High Value Football Transfers: A Win or Loss? Correlation of High Value Football Transfers with Their Subsequent Performances

International Journal of Economics and Management Studies

© 2022 by SSRG - IJEMS Journal

Volume 9 Issue 8

Year of Publication : 2022

Authors : Shiv Mittal

10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V9I8P103

How to Cite?

Shiv Mittal, "High Value Football Transfers: A Win or Loss? Correlation of High Value Football Transfers with Their Subsequent Performances," SSRG International Journal of Economics and Management Studies, vol. 9,  no. 8, pp. 23-30, 2022. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V9I8P103

Abstract:

The study is based on the correlation between high value football transfers and the change in the market value of those transfers for their new clubs. Analyzing pre-covid data, from seasons 2017/18 to 19/20, a comparison has been made for the change in the market value of the top 10 valued transfers for goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and attackers over 2 years from their transfer. There has been minimal previous research on this; however, there has been researched on why football transfers do not work out well. Various reasons, such as not fitting in the team, locational preferences, problems with the coach etc., have always been of great interest as to why players who are bought for such amounts tend to not live up to their potential. A club makes this incredible investment so that the player plays well in the club and improves it, whereas it seems to be the opposite. Transfer fee seems to have an unexpected negative correlation with player performances, which has been verified by the results of this experiment also. We can also see that players with high value fees who transfer to Spanish clubs seem to have the greatest dip in performance. This study disrupts the common belief that players sold for more should live up to their potential and shows each player does not have to play well for every club in the world. It explores ways clubs can go about football transfers to make them successful, such as data analysis.

Keywords:

Correlation, Football transfers, Market value, Transfer market, Top transfers

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