A study published Monday revealed that the outbreak of
the new Corona virus, which caused the stoppage of local
and continental football tournaments, led to a drop of
about a third in the transfer value of the five major
European championships.
The study carried out by the Football Observatory of the
International Center for Sports Studies in Neuchâtel,
Switzerland, indicated that the total value of the transfer
of players at the level of the five major tournaments
(England, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France) will
decrease by 28 percent, or from 32.7 billion euros, to
23.4 billion euros, in the event that no games played
and no contracts extended to players until the end of
next June.
According to the study, the French team Marseille will
be the most affected, with an estimated devaluation rate
of 38 per cent (a loss of 97 million euros), while the loss
of compatriot Paris Saint-Germain will be 31.4 per cent
(302 million euros).
The study pointed out that Real Madrid will lose about
350 million euros as a result of a low value of 31.8
percent, while the losses of its traditional rival Barcelona
will be about 366 million (31.3 percent), and the French
team Brest will affect, with a loss rate of
about 16 percent.
The study touched on the value of players at the
individual level, where it estimated that the value of
Frenchman Paul Pogba, the Manchester United player,
“will decrease in almost half from 65 million euros to 35
million euros.”
