 |
| ReutersYonhap News |
|
 |
| EPAYonhap News |
|
 |
| ◇Top 10 worldwide transfer fee spending over the past decade. Tottenham has spent more money than Manchester City. Source = CIES |
|
'Son Heung-min's team'Tottenham has spent the fifth largest transfer fee in the world over the past decade. The ranking rose three notches year-on-year.
On the 7th (local time), the International Sports Research Center (CIES) released the ranking of transfer fee expenditures of soccer clubs around the world over the past decade from 2015 to the present.
Tottenham has spent 711 million euros (about 1.55 trillion won) in transfer fees over the past decade, ranking fifth in this category. After Manchester United, which spent 1.3 billion euros (about 1.93 trillion won), Chelsea, which spent 1.2 billion euros (about 1.795 trillion won), Paris Saint-Germain, which spent 991 million euros (about 1.471 trillion won), and Arsenal, which spent 795 million euros (about 1.18 trillion won) to build a squad. According to last year's survey, it ranked eighth with 609 million euros (current exchange rate of about 904 billion won). While Manchester City, Newcastle, and Barcelona slowed down, they ranked with bold investments. Manchester City's ranking dropped one spot from fifth to sixth. Tottenham Chairman Daniel Levy has a strong image of 'Taedol', but he has never spared any money in building a squad.
It is shocking that the owner Sheikh Mansour spent more than Manchester City (73 million euros, about 1.43 trillion won), which has a strong image of a rejection club, due to his thick wallet. Manchester City spent more than 1 trillion won to fix the squad to suit the taste of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, establishing its position as an emerging big club by winning 16 times, including six Premier League titles, two FA Cup titles, five League Cup titles, one European Champions League title, one European Super Cup title and one FIFA Club World Cup title. Tottenham, on the other hand, spent more money and remained in second place once in the league, Champions League, and League Cup during the same period.
 |
| ◇Current squad average transfer fee. Tottenham can confirm they are ranked eighth. Source = CIES |
|
Tottenham had an average transfer fee of 37.5 million euros (about 55 billion won) for the current squad players. It's 8th overall. It spent more money on squad composition than ninth-ranked Barcelona (32.9 million euros, about 48 billion won), 11th-ranked Bayern Munich (28 million euros, about 41 billion won), and 12th-ranked Atletico Madrid (27.6 million euros, about 41 billion won).
Captain Son Heung-min is by far the representative resource that Chairman Levi has recruited over the past decade. In 2015, Leverkusen recruited Son Heung-min, who had been raising his stock price, for 30 million euros (current exchange rate of about 44 billion won). Son Heung-min, who was third in Tottenham's transfer fee rankings at the time of his transfer, has fallen to 18th place nine years later. Considering his record of 164 goals (122 league goals) in Tottenham's uniform, he deserves to be one of Tottenham's best recruits ever. It is only about 0.04% of Tottenham's total transfer fee over the past decade.
For reference, Tottenham Club Records is Dominic Solanke, who was hired by Bournemouth for 64.3 million euros (about 95 billion won) last month. Tanguy Ndombele (Lyon, 62 million euros, about 92 billion won) is in second place, and Hishalisson (Tottenham, 58 million euros, about 86 billion won) is in third place.
yoonjinman@sportschosun.com
