Arsenal and Man Utd ahead of rivals in player development as squad worth outweighs cost
Arsenal and Manchester United are streets ahead of big-four rivals
Manchester City and Chelsea when it comes to player development and
polishing rough diamonds.
According to a new study by the
Swiss-based CIES Football Observatory, seen exclusively by Sunday
Mirror Sport, the value of the squads assembled at the Emirates and Old Trafford far outstrips the prices that both clubs paid for them.
The
opposite is true at Chelsea and Manchester City. The Annual Football
Observatory report suggests that Arsenal’s squad is currently worth
£119m more than Arsene Wenger paid for it.
The squad David Moyes’ inherits at Manchester United, meanwhile, is worth £78m more than the transfer fees paid by his predecessor Sir Alex Ferguson.
Across the city at The Etihad, the Football Observatory have calculated that, in the current market, there’s a £51m shortfall between the transfer fees paid and those likely to be recouped by Manchester City’s billionaire owners.
It’s a similar story at Stamford Bridge, with the squad of new boss Jose Mourinho now worth £31m less than the enormous sums splashed on flops such as Fernando Torres and Marko Marin.
Arsenal
have proved the masters of picking up bargains overseas and then
transforming them into players of the very highest calibre.
But
it’s Manchester United who lead the way when it comes to turning
potential talent into the finished product. The Observatory estimates
that Manchester United’s current squad has a value of £422m, ahead of
Chelsea’s £405m and Manchester City’s £391m.
Arsenal’s squad is valued at £316m, ahead of Spurs (£266m) and Liverpool (£249m).
The
Premier League team with the lowest value squad is Fulham, with the
Observatory believing the Craven Cottage playing staff to be worth just
£40m, placing it behind recently relegated pair Reading (£42m) and
Wigan Athletic (£44m). Despite the incredible wealth of the Premier
League big guns, none of them is likely to be writing out a cheque to
sign Lionel Messi anytime soon.
At 25, the Argentinian is
approaching his peak, which is why it would take a mind-blowing £215m
to prize him from Barcelona’s grasp.
That Observatory price makes
him TWICE as valuable as Cristiano Ronaldo (£100m) and FIVE times more
expensive than Gareth Bale (£43m), should the Spurs star decide to
leave White Hart Lane.
source:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-man-utd-ahead-rivals-1980412
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