Benfica top world ranking, Eagles rake in hundreds of millions | OneFootball

The Football Observatory (CIES) published, this Wednesday, the conclusions of a study that points to Benfica as the club that earned the most money in the last transfer windows over the past five years, with a positive balance of 346 million euros, following the transfer of 135 athletes.

The management led by Rui Costa spent a considerable amount on reinforcements during this period (specifically, 465 million euros), an amount that is, however, balanced by the approximately 811 million euros earned from the sale of players to some of the world's biggest clubs, earning them the top spot in this ranking.

This group includes footballers like Enzo Fernández (to Chelsea, for 121 million euros), Darwin Núñez (to Liverpool, for 85 million euros), João Neves (to Paris Saint-Germain, for 65 million euros), or more recently, Álvaro Carreras (to Real Madrid, for 50 million euros).

Conversely, the most expensive signings were Orkun Kokçu (from Feyenoord, for 30 million euros), Richard Ríos (from Palmeiras, for 27 million euros), Franjo Ivanovic - who has had few minutes - (from Union Saint-Gilloise, for 23 million euros), and Marcos Leonardo (from Santos, for 22 million euros).

Porto is the second-best positioned Portuguese club in this ranking, appearing in seventh place, with a ratio of 178 million euros. In the top-10, there are also other prestigious clubs such as the Dutch Ajax and PSV, and the French Monaco.

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