CIES Football Observatory: Overrated underwear, extraordinary Salah (Photo)

The French talent agreed on a salary of 180 thousand euros (which will be paid next year), after passing from Monaco to PSG last month, spending second on the list of paid football players at the age of 18.

But the Parisians may have gone beyond the necessary value if we consider accounts according to CIES. The Association, which takes into base information related to the age of players, the role, presentations in the annual competitions (the champions, Champions League, League of Europe), plus those with representatives, and the duration of the contract, at the end of the contract, has estimated over 92.6m euros, almost half of what the SPG paid.

The noncompliance between the fixed price and the fee is 36m euros higher than for any other player, with Osman Dembetre ranked second after his transition to Barcelona by Borousia Dortmund. Of the 20 transfers where the estimated price has been more different than total, only three of the players have been paid for what they were worth.

The purchase of Muhamed Salah from Liverpool tops that list. Egypt was worth 69.4m euros and a cost of 50m, while the surprise blow is striker Nolito.

The Spanish, who has faced difficulties since Manchester City passed by Seville for 10 million at “te for”, despite a suspicious value of 27.4 million.

In the study, which covered the five major European championships, “CIES Football Observatory” said the expenditures are expected to continue on this line, increasing over the following years, warning also of the need for clubs to refrain, to limit abuses if television rights suffer decline.

It has been found that Premier League clubs have created a deficit of 835m euros during the last metre, while spending on the five major leagues has increased for the fifth consecutive year. On average, Premier League clubs spent about $89 million each for young players.