The value of transfer rights for Liverpool’s squad is significantly higher than Manchester United’s but trails Premier League champions Manchester City by some £456m.
Analysts from the CIES Football Observatory have calculated the estimated transfer rights for European football’s major clubs, the figures including the value of players in the squad, players out on loan and sell-on fees that exist on players that have been sold.
CIES place the value of transfer rights held by Liverpool for the above, based on 44 players, at €943m (£829m), a figure that places them sixth on the European list, behind Chelsea, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester City.
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Manchester City top the list with a squad value of €1.46bn (£1.28bn) attributed to 46 players. Barcelona, with six players fewer, sit second with total transfer rights of €1.36bn (£1.2bn), with Real Madrid third on the list with a figure of €1.13bn (£990m) for 46 players.
Somewhat surprisingly it is Arsenal that are fourth on the list with a transfer rights value of €1.05bn (£920m) over 47 players. Chelsea, with 51 players to be calculated, are fifth on the list with €1bn (£880m), £51m ahead of Liverpool.
The Reds’ transfer rights value is significantly higher than Manchester United, however, with the Old Trafford side sitting ninth on the list with €722m (£634.7m) based on 43 players. That is a figure that places Liverpool some £194m above.
The other teams to feature in the top 10 include Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig, the latter’s €677 (£595.2m) from 32 players, which sits them 10th on the list, largely borne from their successful transfer strategy that has been in place over the past decade having seen them trade players at a significantly increased value to Europe’s biggest teams, Liverpool included.
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