Highbury House

Paul Tomkins “Pay as you Play” 2010.

http://www.tramsferpriceindex.com

Current Transfer Price Purchase Price (CTPP) is roughly defined as all transfer prices from 1992 to 2010 are “equalized” to 2010 price, adjusted for inflation. You all will have to read Tomkins’ book to get a more detailed explanation.

Other player transfer fees are obtained from www.transfermarket.co.uk; with the actual fees differ from Tomkins’ book. Their transfer fees are adjusted to 2010 CTPP price via extrapolation, and also assuming 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12 transfer fees remained the same value for easy comparison.

Players who were transferred before the Premier League was formed have the first Premier League season listed as their transfer date.

I compiled a list of all Arsenal players bought by Bruce Rioch (1995/96 – and of course Bergy was bought on the recommendation of Wenger) and Arsene Wenger, players who played in the Premier League from 1992 to 2012:

00 _ Year _ CTPP _____ Original Fee _ Name of Player

01 _ 99/00: £24,640,038 : £10,500,000 : Henry T

02 _ 97/98: £23,632,552 : £  7,000,000 : Overmars M

03 _ 00/01: £23,138,382 : £13,000,000 : Wiltord S

04 _ 05/06: £21,897,039 : £12,000,000 : Walcott T

05 _ 03/04: £21,219,452 : £10,500,000 : Reyes J

06 _ 05/06: £20,437,236 : £11,200,000 : Hleb A

07 _ 95/96: £19,721,386 : £  7,500,000 : Bergkamp D

08 _ 92/93: £16,640,516 : £  2,500,000 : Wright Ian

09 _ 08/09: £15,000,000 : £14,520,000 : Arshavin A

10 _ 08/09: £14,545,455 : £14,080,000 : Nasri S

11 _ 07/08: £13,408,532 : £11,880,000 : Eduardo

12 _ 92/93: £13,312,412 : £  2,000,000 : Keown M

13 _ 01/02: £13,106,620 : £10,000,000 : Jeffers F

14 _ 05/06: £12,773,273 : £  7,000,000 : Adebayor E

15 _ 95/96: £12,490,211 : £  4,750,000 : Platt David

16 _ 00/01: £12,459,129 : £  7,000,000 : Lauren

17 _ 11/12: £12,144,000 : £12,144,000 : Oxlade-Chamberlain A

18 _ 06/07: £11,817,182 : £  6,800,000 : Rosicky T

19 _ 97/98: £11,816,276 : £  3,500,000 : Petit E

20 _ 96/97: £11,816,276 : £  3,500,000 : Vieira P

21 _ 01/02: £11,303,149 : £  8,624,000 : Pires R

22 _ 99/00: £11,151,377 : £  4,752,000 : Suker D

23 _ 97/98: £11,141,060 : £  3,300,000 : Petit E

24 _ 97/98: £11,141,060 : £  3,300,000 : Grimandi G

25 _ 01/02: £11,140,627 : £  8,500,000 : Van Bronckhorst

26 _ 98/99: £11,023,117 : £  4,500,000 : Kanu N

27 _ 10/11: £11,000,000 : £11,000,000 : Koscielny L

28 _ 00/01: £10,679,253 : £  6,000,000 : Edu

29 _ 09/10: £10,560,000 : £10,560,000 : Vermaelen T

30 _ 11/12: £10,560,000 : £10,560,000 : Gervinho

31 _ 11/12: £10,560,000 : £10,560,000 : Arteta M

32 _ 01/02: £10,380,443 : £  7,920,000 : Wright Richard

33 _ 11/12: £  9,944,000 : £  9,944,000 : Mertesacker P

34 _ 02/03: £  9,797,984 : £  6,072,000 : Gilberto Silva

35 _ 98/99: £  9,700,343 : £  3,960,000 : Ljungberg F

36 _ 92/93: £  9,371,939 : £  1,408,000 : John Jenson

37 _ 07/08: £  8,939,021 : £  7,920,000 : Sagna B

38 _ 94/95: £  8,677,410 : £  3,300,000 : Hartson J

39 _ 97/98: £  8,318,658 : £  2,464,000 : Upson M

40 _ 06/07: £  8,028,914 : £  4,400,000 : Denilson

41 _ 04/05: £  8,004,624 : £  4,400,000 : Almunia M

42 _ 04/05: £  7,204,161 : £  3,960,000 : Robin van Persie

43 _ 97/98: £  7,130,279 : £  2,112,000 : Luis Boa Morte

44 _ 93/94: £  6,466,895 : £  2,640,000 : Keown M

45 _ 98/99: £  6,466,895 : £  2,640,000 : Diawara K

46 _ 05/06: £  6,423,131 : £  3,520,000 : Song Alex

47 _ 03/04: £  6,224,373 : £  3,080,000 : Lehman J

48 _ 11/12: £  6,160,000 : £  6,160,000 : Santos A

49 _ 98/99: £  5,927,987 : £  2,420,000 : Luzhny O

50 _ 08/09: £  5,818,182 : £  5,632,000 : Ramsey A

51 _ 10/11: £  5,720,000 : £  5,720,000 : Squillaci S

52 _ 03/04: £  5,690,855 : £  2,816,000 : Fabregas C

53 _ 02/03: £  5,431,491 : £  3,366,000 : Cygan P

54 _ 94/95: £  5,206,446 : £  1,980,000 : Kiwomya C

55 _ 05/06: £  4,817,349 : £  2,640,000 : Vela Carlos

56 _ 05/06: £  4,817,349 : £  2,640,000 : Diaby A

57 _ 98/99: £  4,742,390 : £  1,936,000 : Vivas N

58 _ 07/08: £  4,320,527 : £  3,828,000 : Fabianski L

59 _ 06/07: £  3,649,507 : £  2,000,000 : Merida F

60 _ 04/05: £  3,522,035 : £  1,936,000 : Eboue E

61 _ 10/11: £  3,520,000 : £  3,520,000 : Wellington Silva

62 _ 11/12: £  2,992,000 : £  2,992,000 : Park CY

63 _ 93/94: £  2,950,319 : £  1,122,000 : McGoldrick E

64 _ 07/08: £  2,880,351 : £  2,552,000 : Diarra L

65 _ 99/00: £  2,374,830 : £  1,012,000 : Malz S

66 _ 94/95: £  2,313,976 : £     880,000 : Schwarz S

67 _ 97/98: £  2,035,100 : £     602,800 : Manninger A

68 _ 01/02: £  1,730,074 : £  1,320,000 : Stepanovs I

69 _ 96/97: £  1,688,039 : £     500,000 : Anelka N

70 _ 00/01: £  1,409,661 : £     792,000 : Tavlaridis E

71 _ 07/08: £  1,191,869 : £  1,056,000 : Botelho P

72 _ 97/98: £  1,114,106 : £     330,000 : Mendez A

73 _ 11/12: £     990,000 : £     990,000 : Jenkinson C

74 _ 11/12: £     880,000 : £     880,000 : Campbell Joel

75 _ 08/09: £     836,000 : £     836,000 : Silvestre M

76 _ 05/06: £     729,901 : £     400,000 : Mannone V

77 _ 03/04: £     666,897 : £     330,000 : Clichy G

78 _ 04/05: £     480,277 : £     264,000 : Lupoli A

79 _ 11/12: £     420,000 : £     420,000 : Eisfield T

80 _ 94/95: £     416,516 : £     158,400 : Lee Harper

81 _ 01/02: £     403,684 : £     308,000 : Juan

82 _ 07/08: £     297,967 : £     264,000 : Freeman L

83 _ 08/09: £     272,727 : £     264,000 : Bischoff A

84 _ 06/07: £     120,434 : £       66,000 : Rui Fonte

85 _ 96/97: Free : Remi Garde

87 _ 97/98: Free : Wreh C

88 _ 99/00: Free : Sylvinho

89 _ 01/02: Free : Sol Campbell

90 _ 01/02: Free : Kolo Toure

91 _ 01/02: Free : Inamoto J

92 _ 04/05: Free : Flamini M

93 _ 10/11: Free : Chamakh M

94 _ 10/11: Free : Ryo Miyaichi

Guess which players value for money and which players a waste of space?

Do notice that Wenger overpaid for all those overhyped English players who did not make it at Arsenal.

Did Arsene Wenger really made money on player transfer fees?

Gauge for yourself on these figures obtained from www.transfermarket.co.uk:

Year : Profit/(Loss) : Arrival in £ : Departure in £

92/93::: (1,452,000) ::: 1,408,000 ::: 2,860,000

93/94::: (3,762,000) ::: 3,762,000 ::: 0

94/95::: (2,622,400) ::: 6,318,400 ::: 3,696,000

95/96: (14,212,000) : 16,148,000 ::: 1,936,000

96/97:::: 7,207,200 :::: 5,376,800 : 12,584,000

97/98: (17,916,000) : 18,708,000 :::::: 792,000

98/99: (15,180,000) : 16,456,000 ::: 1,276,000

99/00:: 16,016,000 ::: 19,932,000 : 35,948,000

00/01:: 22,594,000 ::: 32,824,000 : 55,418,000

01/02: (36,784,000) : 44,000,000 ::: 7,216,000

02/03:::::::: 66,000 :::: 9,438,000 ::: 9,504,000

03/04: (16,990,000) : 18,046,000 ::: 1,056,000

04/05::: (7,114,800) : 10,560,000 ::: 3,445,200

05/06: (18,480,000) : 40,480,000 : 22,000,000

06/07:::::::: 836,000 : 13,266,000 : 14,102,000

07/08:: 22,748,000 ::: 27,500,000 : 50,248,000

08/09: (12,628,000) : 35,332,000 : 22,704,000

09/10:: 31,416,000 ::: 10,560,000 : 41,976,000

10/11: (12,144,000) : 20,240,000 ::: 8,096,000

11/12:: 14,245,200 ::: 54,650,000 : 68,895,200

 

Arsenal FC Spendings from 1992/93 to 2011/12:

Losses = (£41,252,400): Arrival = £405,005,200: Departure = £363,752,400

Or Arsenal had spent £405,005,200 on players with losses of (£41,252,400) without adjusting for inflation.

Arsene Wenger’s Spendings from 1996/97 to 2011/12:

Losses = (£22,108,400): Arrival = £377,368,800: Departure = £355,260,400

Or Arsene Wenger had spent £377,368,800 on players with losses of (£22,108,400) without adjusting for inflation.

Throughout Wenger’s managerial career, he always spent, but wisely and always on the lookout for bargains and he will never match the spending sprees of Alex Ferguson, Benitez, Dalglish, and “financial doping” of Mourinho and Mancini. And he can snap up quality players from free transfers or on a Bosman like Sol Campbell, Kolo Toure, Flamini and Ryo Miyachi.

Wenger’s Policy is always to snap up bargains and to build within since his days in France, as well as in Japan. And the complaint of Patrick Vieira for not buying “world-class players” best summed up Arsene Wenger’s reply, “You were not world-class when you signed for Arsenal.”

For easy reference, I list out the players that Arsene Wenger bought since 1995/96 season (plus since the start of Premier League) Taken from www.transfermarket.co.uk:

1992/93

1 – John Jenson – £1,408,000

 

1993/94

1 – M Keown – £2,640,000

2 – E McGoldrick – £1,122,000

1994/95

1 – J Hartson – £3,300,000

2 – C Kiwomya – £1,980,000

3 – S Schwarz – £880,000

4 – Lee Harper – £158,400

1995/96 – Spent £16,148,000

1 – D Bergkamp – £9,900,000

2 – David Platt – £6,248,000

1996/97 – Spent £5,376,800

1 – P Vieira – £4,708,000

2 – N Anelka – £668,800

1997/98 – Spent £18,708,800

1 – M Overmars – £6,600,000

2 – E Petit – £3,300,000

3 – G Grimandi – £3,300,000

4 – Mathew Upson – £2,464,000

5 – Luis Boa Morte – £2,112,000

6 – Alex Manninger – £602,800

7 – A Mendez – £330,000

8 – C Wreh – Free

1998/99 – Spent £16,456,000

1 – N Kanu – £5,500,000

2 – F Ljungberg – £3,960,000

3 – K Diawara – £2,640,000

4 – O Luzhny – £2,420,000

5 – Nelson Vivas – £1,936,000

1999/00 – Spent £19,932,000

1 – T Henry – £14,168,000

2 – D Suker – £4,752,000

3 – S Malz – £1,012,000

4 – Sylvinho – Free

2000/01 – Spent £32,824,000

1 – F Jeffers – £13,464,000

2 – Lauren – £9,416,000

3 – R Pires – £8,624,000

4 – I Stepanovs – £1,320,000

2001/02 – Spent £44,000,000

1 – S Wiltord – £15,400,000

2 – Van Bronckhorst – £11,880,000

3 – Richard Wright – £7,920,000

4 – Edu – £7,700,000

5 – E Tavlaridis – £792,000

6 – Juan – £308,000

7 – Kolo Toure – Free

8 – J Inamoto – Free

9 – Sol Campbell – Free

2002/03 – Spent £9,438,000

1 – Gilberto Silva – £6,072,000

2 – Pascal Cygan – £3,366,000

2003/04 – Spent £17,846,000

1 – Jose Reyes – £10,500,000

2 – J Lehmann – £3,080,000

3 – C Fabregas – £2,816,000

4 – P Senderos – £1,320,000

5 – Gael Clichy – £330,000

2004/05 – Spent £10,560,000

1 – M Almunia – £4,400,000

2 – Van Persie – £3,960,000

3 – E Eboue – £1,936,000

4 – A Lupoli – £264,000

5 – M Flamini – Free

2005/06 – Spent £40,480,000

1 – Alex Hleb – £13,200,000

2 – Theo Walcott – £9,240,000

3 – E Adebayor – £8,800,000

4 – Alex Song – £3,520,000

5 – Abou Diaby – £2,640,000

6 – Carlos Vela – £2,640,000

7 – V Mannone – £400,000

2006/07 – Spent £13,266,000

1 – T Rosicky – £8,800,000

2 – Denilson – £4,400,000

3 – Rui Fonte – £66,000

2007/08 – Spent £27,500,000

1 – Eduardo – £11,880,000

2 – B Sagna – £97,920,000

3 – L Fabianski – £3,828,000

4 – Lasana Diarra – £2,552,000

5 – Pedro Botelho – £1,056,000

6 – Luke Freeman – £264,000

2008/09 – Spent £35,332,000

1 – A Arshavin – £14,520,000

2 – Samir Nasri – £14,080,000

3 – A Ramsey – £5,632,000

4 – M Silvestre – £836,000

5 – A Bischoff – £264,000

2009/10 – Spent £10,560,000

1 – T Vermaelen – £10,560,000

2010/11 – Spent £20,240,000

1 – L Koscielny – £11,000,000

2 – S Squillaci – £5,720,000

3 – Wellington Silva – £3,520,000

4 – Ryo Miyachi – Free

5 – Chamakh – Free

2011/12 – Spent £54,650,000

1 – Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain – £12,144,000

2 – Gervinho – £10,560,000

3 – M Arteta – £10,560,000

4 – P Mertesacker – £9,944,000

5 – Andre Santos – £6,160,000

6 – Park CY – £2,992,000

7 – C Jenkinson – £990,000

8 – Joel Campbell – £880,000

9 – Tomas Eisfield – £420,000

That is the breakdown over the years, so what can we expect this summer?

Written by Merlin96