Market Transfer: Are the Superstars a Good Buy?

TRANSFER MARKET: ARE THE FOOTBALL STARS A GOOD BUY? Every summer the greater clubs look for a new SuperStar to enroll, as they don't want to wait for a rising one, they pay millions dollars for already matures players who own the skills they need. This kind of transfers is very risky and is not always a good choice, infact the history tell us that sometimes, when a SuperStars move into a new team, he lose the magic touch. Let's see what happened with the 20 world top attack players tranfers, we'll take the "goal ratio" (goals/appearances) as the main indicators of performance and we'll track both the 2 years before and the 2 years after the transfer. TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO CRISTIANO RONALDO 94 M€ MANCHESTER UNITED 0.94 0.98 0.85 2009 0.49 REAL MADRID 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC 69.5 M€ INTER MILAN 2009 0.40 0.31 0.42 FC BARCELONA 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO FERNANDO TORRES 58.5 M€ FC LIVERPOOL 0.68 2010 0.34 0.05 FC CHELSEA 09/10 10/11 10/11 11/12 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO HERNAN CRESPO 55 M€ FC PARMA 0.62 0.59 0.70 0.60 2000 SS LAZIO 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO ANDRY SHEVCHENKO 46 M€ AC MILAN 0.65 0.70 2006 0.27 0.32 FC CHELSEA 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO CRISTIAN VIERI 45 M€ SS LAZIO 0.85 0.75 0.59 1999 0.50 INTER MILAN 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO RONALDO 45 M€ INTER MILAN 0.68 0.64 2002 0.43 REAL MADRID 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO ROBINHO 43 M€ REAL MADRID 0.57 2008 0.37 0.36 0.08 MANCHESTER CITY 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO ANDY CARROLL 41 M€ NEWCASTLE UNITED 2010 0.55 0.45 0.28 FC LIVERPOOL 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO DAVID VILLA 40 M€ FC VALENCIA 2010 0.39 0,35 0.23 FC BARCELLONA 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO MARC OVERMARS 40 M€ FC ARSENAL 2000 0.16 0.22 0.17 0.03 FC BARCELONA 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO DIMITIR BERBATOV 38 M€ TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2008 0.46 0.44 0.32 0.27 MANCHESTER UNITED 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO FERNANDO TORRES 38 M€ ATLETICO MADRID 0.71 2007 0.44 0.32 0.37 FC LIVERPOOL 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO EDIN DZEKO 37 M€ VLF WOLFSBURG 0.64 0.61 2010 0.28 MANCHESTER CITY 09/10 10/11 10/11 11/12 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO WAYNE ROONEY 37 M€ FC EVERTON 2004 0.39 0.39 0.21 0.22 MANCHESTER UNITED 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO DIDIER DROGBA 37 M€ LIMPIQUE MARSEILLE 2004 0.53 0.58 0.39 0.39 FC CHELSEA 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO FILIPPO INZAGHI 37 M€ JUVENTUS 0.62 0.47 0.57 0.61 2001 AC MILAN 99/00 00/01 D 01/02 02/03 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO HERNAN CRESPO 36 M€ SS LAZIO 0.70 0.60 2002 0.48 INTER MILAN 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO JAVIER SAVIOLA 35.9 M€ RIVER PLATE 2001 0.57 0.58 0.47 0.39 FC BARCELONA 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 TRANSFER FEE GOAL RATIO KARIM BENZEMA 35 M€ OLYMPIQUE LYON 0.59 0.47 0.54 2009 0.27 REAL MADRID 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 THE STATISTICS: IT WAS A DUD! 25% IT WAS A GOOD BUY! 45% 30% NOT GOOD AS EXPECTED TOP TRANSFERS 2011/2012: KUN AGUERO JAVIER PASTORE RADAMEL FALCAO ATLETICO MADRID US PALERMO FC PORTO 2011 2011 2011 MANCHESTER CITY PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN ATLETICO MADRID 45 M € 43 M € 40 M E data sources: FACTORIOUS factorious.tumblr.com an infographic by transfermarkt.de wikipedia.org