Manchester United have the worst value for money out of any Premier League club, damning statistics have revealed – but two other giants have also lost out on millions.
The pressure is back on Ruben Amorim, especially after his summer spending spree to the tune of £200million, and his side are still waiting for their first win this season.
Despite the big-money arrivals of Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko, United have struggled for goals and failed to dominate in midfield. As a result, they could re-enter the market with less than a week to go before the window closes.
However, the club have long been criticised for not extracting value from arrivals, and have been accused of derailing the once promising careers of a host of players.
Now, these claims have seemingly been backed up by new findings from a stats guru.
Indeed, according to Transfermarkt, United are rock bottom of a table which compares squad cost vs value of the top-flight’s current clubs. It is estimated that the cost of assembling the Red Devils’ side, £1.1billion, dwarves its value of £769m.
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This, of course, represents a hefty loss of £322.9m, underlining exactly why they have been forced to accept cut-price deals to offload their ‘Bomb Squad’, an unwanted group of superstars including Jadon Sancho and Antony.
Rather than risk keeping players at the club who simply don’t want to be there for another six months, United have drastically slashed their price tags. Sancho, bought from Borussia Dortmund for £73m in July 2021, could now go for a little as £17m.
They will also make losses on the potential departures of Rasmus Hojlund, Antony and Tyrell Malacia, while Chelsea have not yet met Alejandro Garnacho’s valuation.
United, though, are not the only club to experience a staggering deficit.
Chelsea spent around £1.2bn on their squad, via Transfermarkt, but the value of the same group of players is now £1bn, a loss of £227.5m. Third from bottom are West Ham, with a difference of -£63m, with Bournemouth narrowly in front on -£38.5m.
Tottenham have also made a loss, albeit a slender one of £11.9m.
At the other end of the table, Arsenal sit at the very top, gaining £315.9m after spending £826m on their squad, which is now worth £1.1bn.
Brighton, renowned for their savvy business, made a sizeable profit of £150.9m and are in second place.
Manchester City spent £987.3m but now hold a squad value of £1.1bn.
