Which football league in Europe sells players the most profitable? Not England, Germany, Italy, Spain, France but the Portuguese League. That hits the profits that do not stop from selling the golden football out of the league.
Over the past 10 years, four Portuguese teams have made the top 10 selling profitable players in the world: Benfica, FC Porto, Sporting Lisbon and Braga, especially Benfica. and the most profitable Porto are No. 1 and No. 2 respectively.
Why is the Portuguese league able to sell players at such an expensive price and make huge profits? Can be tracked with Main Stand
Control Brazil. Control football resources.
What makes the Portuguese league huge profits from selling footballers? Not because the country is full of world-class footballers in every street or alley. But Portugal, on the other hand, is the number one league that attracts players from the world’s number one football-producing country, Brazil.
The success of Portuguese football today does not happen overnight. But it has its roots in success since 1500 or 522 years before the present time.
Because in 1500, Portugal annexed Brazil as a colony. Since then, the relationship between Portugal and Brazil has been firmly established.
This large South American country is the central territory of Portugal’s trade. What European nations want They can be found in Brazil as they are said to be flawless.
Trade between Portugal and Brazil has always been good, although in 1822 Brazil declared itself independent from Portugal. But relations between the two nations remained positive, with normal trade, dependence and exchange of resources between them.
when the era changed Brazil has discovered a new resource that generates income for the country: “footballer” Everything is no different from the past. The close ties in many areas have led football clubs in Portugal to buy players from Brazil to use in the development of the country’s football industry.
Besides being easy to buy and sell Portugal also has many advantages over other countries in helping Brazilian players easily adapt to life far away from their homeland… The first is a matter of language. Because Brazil uses the national language of Portuguese. This is the result of over 300 years of colonial rule under Portuguese rule.
The next one is a matter of culture. Because Portugal has dominated Brazilian soil for hundreds of years. The Portuguese therefore laid many cultural roots there. It’s about religion, buildings, music, and many other things. Until it can be said that Brazilians do not have to adjust much to move to live in Portugal.
Moreover, nowadays the Portuguese and Brazilian descent can almost be said to be one and the same. Because marriage between the two nations is normal. There is a large population of both Portuguese and Brazilian citizens. Thus, in a sense, Portugal and Brazil are considered to be true sister cities through blood ties.
In addition, back in 2012, the Portuguese voted Brazilians as their most loved foreigner. It is evident that Portugal is truly open to Brazil as a part of society. This is something that allows Brazilians to easily adapt to life in Portugal.
Including the way Brazil and Portugal have strengthened diplomatic relations in a special way. They can be called each other’s first friend. that not only determines the political and economic direction in the same direction Both sides also have an agreement to help each other. In particular, Portugal has a duty to constantly stimulate the Brazilian economy. Including the development of living conditions for Brazilian people as well
On the one hand, the draw of talented footballers from Brazil to Portugal In addition to injecting money, it is also helping Brazilians find a better life. And the most important thing is to continue to strengthen relations between nations.
Open for foreign players
Brazilian players are an important part of the Portuguese football league. From the 2021-22 season, Portugal’s top division accounted for 25% of the league with Brazilians. Not too different from the Portuguese footballer who accounted for 41 per cent.
But if you look at the overall Portuguese league is very open to foreign players. Currently, the Portuguese top-flight averages more foreign players than the German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A, Spanish La Liga, French Ligue 1 and many other leagues. Currently, the Portuguese Liga is the second-highest football league in Europe with foreign players, behind only the English Premier League.
The difference between the Premier League and the Portuguese Liga is that while the English league is full of famous players from around the world who have spent huge sums of money to buy those players. And making the current English Premier League is the league that spends the most money to buy players in the world.
The Portuguese side is filled with unknown players who are waiting to make a name for themselves in order to move to a world-famous team. This allows Portuguese football clubs to acquire a large number of cheap players. and can be sold at many times more expensive than the original The guard was famous.
Compared to the Premier League, the difference in football business is already clear. But for other countries that want to mold footballers to sell for profit like Portugal, such as the Netherlands, France, Austria, Belgium, why can’t they have the same success as Portugal?
The answer is the rules for registering players in each country’s soccer league. At this point Portugal was well planned. They have put in place rules that make it easy for unnamed foreign footballers to be part of the Football League.
While France is required to sign up to four non-EU players, up to seven Austrians, and 14 to Turkey, Portugal has no restrictions on this matter. giving them more resources for footballers to enter the country and can also find good football players from around the world, unlike many nations that have to be in the framework of the use of players within the European Union mostly only
In addition, some leagues also limit the chances of registering a limited number of players, for example Belgium, although there is no limit on player quota outside the EU. But can only name 25 players, or Turkey can send only 24, while Portugal can send up to 61, which gives Portuguese teams the opportunity to easily sign a throwaway player. Who plays well? keep it for use Anyone whose work doesn’t catch their eye, let them borrow it. Or you can even sell it later.
Only in the Dutch league of the Netherlands the matter of player registration rules can be measured against Portugal. Because there is no quota of players outside the EU. And there is no limit on the players used in each season. By signing as much as you want You can call it the ultimate liberal in Dutch style.
Despite being so liberal In fact, the Dutch top league has only 41.6 per cent of foreign players. Far enough away from the Portuguese League. In addition, most of the foreign players in Portugal come from territories outside of Europe, such as Brazil, Argentina, Japan, Colombia, Ghana, Angola, Uruguay, Ivory Coast, and can be called buying everywhere.
While the Dutch league has almost all foreign players who are compatriots of the European Union. Focusing on Scandinavia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, as well as neighbors Germany, France and Belgium, with Morocco the only non-EU country with foreign players playing. More than 10 people are in the Netherlands.
It’s not that the Dutch league doesn’t welcome foreigners. But the problem is that they did not choose to play in the Netherlands separately. Because most of the players moved to Portugal more. Because Portuguese culture is more open to foreigners. Especially now that there are players from all over the world gathered there. It is normal for young players to follow in the footsteps of their senior players to play in the league they have built their reputation on. Just as Thai players want to play in Japan because of the success of Chanathip Songkrasin and Theerathorn Bunmathan.
Ultimately, the Portuguese League holds a huge amount of football resources in hand, both now and in the future. Therefore, this league has more chances to meet good players than any other league. Which will inevitably be followed by selling many expensive players until they are called out of stock. Profits thus flowing into the Portuguese league are endless as well.
The price is strong according to the quality.
The Portuguese football league has a large number of player resources. Plus it’s a quality player to make big profits. Therefore, the next problem that must be solved is to develop the players in the league to be effective enough. At the level where big-money big clubs come to pay money to buy players.
Many Portuguese clubs understand this question very well. As a result, well-known teams such as Benfica, FC Porto, Sporting Lisbon have invested heavily in building training grounds and training centers for youth. Along with having a quality coach with a minimum standard, having a UEFA A license degree, as well as having a clear direction in creating a footballer DNA that allows for the development of both individual abilities and physical strength. to be able to play in every high-level league
For example, Benfica invested 15 million euros in building a youth training center, or about 553 million baht, and with only 15 million euros, Benfica can create top players, including Bernardo Silva, Ruben Di. Az, Joao Felix, Ederson, Renato Sanches, Fabio Silva, which together have generated hundreds of millions of euros for the club.
Investing in the player development system has really helped the Portuguese footballers grow into world-class footballers. It’s not just players from Benfica’s youth system such as Bernardo Silva, Ruben Diaz and Ederson who have become world-class players. But other players include Eder Militao, Bruno Fernandes, Luis Diaz, James Rodriguez, Axel Witsel, Anche. Di Maria, etc., including expensive young players such as Joao Felix and Darwin Nunez, who were all under 25 when these players left the Portuguese league, so the current Portuguese league is no different. What with the school produces quality players that are immediately available in high-level football?
with little investment Emphasis on the development of unknown players but can be a world-class player It is therefore not uncommon for the Portuguese league to make huge profits. Nowadays, making players for sale has become an important business in Portugal today.
“For us, investing in player development is the vision of strengthening the club over the long term. It could take 10 or 15 years to build sustainability for the club.”
“We work hard every day to improve our players. And we hope that one day we will repay what we have invested through creating value for our players.”
“We promise the players and it’s a contract to help them shed their teeth. But they must know that they have to create value for themselves. If one day they can hold a real position here. Someday they will be able to move abroad.” said Rodrigo Magalhes, Benfica’s co-director of youth development.
One thing the Portuguese clubs have always done well is to keep the promises they make to their players without any fuss. when the price is right All teams are ready to sell players out immediately. That makes every player believe that Moving to Portugal and performing well will allow them to move to bigger leagues such as the Premier League or La Liga.
The good result that comes back is that all players are determined to develop their pace in order to do outstanding performance in order to find opportunities to play with larger teams. And the good results come back to the clubs that sell their players at expensive prices. Because the players are all quality is a cycle of good that helps make big money for teams in Portugal.
In the past 10 years, Benfica is the most profitable club from selling footballers in the world with 594.5 million euros or about 21,941 million baht, while in second place is FC Porto, who profit from Selling players for 403.5 million euros or 14,892 million baht.
While Sporting Lisbon made a profit of 221.8 million euros or about 8,186 million baht and Braga made a profit of 192 million euros or 7,086 million baht.
The money here is very important to any football team in Portugal. Because the club doesn’t have a lot of income from sponsors or broadcast rights. Therefore, selling players to make a profit. Make this team have money to spend in the club. and create sustainability for the team Don’t have to risk facing bankruptcy.
with a combination of many factors It’s not easy for other football leagues to follow the Portuguese league’s approach to earning a decent amount of money through the sale of players. But at least the Portuguese league has found a way to survive in an era when football is the battle of the sly business game of today.
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