The CIES Football Observatory has just released its global ranking of clubs with the highest revenues from player sales since 2015. Lille has the best record with +€384 million. Over the last decade, the club managed by Bruno Genesio spent €234M and generated €617M in revenue. The French club is ahead of the Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam (+€289M) and the German club RB Leipzig (+€288M). Three other clubs have also recorded a positive balance of more than €200 million: Eintracht Frankfurt, Atalanta Bergamo, and Benfica Lisbon. Another French club tops the ranking for the most negative trading balance over the last decade: Paris Saint-Germain. The club based in the French capital has posted a deficit of €646M, with nearly half of it linked to the transfers of Kylian Mbappé (-€180M) and Neymar (-€122M). Two English clubs also show a deficit of more than €500M: Manchester United (-€584M) and Chelsea (-€580M). The full ranking can be found here.
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The departure of Victor Osimhen (left) to Napoli in 2020 represents the biggest sale in Lille's history / ©Presse Sports