Leeds United's £7m estimated players sold value loss ranked against Man Utd, Liverpool & more
There's no moment quite as harrowing as seeing the youth star your club tenderly nurtured sold for a pittance, only to turn into a big-money world-beater worth millions of pounds a few years later.
By Richie Boon
Published 10th Mar 2021, 11:45 BST
Updated 10th Mar 2021, 12:02 BST
Selling players is always a gamble, and parting company with a promising player too soon can often come back to haunt you further down the line. Then again, some clubs have perfected the art of selling their stars at their peak, and seriously reaped the rewards.
BettingsOdds.com have taken a look at every Premier League club's player sales over the last five years, and tallied up their current market values to determine the extent to which each club is either better or worse off since their sale, as well as their most unsuccessful transaction over the time period.
This is where Leeds United and the rest of the Premier League rank in the intriguing table:
This is where Leeds United and the rest of the Premier League rank in the intriguing table:
13. 13th - Manchester United - Difference: -£60.58m
Amount received from players sold: £193.67m. Current value of sold players: £254.25m. Biggest loss = Memphis Depay - Amount received from sale: £14.4m. Value of player now: £40.5m. Difference: -£26.1m. Photo: PHILIPPE DESMAZES
Amount received from players sold: £232.57m Current value of sold players: £297.99m. Biggest loss = Sadio Mane - Amount received from sale: £37.08m. Value of player now: £108m. Difference: -£70.92m. Photo: Laurence Griffiths
Amount received from players sold: £184.54m. Current value of sold players: £253.04m. Biggest loss = Mikel Merino - Amount received from sale: £10.8m. Value of player now: £36m. Difference: -£25.2m. Photo: Juan Manuel Serrano Arce
Amount received from players sold: £487.26m. Current value of sold players: £557.87m. Biggest loss = Mohamed Salah - Amount received from sale: £13.5m. Value of player now: £108m. Difference: -£94.5m. Photo: Clive Brunskill
Amount received from players sold: £15.92m. Current value of sold players: £94.23m. Biggest loss = Dominic Calvert-Lewin - Amount received from sale: £1.62m. Value of player now: £40.5m. Difference: -£38.88m. Photo: Alex Livesey
Amount received from players sold: £329.11m. Current value of sold players: £408.42m. Biggest loss = Jadon Sancho. Amount received from sale: £7.05m. Value of player now: £90m. Difference: -£82.95m. Photo: INA FASSBENDER