The Turkish football industry, growing at fast pace in recent years, began to make money from transfers too. According to the figures reported following the end of mid-season break in transfer, the Super League teams reported surplus for the first time. The Turkish football clubs, spending 113 million euros for the summer and winter transfers during the football season 2017-2018, gained 126 million euros by selling football players.

THE TURKISH CLUBS,

used to spend millions of euros during transfer seasons, sell now football players. During the football season 2017-2108, the revenues of clubs had surplus. At the summer and winter transfer season, the clubs spent 113 million euros and generated a revenue of 126 million euros from selling football players. Thus, the clubs generated profit for the first time in a season. Thus, Super League, is ranked no.5 in Europe with a profit of 13 million euros. Beşiktaş was the club generating the highest revenue. Galatasaray took the spot no.2.

When talking about football player selling, Portugal challenges the top position of Brazil. 18 teams in the country sold football players worth 310 million euros along the season 2017-2018. The clubs spent 88 million euros and made a profit of 222 million euros. Holland took the second rank. The teams in this league won 223 million euros from selling football players. And the total amount of expenditures was 83 million euros. Belgium was ranked no.3. They spent 99 million euros against the sales worth 168 million euros. This figure was 103 million euros in Ukraine ranked no.4 and the revenue they generated from selling football players was over 173 million euros. 18 clubs in the super leagues sold football players worth 126 million euros this year and spent 113 million euros. Thus, our clubs made a profit of 13 million euros. Turkey is thus placed on the 5th rank.

THE GIANTS SOUND THE ALARM

On the other hand, the global football giants increase their expenditures. Britain, Spain, Italy, France and Germany ran a deficit. The clubs realizing the highest transfer expenditures in the world of football were in Britain. The Premier League teams in Britain, considered as the cradle of football, paid 2 billion euros to buy football players. In this league, the revenue obtained from selling the football players, was higher than 1 billion euros. In this field, Italy was the second country among those making the highest expenditures. The Italian clubs where the Chinese capital invested in recent times, spent heavily in this area. 18 teams paid 860 million euros to transfer football players and gained 790 million euros from selling football players.

Although Spain made the highest spending in this area, it avoided a deficit thanks to the revenue it generated from football players, However, the payments to football players in France and Germany sound the alarm. The French spent 732 million euros against the sales amounting to 642 million euros. As for Germans, they gained 591 million euros from selling football players whereas they paid 690 million euros to the transfers.

Increase despite financial criteria

The implementation of financial data, announced by UEFA as “Financial Fair Play”, came into force during the season 2012- 2013. The arrangement’s target was to maintain discipline in the financial structures. Thus, the clubs are not allowed to spend higher than their income and to suffer budget deficit. The club owners and managers too are not allowed to spend money from their pockets. The essential goal of the financial criteria is to stop to raise money from the non-football funds. Thus, an unbalanced and unfair competition is not allowed among the clubs.