Financial Success of Player Transfers: The Algorithm

In football, the money generated through player transfers plays an outsized role in the financial structure of clubs and leagues. As a result, transfer revenues and expenses directly influence whether a system is financially stable or not, and financial stability usually has a direct impact on sporting stability as well. This research goals to evaluate league performance in this very important area.

Some leagues generate high income from selling players, while others generate less. However, simply looking at total sales is not enough to understand how successful a league is in the transfer market. A league might earn a lot, but at the same time spend heavily on incoming transfers. In that case, the overall table does not clearly show how efficient the league actually is. The main goal is to identify which leagues manage the transfer market in a more efficient and sustainable way. To measure this, a balanced algorithm was created based on three main components:

- Total revenue from player sales

- The ratio between transfer income and transfer spending