Statistics

Biggest budgets in French Ligue 1- How much money can clubs in France spend?

On the eve of the French 2019/20 season kicking off, here is a nice little infographic from the local papers that details the 10 biggest budgets in Ligue 1.

Who has the biggest budget in Ligue 1 ?

Not surprisingly, it is Paris Saint-Germain, with a whopping 530 million euros. The next biggest is Olympique Lyonnais with 310 million euros.

Monaco’s budget, at 220 million euros, is the third biggest, while Lille are surprise packages in fourth with 120 million euros. Marseille come 5th with 110 million euros, while Saint-Etienne are in 6th with 70 million euros.

Read more

Barcelona’s most expensive sales- List of Barca costliest outgoing player transfers

With Malcom’s imminent move to Zenit, here’s a look at Barcelona’s most expensive outgoing player transfers (sales) in their history. Neymar to PSG obviously trumps everything else with its 222 million euro transfer, but it’s interesting to see how many of these big name sales have happened in the last decade. It also shows the significance of Luis Figo’s transfer to arch rivals Real Madrid two decades ago- his transfer eclipses all but Neymar’s one.

Barcelona’s most expensive sold players (all figures in million euros)

1) Neymar to PSG (222)
2) Luis Figo to Real Madrid (60)
3) Paulinho to Guangzhou (47.5)
4) Malcom to Zenit (40+5)
5) Alexis to Arsenal (40)
6) Fabregas to Chelsea (36)
7) Cillessen to Valencia (35)
8) Yerry Mina to Everton (30.25+ 1.5)
9) Yaya Toure to Man City (30 mil- see graphic below)
10) Ronaldo to Inter (28)

Read more

Tottenham Attendance Figures 2018-19 Home Games | Spurs Wembley & New Stadium Crowds 18-19 season

Here are the attendance stats for Tottenham Hotspur’s home games during the 2018/19 season. Spurs were expected to move to a new stadium and finally did so on 3 April 2019, but delays have resulted in them playing most of their home games at Wembley. We did these stats for the 2017/18 season as well.

Last updated after Spurs vs Everton (attendance 60,124- Premier League) on 12 May 2019

What is Spurs’ average home attendance for the 2018/19 season?

Average overall Premier League attendance (Wembley + New Stadium) is 54,216 (10,30,111/19)

Average Premier League attendance for Spurs at Wembley only in 18/19 is 52,584 (7,36,170/14)

The average home attendance (PL + CL + League Cup SF) only for Wembley games is 54,611 (10,37,612/19).

If you include the home Cup game hosted at Stadium MK, Spurs’ overall average home attendance for the season becomes 54,648 (14,75,490/27) (all Games hosted at MK + Wembley + New Stadium)

What is Tottenham’s highest overall attendance during 2018/19 (all competitions included)?

It is the 82,137 that saw Spurs play Barcelona at Wembley on October 3, 2018. For a brief while, that was also the biggest crowd for any Champions League game this season till it was overtaken.

What is Tottenham’s highest Premier League crowd during 18/19?

The 81,332 crowd for the Spurs vs Arsenal North London Derby at Wembley on 2 March, 2019. Before that, it was the 80,188 crowd for the Spurs Liverpool game on 15 September, 2018.

Read more