Benfica is the European club that makes the most money with youngsters

Benfica is the club that manages to generate the most money with transfers of youngster Europa, surpassing the 400 million euros. That is what the study carried out by the British newspaper Financial Times says.

The financial balance in relation to young players nurtured or signed started in the 2008/09 season, therefore, in Benfica's case, the numbers generated by the sales of Fábio Coentrão, David Luiz, Ángel di María and, more recently, Renato Sanches, stand out.

The capacity to generate talent and develop it is not something new. The Caixa Futebol Campus has been a nursery from where came out another names that play in the biggest European clubs and that represented revenues for the Club, such as: Bernardo Silva (Mónaco/Manchester City), André Gomes e Nélson Semedo (Barcelona), João Cancelo (Valência), Ivan Cavaleiro (Mónaco), Lindelöf (Manchester United), Gonçalo Guedes (PSG), Ederson (Manchester City) and Hélder Costa (Wolverhampton).

Benfica leads this study leaving behind renowned emblems such as Lyon, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund, Monaco, Chelsea, Real Madrid or Barcelona.

Text: Marco Rebelo

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