.9% Portuguese Viewers: "How did you know!?!?!" (I only see Benfica games and only care about my club xD)
16:38 I will admit that City has extremely wealthy owners and were creative with the accounting, but I will extremely adamant, that thanks to Ferran Soriano and Txiki Begiristain (both started working at City in 2012) this club evolved from a rich guy vanity project into extremely very well oiled machine. And yes, if City would loose now all the money from UAE it would be a significant hit, but this club would not collapse like other clubs with rich owners who got bored. But the reputation of petroclub still follows City and people love to say that Manchester City bought all their successes, which is simply not true. City have become quite niggardly in terms of money spent on transfer fees and there where multiple situation when City was just outbid by clubs more frivolous with their money (just from memory transfers which were to expensive to Manchester City: Van Dijk, Dani Alves, Alexis Sanchez, Jorginho, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rice, Koulibaly). And if net spending was the decided who club wins then City would not be able to touch Manchester United or Chelsea. Just in last season City earned 53 million more from selling players than they spend buying, and they bought a lot of people in last transfer window: Haaland, Phillips, Akanji, Gómez, Perrone.
I've seen Man City criticised for buying the best players in the world every year, but I think that's a bit unfair. They don't go out and necessarily but players with big reputations (Haaland being the exception maybe), but they buy the right players for Pep's system. I do wonder when he leaves if they'll be able to sustain their success though or if they'll become more like Chelsea or PSG where they buy big-name players or spend big but end up with lots of flops every year.
Sassuolo should have been a honourable mention. In the last couple of years they have made some big sales like Boga to Atalanta, Frattesi to Inter, Scamacca to West Ham, Hamed Traore to Bournmouth. Or even Atalanta could’ve been here as they made their rise in serie a due to their amazing business.
no way Atalanta should be mentioned, Gasperini the manager is the mastermind of Atalanta's rise through his tactics and system, they don't profit from selling, in fact they let many of their former players go for just a pittance, Gasperini elevates players' standards and make average players become greatly sought after players
You should do a video about the story of C.F. “Os Belenenses”, whose stadium, the Estádio do Restelo, you show at 1:56. Really interesting history of a celebrated Portuguese club that has had to be reborn and has secured 5 consecutive promotions, now playing in the Liga Portugal 2 with hopes of returning to the top flight very soon
1:53 Olá it's different than Hola. Hola is Spanish Olá is portuguese. The rest was good. By the way that one "miuda jeitosa" was at a communist rally probably. I'm one of those 0.9%. Portugal caralho 🇵🇹
Brighton doesn’t sign players nobody ever heard of… you just need to know obscure European, South American, and East Asian football from good footballing nations to see who they are getting. Always incredibly high profile players like caicedo or Enciso. Don’t call them unknowns that is not just disrespectful but ignorant
As much as I hate Hove (went there to film something) you can't help but respect what they've done as a football club. If you're not a hipster, hippy with a guitar on your back and dreadlocks and extremely rich parents but think it's cool to drink cheap lager and smoke on the front, then DO NOT GO TO HOVE!
How the fook are Southampton not on this list lol but Brighton are top?? This whole video was made just to talk about Brighton because theyre a current buzz word that gets views.
Brighton players have Willian symptome, players who are world class when they need to sign an contract (in this case to move to a bigger club) and as soon as they accomplishe that they turn in good old Willian
I think a video on the most successful siblings in football would be interesting. Averaging out the players respective years. One world class player and a non-league sibling might rank worse than a duo of championship players. Reece and Lauren James would be near the top for sure
10:17 "Back in Ligue 1 in fourth, where one team spends more on transfers than the other nineteen* combined" * seventeen now; Ligue 1 contracted by two clubs this summer
The problem with this is for most of these clubs, all they have achieved is profit. Football is not just about profit - but winning. And winning trophies. For all their good business, Brighton and Brentford have empty trophy cabinets. Maybe the best transfer business is done by teams who win trophies, while also not wasting money. Liverpool have won everything in the past few years while having a low net transfer spend and signing very few duds (and picking up bargains like Salah for £35m). Arsenal too have managed to sign some very good players like Odegaard & Martinelli for very limited sums while winning four out of ten FA Cups.
Brighton qualified for Europe last year so I guess they’ve done more than just profit. For clubs outside the big 7 football is about staying in the league, anything else is a bonus and is an exceptional achievement. you can’t compare Liverpool to Brighton or Brentford. Football for the majority of clubs in England is not about winning trophies unless it’s a lower league title or a conference league perhaps however limited English clubs can enter that.
@@DaisyChesneysGirlfriend I live in Wigan. For many fans, just staying in the league got boring. The FA cup win, however, is a memory they can treasure forever - even if they got relegated that year.
@@ringosimon1 exactly however that fa cup win is a once in a lifetime moment for your club and you can’t judge other clubs because they don’t do the same. I’m a Leeds fan and would give anything for Leeds to win one in my lifetime. Since your fa cup win in 2013 ,the past ten years only Leicester have won an fa cup/premier league who weren’t part of the big 6/7 and they still got relegated. The purpose of most football clubs is to stay in their current league or get promoted from it, not to win trophies, Brighton could easily go down if they stop replacing the players they sell. So what they are doing now is exceptionally and probably beyond what most fans thought was possible 10+ years ago, winning trophies is a bonus if you can.
There are simple factors of scale, nowadays only the biggest clubs can normally win a trophy. Staying in the Prem and maybe qualifying for Europe are real achievements on a limited budget. Brighton and Brentford have done that, and in style. Even Southampton and Leicester who would have been in this list a few years ago have now gone down.
I'd like to see a video on inpatients these days how people judge transfers and managers so fast as a manager been sacked after a few bad games and transfers been labelled flops after less then a month or so what's going on what's causing it probably social media it would be a good watch if you could try figuring out that's going on
I feel like Atalanta BC deserved at least an honorable mention too... I mean, they started buying quite big in the most recent years, but if you look at the sellings you can see the likes of Bastoni, Diallo and Kulusevski (all Academy player) being sold for, respectively, 33, 40 and 44 million euros, and we can add to the list players like Kessié (35mln), Gagliardini (28mln), Romero (55mln) and Højlund (75/85mln) just to mention the most notable ones... I mean, it seems nothing to sneeze at!
I feel this list misses some enormous factors. For one, these Brighton players weren't just well scouted - they were developed superbly. For two, tons of Brightons signings fail, they just fail little and win big. For three, some clubs have absolutely transformed their clubs fortunes with their transfer policy. Liverpool players didnt bring in sales, but they did turn around the clubs revenue. Newcastle had a big budget, but going from near relegation to champs league with what they spent, so quickly, is still really impressive.
Kek whenever I heard of braga I don't even know if they played in Portugal, spain or Italy. The only thing I know about them is that they didnt play in EPL
The profit Braga makes in a decade, Benfica makes every couple of years. With Enzo and Darwin alone and Felix and... I guess it's important to not be predictable, but not having Benfica in top spot is just ridiculous, honestly.
@@frisianprideworldwide true. But when it comes to incoming transfers they are doing well last few years. But you are right with outgoing. And BTW Fryslân boppe
Celtic in your honourable mentions?😂😂😂 Barkas 5m, Kouassi 3.5m, Kwon, Iwata, Shane duffy, Ajeti and losing the likes of Giakoumakis and Starfeldt for no profit, losing Edouard in final year etc. You’re better than that man don’t be lazy with your research when throwing out names
Well, in pre-Rangnick era R** B*** Salzburg has just won the league because of the sheer amount of money they spent, and even this wasn't enough sometimes...
It's like one of those things that we all just go along with in England but when you stop to look at it, you just go "... oh yeah. Why do we think this is a good idea?"
How about Alfie,the 7 teams who have the smallest squads to pick from that are the most successful in their country,not like City,Chelsea,PSG and the like who probably have over a 100 registered players,or the teams with most players actually starting from that country Inc academy players brought through as first teamers
Alfie, please I just watched your video on the 7 world class players who were terrible at other clubs. I want to know if you think Pedri is world class. I'll like you to do a video on the term "world class". Please, do relate it to what you think about Sir Alex Chapman Ferguson's book, "Leading", in which he stated that he only had four world class players in his time in Manchester United.
Brighton Like West Bromwich Albion a decade ago are signing players no one knew now The Baggies didn't sign as decent players as Brighton but They were really useful underrated players and in some cases Club Legends like Chris Brunt and James Morrison. But that was down to Dan Ashworth who I believe works at Brighton or Newcastle. Dan Ashworth had he still been at West Brom and if he is at Brighton would have brought the method he has to Brighton. And as A Baggies Fan My God would I be loving it. Brentford Have adopted the Moneyball recruitment on that I say the Film on that and in a way Barnsley for a time where trying to implement it. But Brighton and Brentford are masters of it. Though I would Decribe Brighton as doing Football Manager Signings or Fifa Signings you hope work and it reaps you success relatively for a club like Brighton you sell them and recycle. I really hope Brighton do well this year I admire and am Enevious of Brighton and Brentford. The Baggies my team had it for a short while. I mean to think we could have signed Romelu Lukaku and sold him for 70 Million. I actually have a Video Idea if Possible going back on Old Players from the first 1 Million Signing Trevor Francis or Bobby Moore, Dixie Dean, Laurie Cunningham the First British Player to sign for Real Madrid how good and how much would they be worth today with Football Inflation. Considering the three I named are also English and that also inflates things
As an Austrian and a supporter of Sturm Graz, I 'd like to add some perspective on RB Salzburg and our Bundesliga. In contrast to Germany and Leipzig, there is much less hate for Salzburg. Sure, there are a few remaining fans ofAustria Salzburg (a club whose hooligans are very much connected to the far right) and some part of the fanbase of the Vienese clubs (who imo are just salty that Vienna is no longer the centre of Austrian football) who despise the team. The rest, however, has understood that without Red Bull Austrian football as a whole would be a lot worse off. If not for Salzburg and some of their incredible performances in Europe, year after year, our coefficent would be absolutely nowhere. As for our national team, a whole host of very important players has been trained in their academies (Laimer, Xaver Schlager, Seiwald to name a few). And lastly, while sure, the league title has been their monopoly for quite a while now, in recent years some teams, mainly my beloved Sturm Graz (my "blackies") and LASK have begun to partially copy Salzburg's approach while still finding their own twists on it which enabled them to be more competetive and slowly close the gap. The championship last year was the closest it has been in year, with Salzbrug and Sturm showing incredible performances (Salzburg only lost one game the whole season against, of course, Sturm!) and the title decider going almost to the wire. Sturm also managed to eliminate Salzburg from the league cup on penalties in the quarter finals. Sturm shifting their focus to signing new talents has also massively helped the club with their most high profile scouting success being a certain Rasmus Höjlund.
@@HatTrick. you came 12th last season I'd not get too giddy mate. Also I did state in an additional comment that we have done a lot of poor business, however, as a club throughout history we've done brilliant business, hence why we are the biggest and most successful club in the country.
In fairness Arsenal bought a player from Brighton and he isn't shit. Ben White has been quite good since he's joined. And his transition from CB to RB has been damn close to seamless.🤷♂️
Is it just me, or is this guy making videos on these individual clubs, then just make a more interesting video to plug all those videos of the clubs😂😂😂
Good list but not even putting psv in honerable mentions 9th most in turn over and selling 2 players last januari for 75 mil combined and not spending loads
I love how Alfie doesn't shy away from spoiling it for us in his thumbnail. 😂😂
Cause everyone knows the answer is Brighton
@@connor4435 they're just too good 😂
Shoutout to future Brighton for getting over 100 for mitoma 😎
Mitoma is older
@@marufjaved6551but mitoma honestly looks better than any of the players they've sold
will be sad if Mitoma somehow forgot how to play football after they sold him for 200 mil to the big club in PL(Chelsea)
@@namelesskings3393you mean big circus (Chelsea)
Brighton are the kind of club that would manage to sell James Milner for £50m
He's only starting his career. More longevity than Ronaldo. YNWA.
We're going to sell him to todd bohley for £115m
@@aocbblWhy do you have an AOC thumbnail. Are you one of those weird conspiracy nuts? Or just being ironic (which I doubt highly).
@@za.307 get a life
Chelsea would pay 70
FC Nordsjaelland in honorable mentions also
Not massively profitable in terms of the size of sales but has made millions from players that joined for free such as Kamaldeen Sulemana, Andreas Schjelderup, Andreas Skov Olsen, Simon Adingra, Mohamed Kudus, Mikkel Damsgaard etc etc
someone plays FM
@@jakescott6927 No. That was FC Midtjylland.
Tbf Nordsjælland is mostly impressive for their academy work, not transfers. Still an amazingly ran club though, and unlike other european clubs they dont simply poach african players for cheap but actually give them proper pay and living conditions, and are working actively to develop the game in africa with RTD
The numbers all speak to one club dominating the transfer market: Benfica
They have the most sales, the biggest profit to investment ratio. The pipeline of Latin America --> Benfica ---> European Superclubs is a well oiled machine. For all the successes though, they're are just as many busts. Not that Benfica cares, they're still making bank.
But like you said there’s just as many failures, which means benfica aren’t the best at making transfers, they make a lot of very good transfers but if they fail that much they can’t be the best
This is what frustrates me the most as a Benfica fan. If only we stopped caring that much about profit and made a bigger effort to keep our best players for a bit longer, we could be a proper European powerhouse... If only.
Although i agree with that benfica should be in the top 10, i also think that benfica has spent a lot money and havent been that successfull - 2 titles (1 liga portuguesa and the supercup) n 4 years despite being 1 of the teams that spent more money during the pandemic.
That hampers their transfer success.
Benfica are surely up there near the top, but they're not "dominating" anything, as in doing way better than any other club, check the figures at around 19:30 in the video.
@@funky__cracky8369as a Porto fan I feel the same.
Obviously Benfica has been more successful in the transfer market over recent years but it’s a similar thing. The Portuguese clubs are always in debt for some reason from the looks of it. I wonder where all the money is going.
Not a local Portuguese myself (half Portuguese, born abroad) so I’m no expert, that’s just a distant observation
Union Berlin would also have been deserving of a honorable mention imo
Where’s Atalanta? What they’ve done in serie a has been incredible
100%
Brighton are obviously 10/10 at the moment.
But so were Southampton a few years ago, so it'll be interesting to see how long it lasts.
Yawn. Everyone says this without failing to realise the massive ownership differences between Brighton and Southampton. Saying the two clubs are the due the same fate because they've both punched above their weight just shows a lack of research.
@noahnaz9841 who said "Brighton will suffer the same fate"? 😛
Do you research on the comments you reply to.
Yawn. 🥱
@@Viewer41 Sorry mate, didn't realise that because you didn't say it verbatim that that wasn't obviously what you were implying
@@Viewer41 I'm gonna quote you here: "...it'll be interesting to see how long it lasts," meaning you implied a definite endpoint to their current transfer success. Obviously, if the club is sold as they might be reaching Europe fairly often, the transfer strategy will change and that will fail them, but not their current tactic.
@@nazzableExactly, Brighton’s recruitment has been nothing short of genius and Tony Bloom deserves his fair share of the credit, and it also doesn’t hurt that he’s a lifelong fan of the club. I’d love to see them break into the top 4 at some point.
As a father of a son with Down Syndrome, Brentford will always have a special place in my heart because to the players and managers special relationship with Woody O’Rourke. Happy to see them on this list. Go Bees!
Ajax performance this season will determine whether or not there will be a video titled "What On Earth Is Going On At Ajax?"
Benfica should be minimum top 3. Highest profit in recent markets and consistently generates new and high level academy graduates. I cant see a reason to leave Benfica out, other than pure spite.
Why would he have spite for benfica?
To be fair, he did mention this list was about clubs that rarely get it wrong, and Benfica have had some bad transfer business in recent years, namely RDT, Waldschmidt, Everton, Pedrinho, etc... I absolutely agree that Benfica are one of the best clubs in the world at selling players, and the majority of transfer business is really good, but I can see how we're not on this list. Even if we sold the players I mentioned for a bit more than they came in for. Now, if the list was about the best clubs at making profit, Benfica should be, at the very least, top 3 in the world. Speaking as a Benfiquista.
Benfica steal most there players from other youth teams in Portugal like Porto and sporting do
Benfica are the kings of big sellins
As a data scientist student I just hope Brighton's business can last a bit longer, so I can work for them after I graduate 😂
Olá amigo Alfie!
A few years back it should be Porto topping this list. But unfortunately our management is falling apart and more interested in their own pockets rather than in the club.
Here's a new video suggestion: Rise and Fall of FC Porto.
they havent fallen much yet, champions the season before, their finances are the biggest threat and in maybe 5 years that could have sporting consequences because of it, but maybe change it to "Rise and Fall of Pinto da Costa" (Porto's President) and its morre correct even if less catchy
@@pedluc2010 in a sporting sense the fall is not so steep because there is still a pit between the 3/4 best teams in the championship and the rest. Sporting and Braga are inconsistent but are becoming more of a threat, and Benfica are regaining a lot of past dominance. I predict that after Pinto da Costa leaves, a lot will be uncovered and the club will collapse and go to purgatory for a few years.
In the last few years we had nothing short of miracles when we were able to win the league with such low talent comparing to a few years back.
Imagine what league tables would look like if these teams didn’t HAVE to sell to remain competitive. Insane
These kinds of lists always skew in favour of clubs/nations that still reap the benefits of colonization. Portugal, France and the Netherlands all have this pipeline that encourages talent from former colonies to join them before being sold for a profit. Clubs like these make up for more than half this list with the rest being the Moneyballers and Salzburg.
Braga over Benfica surprised me. Other than the 2021/22 transfer window, they have been outstanding in their business. Between 2014-2021 they conducted arguably the best business in terms of generating a profit and replacing departed players (1 Billion Euros in transfer revenue since 2015). Great video though, no question Brighton have done the best business in recent years. Was expecting a surprise mention from Southampton for their role as the premier league's academy (well... mainly Liverpool's) for the late 2000s/early 2010s.
I think too predictable to be interesting
Braga over Porto, Benfica, Dinamo Zagreb, Rakow, PSV or Feynoord is simply disrespectful...
If Ajax is 2nd clubs like Benfica or Dinamo should be right there with them by every means.
I was hoping to see Shakhtar Donetsk in honourable mentions at least. Although they are owned by Ukrainian oligarch, they also do great business in recruiting and selling young players, mostly Brazilians, like Fred, Douglas Costa, Willian, Fernandinho, but also Mkhitaryan or Mudryk
Yeah I noticed that while playing fifa. Are the owners Brazilian or Do they just have a good network there?
@@d15t0rted4 I guess good network and scouts. The owner is the richest guy in Ukraine (at least pre-war) Rinat Akhmetov, so he could offer great wages to attract young Brazilians to come to the club. Plus since success stories of Fernandinho or Willian, players probably see Shakhtar as a great stepping stone. Also, Shakhtar plays in Europe every season, which helps to be noticed
@@d15t0rted4 Shahkhatar's Romanian manager in the 2000's, Mircea Lucescu, introduce Brazillian players in Shahkhtar team. If I'm not mistaken he even learn Portuguese to help him communicate with them.
I suspect the reason may be that some of those top sales (Mudryk aside) just barely fell outside of the time window that Alfie zoomed in on for this video. Like the last 5 to 10 years I think he mentioned.
@@terry_3344he's hated now as he still does buissness in Russia, so not well liked anymore
Being an Ajax fan is like having a Divorce every 4 years. Your partner takes all the kids, but at least you had a solid prenuptual and you kept your mansion.
I think that Atalanta should have been mentioned instead of Udinese, they're probably the best runned club in Italy, and in just a few seasons they passed from being a yo-yo club to regularly qualify for Europe. Udinese used to be like that in the early 2010's, but now they are an average mid-table club
Agreed, I just commented the same before seeing your content
Exactly my thought. I was also going to comment that. The amount of talent they signed, developed and sold for a profit is unreal. Bastoni, Ibanez, Kulusevski, Hojlund, I'm sure there's way more. It is actually shocking how many good players were once on their books if you delve deep into it
Honorable mentions from Germany:
Union Berlin, the Bundesliga equivalent to Brentford. Only more successful. Their story shows how far you can come if you just don't make mistakes on the transfer market - even with a budget as small as theirs. The top scorer last season, Sheraldo Becker, was signed for 1M out of the Eredivisie btw. Those are the kind of deals which brought them to the Champions League.
Leverkusen, although as a Colonian it pains me to admit it. Very consistent over the last like 25 years, very little duds, and an insane transfer window this summer. But I suspect Xavi Alonso's star power might have had something to do with that.
Freiburg are brighton
Southampton not even getting an honourable mention is criminal
Because they’re shit lmao
Recent years Southampton’s business has been woeful, Djenepo, Armstrong, Diallo, Sulemana, Onuachu, Mara, Perraud, none worth the money paid, that’s only in the last 4 years.
Would argue that sulemana and Perraud have been decent signings and sold lavia, livramento and ward-prowse for major profit
Livramento cost 26m, plus a Chelsea sell on clause and was sold to Newcastle for 40m. Lavia good yeah, but ward prowse was academy. 7 years ago yes they may be on the list but not now no.
Alfie you left Benfica out ??? crazy, we not only rule the roost on transfers...........we have the best academy in world football..........still think you ar the PG tips of football analysis so I will forgive you this one
Best academy at stealing players
@@petesmart1983 bit but hurt are we ?? so tell me who have stolen einstein ???................candidate for most idiotic comment ever
I'm surprised Villarreal aren't in there. Their ability to get really good players, often for free, has made them the most overperforming team around in spite of coming from a tiny town in Spain.
As a crystal palace fan, seeing brighton get promoted after us, leapfrog us, continue to make the best signings, continue to scam everyone on their sales, become the exciting underdog everyone else is cheering for, AND just keep improving, (all while we don't improve that much) is not just annoying, but enraging & infuriating, and that's just putting it lightly.
You don't realize what you are saying. If selling your starting players is a scam, your recruitment was rubbish in the first place. Brighton peaked. That's it.
@@stnbch3025 I don't think you realize what I'm saying. what I'm saying is what Alfie talked about, selling their players for a much higher value than they are worth to their new clubs.
It's incredible how good his videos are, he's clearly the best football UA-camr
I'd love to see Brighton pick up Oscar Zambrano or Fabrizio Diaz to replace Caicedo
They already have players in place khadra,milner and dahoud
Southampton and Leicester was also touted on how to run a club and transfer market, but unfortunately it will catch up with you sooner or later
You should research Independiente Del Valle from Ecuador. They make the best business in Southamerica.
They are the club that sold Moises Caicedo, Piero Hincapie, Kendry Paez and many more.
And footballwise they are one of the best teams in South America
When Del Valle reached Libertadores Final in 2016 and lost 1-0 on aggregate to Atlético Nacional, I thought that it was just one more small club that defeated some giant clubs from South America and reached the final as Nacional from Paraguay did in 2014 or Lanus in 2017. But Del Valle proved to be more than that with 2 Copa Sudamericana titles, amazing business in transfer market, and a superb youth academy.
i feel like if your looking at the last 10 years, monaco should really be higher, higher than lille (even tho there also great)
over the last 10 years theyve bought: james rodruiguez, falcao, joao moutinho, martial, bernardo silva, fabinho, lemar, benjamin mendy, tielemans, golovin(who IMO is one of the most under rated players in world football), ben yedder, tchouameni, yousouff fofana, disasi, volland, caio henrique, and vanderson, as well as the mbappe sale
monaco have definatly made mistakes, but their successes over shadow that 10 fold IMO
"Most of you probably dont spend a lot of time watching or even thinking about Portuguese Football".
Me, one of your 0.9% Portuguese Viewers: "How did you know!?!?!"
(I only see Benfica games and only care about my club xD)
16:38 I will admit that City has extremely wealthy owners and were creative with the accounting, but I will extremely adamant, that thanks to Ferran Soriano and Txiki Begiristain (both started working at City in 2012) this club evolved from a rich guy vanity project into extremely very well oiled machine. And yes, if City would loose now all the money from UAE it would be a significant hit, but this club would not collapse like other clubs with rich owners who got bored. But the reputation of petroclub still follows City and people love to say that Manchester City bought all their successes, which is simply not true. City have become quite niggardly in terms of money spent on transfer fees and there where multiple situation when City was just outbid by clubs more frivolous with their money (just from memory transfers which were to expensive to Manchester City: Van Dijk, Dani Alves, Alexis Sanchez, Jorginho, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rice, Koulibaly). And if net spending was the decided who club wins then City would not be able to touch Manchester United or Chelsea. Just in last season City earned 53 million more from selling players than they spend buying, and they bought a lot of people in last transfer window: Haaland, Phillips, Akanji, Gómez, Perrone.
I've seen Man City criticised for buying the best players in the world every year, but I think that's a bit unfair. They don't go out and necessarily but players with big reputations (Haaland being the exception maybe), but they buy the right players for Pep's system. I do wonder when he leaves if they'll be able to sustain their success though or if they'll become more like Chelsea or PSG where they buy big-name players or spend big but end up with lots of flops every year.
Sassuolo should have been a honourable mention. In the last couple of years they have made some big sales like Boga to Atalanta, Frattesi to Inter, Scamacca to West Ham, Hamed Traore to Bournmouth. Or even Atalanta could’ve been here as they made their rise in serie a due to their amazing business.
no way Atalanta should be mentioned, Gasperini the manager is the mastermind of Atalanta's rise through his tactics and system, they don't profit from selling, in fact they let many of their former players go for just a pittance, Gasperini elevates players' standards and make average players become greatly sought after players
You should do a video about the story of C.F. “Os Belenenses”, whose stadium, the Estádio do Restelo, you show at 1:56. Really interesting history of a celebrated Portuguese club that has had to be reborn and has secured 5 consecutive promotions, now playing in the Liga Portugal 2 with hopes of returning to the top flight very soon
1:53
Olá it's different than Hola. Hola is Spanish Olá is portuguese. The rest was good.
By the way that one "miuda jeitosa" was at a communist rally probably.
I'm one of those 0.9%.
Portugal caralho 🇵🇹
Brighton doesn’t sign players nobody ever heard of… you just need to know obscure European, South American, and East Asian football from good footballing nations to see who they are getting. Always incredibly high profile players like caicedo or Enciso. Don’t call them unknowns that is not just disrespectful but ignorant
As much as I hate Hove (went there to film something) you can't help but respect what they've done as a football club. If you're not a hipster, hippy with a guitar on your back and dreadlocks and extremely rich parents but think it's cool to drink cheap lager and smoke on the front, then DO NOT GO TO HOVE!
Nearly of quarter of a billion from Chelsea for Potter, Cucurella, Caicedo. Brighton could rebuild their stadium for cash.
How the fook are Southampton not on this list lol but Brighton are top?? This whole video was made just to talk about Brighton because theyre a current buzz word that gets views.
so the top1 club from the last 10ys with the most money made doesn't make top10 LOOL some people are crazy...
Hi from Singapore 🇸🇬 one the few people in Singapore to watch ur videos
Me too lol
Sorry Alfie, but as a Chelsea fan, after Brighton was revealed at the top spot, I had to click off the video.
Brighton players have Willian symptome, players who are world class when they need to sign an contract (in this case to move to a bigger club) and as soon as they accomplishe that they turn in good old Willian
I think a video on the most successful siblings in football would be interesting. Averaging out the players respective years. One world class player and a non-league sibling might rank worse than a duo of championship players. Reece and Lauren James would be near the top for sure
BHAFC
10:17 "Back in Ligue 1 in fourth, where one team spends more on transfers than the other nineteen* combined"
* seventeen now; Ligue 1 contracted by two clubs this summer
Monaco have an advantage, players want to go there because you get to live in friggin Monaco
That Brighton Moneyball Process is solid gold.
For a few years
Southampton fans crying in the comments like they’re not a yoyo club
The problem with this is for most of these clubs, all they have achieved is profit. Football is not just about profit - but winning. And winning trophies. For all their good business, Brighton and Brentford have empty trophy cabinets. Maybe the best transfer business is done by teams who win trophies, while also not wasting money. Liverpool have won everything in the past few years while having a low net transfer spend and signing very few duds (and picking up bargains like Salah for £35m). Arsenal too have managed to sign some very good players like Odegaard & Martinelli for very limited sums while winning four out of ten FA Cups.
Brighton qualified for Europe last year so I guess they’ve done more than just profit.
For clubs outside the big 7 football is about staying in the league, anything else is a bonus and is an exceptional achievement. you can’t compare Liverpool to Brighton or Brentford.
Football for the majority of clubs in England is not about winning trophies unless it’s a lower league title or a conference league perhaps however limited English clubs can enter that.
@@DaisyChesneysGirlfriend I live in Wigan. For many fans, just staying in the league got boring. The FA cup win, however, is a memory they can treasure forever - even if they got relegated that year.
@@ringosimon1 exactly however that fa cup win is a once in a lifetime moment for your club and you can’t judge other clubs because they don’t do the same. I’m a Leeds fan and would give anything for Leeds to win one in my lifetime.
Since your fa cup win in 2013 ,the past ten years only Leicester have won an fa cup/premier league who weren’t part of the big 6/7 and they still got relegated.
The purpose of most football clubs is to stay in their current league or get promoted from it, not to win trophies, Brighton could easily go down if they stop replacing the players they sell. So what they are doing now is exceptionally and probably beyond what most fans thought was possible 10+ years ago, winning trophies is a bonus if you can.
If you want to be a glory hunter just support City lad
There are simple factors of scale, nowadays only the biggest clubs can normally win a trophy. Staying in the Prem and maybe qualifying for Europe are real achievements on a limited budget. Brighton and Brentford have done that, and in style. Even Southampton and Leicester who would have been in this list a few years ago have now gone down.
I'd like to see a video on inpatients these days how people judge transfers and managers so fast as a manager been sacked after a few bad games and transfers been labelled flops after less then a month or so what's going on what's causing it probably social media it would be a good watch if you could try figuring out that's going on
The breakout at Brighton, to being sold to Chelsea and doing shit is a pipeline that needs legit research done on it
I feel like Atalanta BC deserved at least an honorable mention too... I mean, they started buying quite big in the most recent years, but if you look at the sellings you can see the likes of Bastoni, Diallo and Kulusevski (all Academy player) being sold for, respectively, 33, 40 and 44 million euros, and we can add to the list players like Kessié (35mln), Gagliardini (28mln), Romero (55mln) and Højlund (75/85mln) just to mention the most notable ones... I mean, it seems nothing to sneeze at!
A Bright ongoing operation! 👍👏
The Epstein joke made me laugh out loud 👏
South African 🇿🇦 2.4% wassup
Always happy to hear my country mentioned, even if it's in this context. Hate Salzburg though. 😂🇦🇹
I am a Salzburg fan and agree😂. Außer, dass ich Salzburg hasse natürlich
I feel this list misses some enormous factors. For one, these Brighton players weren't just well scouted - they were developed superbly. For two, tons of Brightons signings fail, they just fail little and win big. For three, some clubs have absolutely transformed their clubs fortunes with their transfer policy. Liverpool players didnt bring in sales, but they did turn around the clubs revenue. Newcastle had a big budget, but going from near relegation to champs league with what they spent, so quickly, is still really impressive.
Kek whenever I heard of braga I don't even know if they played in Portugal, spain or Italy. The only thing I know about them is that they didnt play in EPL
burst out laughing when you started talking about Liverpool's 2018 signings, we had it so good for exactly 2 months
I believe Brighton are still half a billion in debt
Ben White moved a little longer ago. Agree with everything else.
TIFO this channel is not "HTC" it is "HITC"
Do same but worst next this was fire video
who knew kenya viewership i above norway
The profit Braga makes in a decade, Benfica makes every couple of years. With Enzo and Darwin alone and Felix and... I guess it's important to not be predictable, but not having Benfica in top spot is just ridiculous, honestly.
Definitely not us
To be honest i feel like the big 3 + in Netherlands + AZ have done some great business the last few years. Even Twente lately been amazing
Feyenoord is actualy pretty bad at selling players the top 4 money makers the last 10 years are ajax, psv, az and heerenveen
Brighton sold Moises Caicedo for £115m. That's just 1 player. His following debut for Chelsea was a stinker too.
@@frisianprideworldwide true. But when it comes to incoming transfers they are doing well last few years. But you are right with outgoing. And BTW Fryslân boppe
I Love your work Alfie, keep it up . Cheers from Brazil!!!
Celtic in your honourable mentions?😂😂😂 Barkas 5m, Kouassi 3.5m, Kwon, Iwata, Shane duffy, Ajeti and losing the likes of Giakoumakis and Starfeldt for no profit, losing Edouard in final year etc. You’re better than that man don’t be lazy with your research when throwing out names
Your level have been even better than usual of late.
Thank you Alfie for the excellent public service provided!
Well, in pre-Rangnick era R** B*** Salzburg has just won the league because of the sheer amount of money they spent, and even this wasn't enough sometimes...
"League 1 - the 3rd tier"
Make it make sense. 😅😂
Well, League 2 is the fourth tier so it only makes sense that League 1 is the third. Perfectly logical
It's like one of those things that we all just go along with in England but when you stop to look at it, you just go "... oh yeah. Why do we think this is a good idea?"
@@chlcrk this 😄
Alfie should make a list about the most illogical named lower-tiers of football! 😅🤣
proud to be part of the 0.9%
How about Alfie,the 7 teams who have the smallest squads to pick from that are the most successful in their country,not like City,Chelsea,PSG and the like who probably have over a 100 registered players,or the teams with most players actually starting from that country Inc academy players brought through as first teamers
absolutely shambolic to leave out dortmund. Haaland, Sancho, Bellingham, Dembele, aubameyang, pulisic, mkhitaryan, gotze, hummels, akanji.
Benfica are 1st, by far...
You look like Evan Ferguson with a blond wig on. Great vid.
Alfie, please I just watched your video on the 7 world class players who were terrible at other clubs. I want to know if you think Pedri is world class. I'll like you to do a video on the term "world class". Please, do relate it to what you think about Sir Alex Chapman Ferguson's book, "Leading", in which he stated that he only had four world class players in his time in Manchester United.
😂😂😂😂😂..... LOVING Alfie's content..... Trying Portuguese 😂😂😂
Never thought about how illogical it is that AS Monaco plays in the French Ligue 1. 😅😂
Learn something new everyday
Yeah, we just accepted it and move on. Imagine having San Marino as one of the best league team of Serie A.
@@budakbaongsiah haha that would be quite hilarious to think about indeed. 😅 But San Marino isn't as rich as Monaco is it?
@@dvdv8197
Definitely not. Liechtenstein or Luxembourg, probably, but on what leagues they would play?
Brighton Like West Bromwich Albion a decade ago are signing players no one knew now The Baggies didn't sign as decent players as Brighton but They were really useful underrated players and in some cases Club Legends like Chris Brunt and James Morrison. But that was down to Dan Ashworth who I believe works at Brighton or Newcastle. Dan Ashworth had he still been at West Brom and if he is at Brighton would have brought the method he has to Brighton. And as A Baggies Fan My God would I be loving it. Brentford Have adopted the Moneyball recruitment on that I say the Film on that and in a way Barnsley for a time where trying to implement it. But Brighton and Brentford are masters of it. Though I would Decribe Brighton as doing Football Manager Signings or Fifa Signings you hope work and it reaps you success relatively for a club like Brighton you sell them and recycle. I really hope Brighton do well this year I admire and am Enevious of Brighton and Brentford. The Baggies my team had it for a short while. I mean to think we could have signed Romelu Lukaku and sold him for 70 Million. I actually have a Video Idea if Possible going back on Old Players from the first 1 Million Signing Trevor Francis or Bobby Moore, Dixie Dean, Laurie Cunningham the First British Player to sign for Real Madrid how good and how much would they be worth today with Football Inflation. Considering the three I named are also English and that also inflates things
As an Austrian and a supporter of Sturm Graz, I 'd like to add some perspective on RB Salzburg and our Bundesliga. In contrast to Germany and Leipzig, there is much less hate for Salzburg. Sure, there are a few remaining fans ofAustria Salzburg (a club whose hooligans are very much connected to the far right) and some part of the fanbase of the Vienese clubs (who imo are just salty that Vienna is no longer the centre of Austrian football) who despise the team. The rest, however, has understood that without Red Bull Austrian football as a whole would be a lot worse off. If not for Salzburg and some of their incredible performances in Europe, year after year, our coefficent would be absolutely nowhere. As for our national team, a whole host of very important players has been trained in their academies (Laimer, Xaver Schlager, Seiwald to name a few). And lastly, while sure, the league title has been their monopoly for quite a while now, in recent years some teams, mainly my beloved Sturm Graz (my "blackies") and LASK have begun to partially copy Salzburg's approach while still finding their own twists on it which enabled them to be more competetive and slowly close the gap. The championship last year was the closest it has been in year, with Salzbrug and Sturm showing incredible performances (Salzburg only lost one game the whole season against, of course, Sturm!) and the title decider going almost to the wire. Sturm also managed to eliminate Salzburg from the league cup on penalties in the quarter finals. Sturm shifting their focus to signing new talents has also massively helped the club with their most high profile scouting success being a certain Rasmus Höjlund.
Still hoping for that Austrian Wunderteam video 😇✌.
SE Palmeiras?
Chelsea do the most we know that
and man united do the worst
@@HatTrick.that we do. #pogback
@@HatTrick. you came 12th last season I'd not get too giddy mate. Also I did state in an additional comment that we have done a lot of poor business, however, as a club throughout history we've done brilliant business, hence why we are the biggest and most successful club in the country.
@@jhaychyou kinda need 3 more UCLs to be considered the most successful club in England
In fairness Arsenal bought a player from Brighton and he isn't shit. Ben White has been quite good since he's joined. And his transition from CB to RB has been damn close to seamless.🤷♂️
Great video alfie, but 3 great video plugs in one other video has unfortunately brought 115 FFP violations against your channel
Where’s Everton?
Video idea: where are they now? The players of both teams in the 9 goal game by Haaland in the 2019 u-20 world cup.
Did he just say 19 year old Gambian. Aka. Yankuba Minteh .
Any chance of a video of the reverse? Clubs who do the worst transfer business?
Spoiler alert: Manchester United will be top
Absolute scenes when Brighton sell mitoma for 150 mill and sign mbappe for 50 mill
Brighton already know who will be Caicedo's replacement's replacement
Is it just me, or is this guy making videos on these individual clubs, then just make a more interesting video to plug all those videos of the clubs😂😂😂
Adrian, a 30+ back up gk that won us the super cup is a bad transfer? Comeon Alfie😂
Brilliant presentation....and with a constant dose of biting humour too😀😀😀😀
Benfuca 🥴
Alfie, your stuff is good, but teams overpaying for players is not a success. It is a failure on behalf of the buyers.
Where is Dortmund? The always find young which are sold for just too much money.
Good list but not even putting psv in honerable mentions 9th most in turn over and selling 2 players last januari for 75 mil combined and not spending loads