Goalkeeper........................
As expensive to buy as an outfield player? And in most cases this seems to be accepted/acceptable!
I know a lot can depend on the selling club. But in 2004, Cech cost Chelsea just over £7m. Even at that time, we had outfield players that cost more than Cech did.
Wright-Phillips cost more than double (almost triple?) what Cech did, only a year on from signing Cech.
I’m not complaining that Cech was too much of a bargain, by the way, I’m just using him and his fee as an example.
Do you think it’s a “glamour" or “glory" thing?
I know they say “fans don’t pay to watch a Goalkeeper, fans pay to watch Robben, Messi, Ronaldo……………….."
But purely from a football point of View, surely a world class goalie, should be as valuable in fees as a lot of the fees paid for very average outfield players?
In transfer fees, why isn't a World Class..
posted on 1/6/15
The basic aim in football is to outscore your opponents. To do so you need clinical finishers and creative midfielders which is why they cost the most.
Beyond this, at the very least you shouldn't lose a game. That is why the more defensive minded players are the next in the list of expensive players.
If you have an efficient strike force and then a solid defence, the keeper is hardly worked and that's possibly why they also cost less in general.
Plus, fans tend to buy shirt with exciting players which makes paying £80m for a player like Ronaldo worth it because commercially they'll get returns on their investment. Keepers are "boring" and do not attract the same interest for sales.
posted on 1/6/15
I would assume that GK's have the lowest talent pool to choose from since not many people want to play in goal.
posted on 1/6/15
The basic aim in football is to outscore your opponents.
Not easy to do against a world class keeper, take a look at cechs clean sheet record, That includes playing teams like Barca and Bayern regularly
posted on 1/6/15
Cech wasn't world class when you signed him.
Buffon cost a massive amount, about 5th most expensive player at the time.
Manuel Neuer and David de Gea (before he was anywhere near world class) both cost £20m plus.
The truth is there are not that many world class keepers about, and clubs tend to stick with what they have.
posted on 1/6/15
Buffon cost €52m when he signed for Juventus so when they are the greatest of them all, they cost a fortune
posted on 1/6/15
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goalkeeper_%28association_football%29#Highest_fees
Wasn't long ago Craig Gordon was the 5th most expensive 'keeper ever
posted on 1/6/15
comment by vava1on1 (U4692)
posted 2 hours, 52 minutes ago
The basic aim in football is to outscore your opponents.
Not easy to do against a world class keeper, take a look at cechs clean sheet record, That includes playing teams like Barca and Bayern regularly
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That's because of the defence as I previously mentioned.
Adrian at Bayern would have more clean sheets than Neuer at West Ham.
posted on 2/6/15
comment by TCW (U6489)
posted 19 hours, 46 minutes ago
If you put Buffon's fee into an inflation calculator it comes out ridiculously high. It's quite good fun actually in a weird way, working out how much transfers from the early 2000s would have been equivalent, just adjusting for inflation alone.
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what would be his value today?
posted on 2/6/15
About 60m euros.
posted on 2/6/15
Though last year it was higher.