7 Football Clubs Who Do The BEST Transfer Business

[@dvdv8197]

I love how Alfie doesn't shy away from spoiling it for us in his thumbnail. 😂😂

[@connor4435]

Cause everyone knows the answer is Brighton

[@justhuy7960]

@@connor4435 they're just too good 😂

[@apth5865]

FC Nordsjaelland in honorable mentions also Not massively profitable in terms of the size of sales but has made millions from players that joined for free such as Kamaldeen Sulemana, Andreas Schjelderup, Andreas Skov Olsen, Simon Adingra, Mohamed Kudus, Mikkel Damsgaard etc etc

[@QueevoxPG]

someone plays FM

[@torbennielsen5530]

@@jakescott6927 No. That was FC Midtjylland.

[@KKERMlT]

Tbf Nordsjælland is mostly impressive for their academy work, not transfers. Still an amazingly ran club though, and unlike other european clubs they dont simply poach african players for cheap but actually give them proper pay and living conditions, and are working actively to develop the game in africa with RTD

[@uriustosh]

The numbers all speak to one club dominating the transfer market: Benfica They have the most sales, the biggest profit to investment ratio. The pipeline of Latin America --> Benfica ---> European Superclubs is a well oiled machine. For all the successes though, they're are just as many busts. Not that Benfica cares, they're still making bank.

[@connor4435]

But like you said there’s just as many failures, which means benfica aren’t the best at making transfers, they make a lot of very good transfers but if they fail that much they can’t be the best

[@funky__cracky8369]

This is what frustrates me the most as a Benfica fan. If only we stopped caring that much about profit and made a bigger effort to keep our best players for a bit longer, we could be a proper European powerhouse... If only.

[@rocky1169pt]

Although i agree with that benfica should be in the top 10, i also think that benfica has spent a lot money and havent been that successfull - 2 titles (1 liga portuguesa and the supercup) n 4 years despite being 1 of the teams that spent more money during the pandemic. That hampers their transfer success.

[@daidalos4616]

Benfica are surely up there near the top, but they're not "dominating" anything, as in doing way better than any other club, check the figures at around 19:30 in the video.

[@skyzaid263]

@@funky__cracky8369as a Porto fan I feel the same. Obviously Benfica has been more successful in the transfer market over recent years but it’s a similar thing. The Portuguese clubs are always in debt for some reason from the looks of it. I wonder where all the money is going. Not a local Portuguese myself (half Portuguese, born abroad) so I’m no expert, that’s just a distant observation

[@jabari7158]

Shoutout to future Brighton for getting over 100 for mitoma 😎

[@marufjaved6551]

Mitoma is older

[@fazz95]

​@@marufjaved6551but mitoma honestly looks better than any of the players they've sold

[@namelesskings3393]

will be sad if Mitoma somehow forgot how to play football after they sold him for 200 mil to the big club in PL(Chelsea)

[@mellomafia98]

​@@namelesskings3393you mean big circus (Chelsea)

[@nathanb286]

Brighton are the kind of club that would manage to sell James Milner for £50m

[@aocbbl]

He's only starting his career. More longevity than Ronaldo. YNWA.

[@muffinsnotfound3394]

We're going to sell him to todd bohley for £115m

[@za.307]

​@@aocbblWhy do you have an AOC thumbnail. Are you one of those weird conspiracy nuts? Or just being ironic (which I doubt highly).

[@Kev7035]

​@@za.307 get a life

[@Howknows78199]

Chelsea would pay 70

[@Lenhard1701]

Union Berlin would also have been deserving of a honorable mention imo

[@konstantinpobedonotsev5589]

As a father of a son with Down Syndrome, Brentford will always have a special place in my heart because to the players and managers special relationship with Woody O’Rourke. Happy to see them on this list. Go Bees!

[@Viewer41]

Brighton are obviously 10/10 at the moment. But so were Southampton a few years ago, so it'll be interesting to see how long it lasts.

[@DoingDoingN]

Yawn. Everyone says this without failing to realise the massive ownership differences between Brighton and Southampton. Saying the two clubs are the due the same fate because they've both punched above their weight just shows a lack of research.

[@Viewer41]

@noahnaz9841 who said "Brighton will suffer the same fate"? 😛 Do you research on the comments you reply to. Yawn. 🥱

[@DoingDoingN]

@@Viewer41 Sorry mate, didn't realise that because you didn't say it verbatim that that wasn't obviously what you were implying

[@DomenBremecXCVI]

@@Viewer41 I'm gonna quote you here: "...it'll be interesting to see how long it lasts," meaning you implied a definite endpoint to their current transfer success. Obviously, if the club is sold as they might be reaching Europe fairly often, the transfer strategy will change and that will fail them, but not their current tactic.

[@johnselwitz5362]

⁠@@DoingDoingNExactly, Brighton’s recruitment has been nothing short of genius and Tony Bloom deserves his fair share of the credit, and it also doesn’t hurt that he’s a lifelong fan of the club. I’d love to see them break into the top 4 at some point.

[@leosoffer7884]

Where’s Atalanta? What they’ve done in serie a has been incredible

[@skyrothman8651]

100%

[@jdbtabouret.218]

It's incredible how good his videos are, he's clearly the best football KZbinr

[@ryomawashere4032]

Ajax performance this season will determine whether or not there will be a video titled "What On Earth Is Going On At Ajax?"

[@franciscomarcelino1251]

Benfica should be minimum top 3. Highest profit in recent markets and consistently generates new and high level academy graduates. I cant see a reason to leave Benfica out, other than pure spite.

[@SandDune11]

Why would he have spite for benfica?

[@yayshumi]

To be fair, he did mention this list was about clubs that rarely get it wrong, and Benfica have had some bad transfer business in recent years, namely RDT, Waldschmidt, Everton, Pedrinho, etc... I absolutely agree that Benfica are one of the best clubs in the world at selling players, and the majority of transfer business is really good, but I can see how we're not on this list. Even if we sold the players I mentioned for a bit more than they came in for. Now, if the list was about the best clubs at making profit, Benfica should be, at the very least, top 3 in the world. Speaking as a Benfiquista.

[@petesmart1983]

Benfica steal most there players from other youth teams in Portugal like Porto and sporting do

[@nunorb83]

Benfica are the kings of big sellins

[@lildb9]

Imagine what league tables would look like if these teams didn’t HAVE to sell to remain competitive. Insane

[@karlfroberg520]

Your level have been even better than usual of late. Thank you Alfie for the excellent public service provided!

[@yournan6546]

Braga over Benfica surprised me. Other than the 2021/22 transfer window, they have been outstanding in their business. Between 2014-2021 they conducted arguably the best business in terms of generating a profit and replacing departed players (1 Billion Euros in transfer revenue since 2015). Great video though, no question Brighton have done the best business in recent years. Was expecting a surprise mention from Southampton for their role as the premier league's academy (well... mainly Liverpool's) for the late 2000s/early 2010s.

[@sh3tpostsgamertime204]

I think too predictable to be interesting

[@JANISAM-]

Braga over Porto, Benfica, Dinamo Zagreb, Rakow, PSV or Feynoord is simply disrespectful... If Ajax is 2nd clubs like Benfica or Dinamo should be right there with them by every means.

[@HarrisonJohn666]

Olá amigo Alfie! A few years back it should be Porto topping this list. But unfortunately our management is falling apart and more interested in their own pockets rather than in the club. Here's a new video suggestion: Rise and Fall of FC Porto.

[@pedluc2010]

they havent fallen much yet, champions the season before, their finances are the biggest threat and in maybe 5 years that could have sporting consequences because of it, but maybe change it to "Rise and Fall of Pinto da Costa" (Porto's President) and its morre correct even if less catchy

[@HarrisonJohn666]

@@pedluc2010 in a sporting sense the fall is not so steep because there is still a pit between the 3/4 best teams in the championship and the rest. Sporting and Braga are inconsistent but are becoming more of a threat, and Benfica are regaining a lot of past dominance. I predict that after Pinto da Costa leaves, a lot will be uncovered and the club will collapse and go to purgatory for a few years. In the last few years we had nothing short of miracles when we were able to win the league with such low talent comparing to a few years back.

[@terry_3344]

I was hoping to see Shakhtar Donetsk in honourable mentions at least. Although they are owned by Ukrainian oligarch, they also do great business in recruiting and selling young players, mostly Brazilians, like Fred, Douglas Costa, Willian, Fernandinho, but also Mkhitaryan or Mudryk

[@d15t0rted4]

Yeah I noticed that while playing fifa. Are the owners Brazilian or Do they just have a good network there?

[@terry_3344]

@@d15t0rted4 I guess good network and scouts. The owner is the richest guy in Ukraine (at least pre-war) Rinat Akhmetov, so he could offer great wages to attract young Brazilians to come to the club. Plus since success stories of Fernandinho or Willian, players probably see Shakhtar as a great stepping stone. Also, Shakhtar plays in Europe every season, which helps to be noticed

[@ryomawashere4032]

@@d15t0rted4 Shahkhatar's Romanian manager in the 2000's, Mircea Lucescu, introduce Brazillian players in Shahkhtar team. If I'm not mistaken he even learn Portuguese to help him communicate with them.

[@daidalos4616]

I suspect the reason may be that some of those top sales (Mudryk aside) just barely fell outside of the time window that Alfie zoomed in on for this video. Like the last 5 to 10 years I think he mentioned.

[@petesmart1983]

​@@terry_3344he's hated now as he still does buissness in Russia, so not well liked anymore

[@vitorlukits]

I Love your work Alfie, keep it up . Cheers from Brazil!!!

[@SuperMickyChow]

That Brighton Moneyball Process is solid gold.

[@rmh032]

For a few years

[@gosropoorheydar1775]

Being an Ajax fan is like having a Divorce every 4 years. Your partner takes all the kids, but at least you had a solid prenuptual and you kept your mansion.

[@harleyt-l8977]

I think a video on the most successful siblings in football would be interesting. Averaging out the players respective years. One world class player and a non-league sibling might rank worse than a duo of championship players. Reece and Lauren James would be near the top for sure

[@matthewrobinson5793]

Southampton not even getting an honourable mention is criminal

[@ethanp9893]

Because they’re shit lmao

[@explainingexplained7526]

Recent years Southampton’s business has been woeful, Djenepo, Armstrong, Diallo, Sulemana, Onuachu, Mara, Perraud, none worth the money paid, that’s only in the last 4 years.

[@matthewrobinson5793]

Would argue that sulemana and Perraud have been decent signings and sold lavia, livramento and ward-prowse for major profit

[@explainingexplained7526]

Livramento cost 26m, plus a Chelsea sell on clause and was sold to Newcastle for 40m. Lavia good yeah, but ward prowse was academy. 7 years ago yes they may be on the list but not now no.

[@lucasandres5521]

Sassuolo should have been a honourable mention. In the last couple of years they have made some big sales like Boga to Atalanta, Frattesi to Inter, Scamacca to West Ham, Hamed Traore to Bournmouth. Or even Atalanta could’ve been here as they made their rise in serie a due to their amazing business.

[@kevanchong4082]

no way Atalanta should be mentioned, Gasperini the manager is the mastermind of Atalanta's rise through his tactics and system, they don't profit from selling, in fact they let many of their former players go for just a pittance, Gasperini elevates players' standards and make average players become greatly sought after players

[@justhuy7960]

As a data scientist student I just hope Brighton's business can last a bit longer, so I can work for them after I graduate 😂

[@philippjansen7199]

Honorable mentions from Germany: Union Berlin, the Bundesliga equivalent to Brentford. Only more successful. Their story shows how far you can come if you just don't make mistakes on the transfer market - even with a budget as small as theirs. The top scorer last season, Sheraldo Becker, was signed for 1M out of the Eredivisie btw. Those are the kind of deals which brought them to the Champions League. Leverkusen, although as a Colonian it pains me to admit it. Very consistent over the last like 25 years, very little duds, and an insane transfer window this summer. But I suspect Xavi Alonso's star power might have had something to do with that.

[@jonathanfrimerman8855]

Freiburg are brighton

[@untipobravo8138]

I think that Atalanta should have been mentioned instead of Udinese, they're probably the best runned club in Italy, and in just a few seasons they passed from being a yo-yo club to regularly qualify for Europe. Udinese used to be like that in the early 2010's, but now they are an average mid-table club

[@tomcads1604]

Agreed, I just commented the same before seeing your content

[@maciejbala477]

Exactly my thought. I was also going to comment that. The amount of talent they signed, developed and sold for a profit is unreal. Bastoni, Ibanez, Kulusevski, Hojlund, I'm sure there's way more. It is actually shocking how many good players were once on their books if you delve deep into it

[@dvdv8197]

A Bright ongoing operation! 👍👏

[@alexpreston1133]

You should do a video about the story of C.F. “Os Belenenses”, whose stadium, the Estádio do Restelo, you show at 1:56. Really interesting history of a celebrated Portuguese club that has had to be reborn and has secured 5 consecutive promotions, now playing in the Liga Portugal 2 with hopes of returning to the top flight very soon

[@Supragt]

Hi from Singapore 🇸🇬 one the few people in Singapore to watch ur videos

[@aidanplayz9082]

Me too lol

[@mfc.248]

10:17 "Back in Ligue 1 in fourth, where one team spends more on transfers than the other nineteen* combined" * seventeen now; Ligue 1 contracted by two clubs this summer

[@fwayo]

As a crystal palace fan, seeing brighton get promoted after us, leapfrog us, continue to make the best signings, continue to scam everyone on their sales, become the exciting underdog everyone else is cheering for, AND just keep improving, (all while we don't improve that much) is not just annoying, but enraging & infuriating, and that's just putting it lightly.

[@stnbch3025]

You don't realize what you are saying. If selling your starting players is a scam, your recruitment was rubbish in the first place. Brighton peaked. That's it.

[@fwayo]

@@stnbch3025 I don't think you realize what I'm saying. what I'm saying is what Alfie talked about, selling their players for a much higher value than they are worth to their new clubs.

[@Tris2000]

I'm surprised Villarreal aren't in there. Their ability to get really good players, often for free, has made them the most overperforming team around in spite of coming from a tiny town in Spain.

[@wilsonmaverick1358]

proud to be part of the 0.9%

[@siler22]

Brighton players have Willian symptome, players who are world class when they need to sign an contract (in this case to move to a bigger club) and as soon as they accomplishe that they turn in good old Willian

[@ciciuk3695]

I feel like Atalanta BC deserved at least an honorable mention too... I mean, they started buying quite big in the most recent years, but if you look at the sellings you can see the likes of Bastoni, Diallo and Kulusevski (all Academy player) being sold for, respectively, 33, 40 and 44 million euros, and we can add to the list players like Kessié (35mln), Gagliardini (28mln), Romero (55mln) and Højlund (75/85mln) just to mention the most notable ones... I mean, it seems nothing to sneeze at!

[@quadon2620]

The fact that the 3 big Portuguese clubs are all in the top 5 for biggest transfer gains and even a considerably smaller club like Braga is still in the top 10 is honestly insane

[@thepenguinmafia]

I feel this list misses some enormous factors. For one, these Brighton players weren't just well scouted - they were developed superbly. For two, tons of Brightons signings fail, they just fail little and win big. For three, some clubs have absolutely transformed their clubs fortunes with their transfer policy. Liverpool players didnt bring in sales, but they did turn around the clubs revenue. Newcastle had a big budget, but going from near relegation to champs league with what they spent, so quickly, is still really impressive.

[@lawrencenjawe9875]

Brilliant presentation....and with a constant dose of biting humour too😀😀😀😀

[@AIeksejs]

To be honest i feel like the big 3 + in Netherlands + AZ have done some great business the last few years. Even Twente lately been amazing

[@frisianprideworldwide]

Feyenoord is actualy pretty bad at selling players the top 4 money makers the last 10 years are ajax, psv, az and heerenveen

[@christophernicolson5086]

Brighton sold Moises Caicedo for £115m. That's just 1 player. His following debut for Chelsea was a stinker too.

[@AIeksejs]

@@frisianprideworldwide true. But when it comes to incoming transfers they are doing well last few years. But you are right with outgoing. And BTW Fryslân boppe

[@marineboy1964]

Southampton and Leicester was also touted on how to run a club and transfer market, but unfortunately it will catch up with you sooner or later

[@jprgingerking]

burst out laughing when you started talking about Liverpool's 2018 signings, we had it so good for exactly 2 months

[@Hadar1991]

16:38 I will admit that City has extremely wealthy owners and were creative with the accounting, but I will extremely adamant, that thanks to Ferran Soriano and Txiki Begiristain (both started working at City in 2012) this club evolved from a rich guy vanity project into extremely very well oiled machine. And yes, if City would loose now all the money from UAE it would be a significant hit, but this club would not collapse like other clubs with rich owners who got bored. But the reputation of petroclub still follows City and people love to say that Manchester City bought all their successes, which is simply not true. City have become quite niggardly in terms of money spent on transfer fees and there where multiple situation when City was just outbid by clubs more frivolous with their money (just from memory transfers which were to expensive to Manchester City: Van Dijk, Dani Alves, Alexis Sanchez, Jorginho, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rice, Koulibaly). And if net spending was the decided who club wins then City would not be able to touch Manchester United or Chelsea. Just in last season City earned 53 million more from selling players than they spend buying, and they bought a lot of people in last transfer window: Haaland, Phillips, Akanji, Gómez, Perrone.

[@chriswoodley23]

I've seen Man City criticised for buying the best players in the world every year, but I think that's a bit unfair. They don't go out and necessarily but players with big reputations (Haaland being the exception maybe), but they buy the right players for Pep's system. I do wonder when he leaves if they'll be able to sustain their success though or if they'll become more like Chelsea or PSG where they buy big-name players or spend big but end up with lots of flops every year.

[@rodji92]

You should research Independiente Del Valle from Ecuador. They make the best business in Southamerica. They are the club that sold Moises Caicedo, Piero Hincapie, Kendry Paez and many more. And footballwise they are one of the best teams in South America

[@joaosantiago7010]

When Del Valle reached Libertadores Final in 2016 and lost 1-0 on aggregate to Atlético Nacional, I thought that it was just one more small club that defeated some giant clubs from South America and reached the final as Nacional from Paraguay did in 2014 or Lanus in 2017. But Del Valle proved to be more than that with 2 Copa Sudamericana titles, amazing business in transfer market, and a superb youth academy.

[@Dagpar]

I renew my petition for you to include international subtitles for your videos. I volunteer for Spanish but just having them would be great for me and my football loving non-English speaking family.

[@br1an432]

i feel like if your looking at the last 10 years, monaco should really be higher, higher than lille (even tho there also great) over the last 10 years theyve bought: james rodruiguez, falcao, joao moutinho, martial, bernardo silva, fabinho, lemar, benjamin mendy, tielemans, golovin(who IMO is one of the most under rated players in world football), ben yedder, tchouameni, yousouff fofana, disasi, volland, caio henrique, and vanderson, as well as the mbappe sale monaco have definatly made mistakes, but their successes over shadow that 10 fold IMO

[@1972dsrai]

Monaco have also just bought Bslogun from Arsenal for a cool £40m which is a record fee for the Gunners. They outbid a host of top teams including Chelsea, Fulham and even AC Milan so it’s a little surprising he opted for Monaco but he knows French football and is pretty much guaranteed to be a regular starter which is what he needs at his age and development.

[@AdrianSams]

As a Lifelong Brighton fan I agree wholeheartedly........🙂 However for Ajax to buy,sell,buy,sell etc etc etc year on year and to still finish in the top 3 is simply amazing so respect to Ajax. Shoutout to Portugese side Braga's fans for not selling out to Arab slaver traders like Newcastle fans have and shame on them. PS: Love this channel..

[@ringosimon1]

The problem with this is for most of these clubs, all they have achieved is profit. Football is not just about profit - but winning. And winning trophies. For all their good business, Brighton and Brentford have empty trophy cabinets. Maybe the best transfer business is done by teams who win trophies, while also not wasting money. Liverpool have won everything in the past few years while having a low net transfer spend and signing very few duds (and picking up bargains like Salah for £35m). Arsenal too have managed to sign some very good players like Odegaard & Martinelli for very limited sums while winning four out of ten FA Cups.

[@DaisyChesneysGirlfriend]

Brighton qualified for Europe last year so I guess they’ve done more than just profit. For clubs outside the big 7 football is about staying in the league, anything else is a bonus and is an exceptional achievement. you can’t compare Liverpool to Brighton or Brentford. Football for the majority of clubs in England is not about winning trophies unless it’s a lower league title or a conference league perhaps however limited English clubs can enter that.

[@ringosimon1]

@@DaisyChesneysGirlfriend I live in Wigan. For many fans, just staying in the league got boring. The FA cup win, however, is a memory they can treasure forever - even if they got relegated that year.

[@DaisyChesneysGirlfriend]

@@ringosimon1 exactly however that fa cup win is a once in a lifetime moment for your club and you can’t judge other clubs because they don’t do the same. I’m a Leeds fan and would give anything for Leeds to win one in my lifetime. Since your fa cup win in 2013 ,the past ten years only Leicester have won an fa cup/premier league who weren’t part of the big 6/7 and they still got relegated. The purpose of most football clubs is to stay in their current league or get promoted from it, not to win trophies, Brighton could easily go down if they stop replacing the players they sell. So what they are doing now is exceptionally and probably beyond what most fans thought was possible 10+ years ago, winning trophies is a bonus if you can.

[@packrunnernes]

If you want to be a glory hunter just support City lad

[@iankemp1131]

There are simple factors of scale, nowadays only the biggest clubs can normally win a trophy. Staying in the Prem and maybe qualifying for Europe are real achievements on a limited budget. Brighton and Brentford have done that, and in style. Even Southampton and Leicester who would have been in this list a few years ago have now gone down.

[@straightouttazambia2835]

I'd love to see Brighton pick up Oscar Zambrano or Fabrizio Diaz to replace Caicedo

[@petesmart1983]

They already have players in place khadra,milner and dahoud

[@mismisimognomo101]

AYYYYY, never been this early ! Love you, Alfie, i'm sure this one is going to be an amazing watch as usual 🖤

[@danielmachado1775]

Olá amiga jeitosa... Alfie, you're the best ahah. Best of luck from Portugal

[@josecipriano3048]

The profit Braga makes in a decade, Benfica makes every couple of years. With Enzo and Darwin alone and Felix and... I guess it's important to not be predictable, but not having Benfica in top spot is just ridiculous, honestly.

[@TheMisterMescudi]

Video idea: where are they now? The players of both teams in the 9 goal game by Haaland in the 2019 u-20 world cup.

[@eljumbotron]

can you do a video on the clubs who get the best/worst ROI's for their academies?

[@yayshumi]

Olá amigo jeitosa 😂 cheers mate, love from Portugal!

[@__dane__]

Babe wake up, new HITC Sevens video

[@andyking7621]

Ben White moved a little longer ago. Agree with everything else.

[@DrZaius3141]

These kinds of lists always skew in favour of clubs/nations that still reap the benefits of colonization. Portugal, France and the Netherlands all have this pipeline that encourages talent from former colonies to join them before being sold for a profit. Clubs like these make up for more than half this list with the rest being the Moneyballers and Salzburg.

[@sarvaraidu2811]

The freddy adu joke never gets old😂😂😂

[@christophercopley6474]

I'd like to see a video on inpatients these days how people judge transfers and managers so fast as a manager been sacked after a few bad games and transfers been labelled flops after less then a month or so what's going on what's causing it probably social media it would be a good watch if you could try figuring out that's going on

[@WoodsRaynor]

absolutely violated Everton in the intro

[@SeagullWhoFlies7]

Did he just say 19 year old Gambian. Aka. Yankuba Minteh .

[@thejulinks]

As an Austrian and a supporter of Sturm Graz, I 'd like to add some perspective on RB Salzburg and our Bundesliga. In contrast to Germany and Leipzig, there is much less hate for Salzburg. Sure, there are a few remaining fans ofAustria Salzburg (a club whose hooligans are very much connected to the far right) and some part of the fanbase of the Vienese clubs (who imo are just salty that Vienna is no longer the centre of Austrian football) who despise the team. The rest, however, has understood that without Red Bull Austrian football as a whole would be a lot worse off. If not for Salzburg and some of their incredible performances in Europe, year after year, our coefficent would be absolutely nowhere. As for our national team, a whole host of very important players has been trained in their academies (Laimer, Xaver Schlager, Seiwald to name a few). And lastly, while sure, the league title has been their monopoly for quite a while now, in recent years some teams, mainly my beloved Sturm Graz (my "blackies") and LASK have begun to partially copy Salzburg's approach while still finding their own twists on it which enabled them to be more competetive and slowly close the gap. The championship last year was the closest it has been in year, with Salzbrug and Sturm showing incredible performances (Salzburg only lost one game the whole season against, of course, Sturm!) and the title decider going almost to the wire. Sturm also managed to eliminate Salzburg from the league cup on penalties in the quarter finals. Sturm shifting their focus to signing new talents has also massively helped the club with their most high profile scouting success being a certain Rasmus Höjlund.

[@EagleEyes77]

Alfie, please I just watched your video on the 7 world class players who were terrible at other clubs. I want to know if you think Pedri is world class. I'll like you to do a video on the term "world class". Please, do relate it to what you think about Sir Alex Chapman Ferguson's book, "Leading", in which he stated that he only had four world class players in his time in Manchester United.

[@he_football]

I feel like Alfie had a lot of coffee before recording this 😂

[@za.307]

The pozzo family had a model where they identified talent for their clubs. Selling those players on to bigger clubs. Alexis Sanchez being one of the biggest assests. I hope Brighton don't get into this habit of identifying talent just to sell on. Their luck will run out at some point.

[@HugoAntonioli]

Monaco also had huge duds in transfer business, they are saved by some transfers but are all the time recruiting loads of players with a lot of deceptions.

[@henrypayne8676]

16:22 I think Napoli deserves an honourable mention

[@PeacockRhino]

Nearly of quarter of a billion from Chelsea for Potter, Cucurella, Caicedo. Brighton could rebuild their stadium for cash.

[@hirdy161]

Monaco have an advantage, players want to go there because you get to live in friggin Monaco

[@wandel51]

Athletico Paranaense deserves to be mentioned here for sure

[@Snapsportscards]

Ok Alfie I forgive you for that 9th place thumbnail now 😄

[@StillAwesome21]

Always happy to hear my country mentioned, even if it's in this context. Hate Salzburg though. 😂🇦🇹

[@Supersd_]

I am a Salzburg fan and agree😂. Außer, dass ich Salzburg hasse natürlich

[@leohmusic8676]

Great video alfie, but 3 great video plugs in one other video has unfortunately brought 115 FFP violations against your channel

[@MrReese]

Still hoping for that Austrian Wunderteam video 😇✌.

[@tentacion4815]

What about Frankfurt? As a fan i might be a little biased but jovic, haller, kolo muani, rebic, kostic, lindstroem, kamada and ndicka all came for small money and were sold for up to 100 mio. Also we did not just made money but also won the dfb pokal and euroleague in the last 7 years.

[@tentacion4815]

I know ndicka and kamada went for free but still worth a mention for being absolute important players during out euroleague campain

[@krismambo6448]

"In a slightly different vein" I see what you did there

[@ToTheNines87368]

The hipsters choice to make the list would probably be FC Nordsjælland. The transfer sums aren’t crazy since it’s generally cheaper to buy out of Denmark than say the Netherlands or France. They do however have crazy profit margins on their player sales and it’s basically what keeps the club wealthy and successful.

[@skyrothman8651]

Don't a lot of Nordsjælland players come through the academy?

[@ToTheNines87368]

@@skyrothman8651 yeah, the “right to dream academy” at least. But since he mentioned Ajax I didn’t think that be a problem.

[@amstonger]

😂😂😂😂😂..... LOVING Alfie's content..... Trying Portuguese 😂😂😂

[@tej33333]

brett assombalonga what a player for forest with his form at forest probs could of been half decent prem player shame he didnt hit it off at middlesbrough and ended up going turkey but top player a few yrs ago in championship similar level to ben brereton of recent shame forest didnt keep him aswell

[@nunorb83]

From Portugal and Benfica fan. Braga do some smart transfers.

[@shanemingard1260]

How about Alfie,the 7 teams who have the smallest squads to pick from that are the most successful in their country,not like City,Chelsea,PSG and the like who probably have over a 100 registered players,or the teams with most players actually starting from that country Inc academy players brought through as first teamers

[@gavinstone9983]

The breakout at Brighton, to being sold to Chelsea and doing shit is a pipeline that needs legit research done on it

[@pyrixter]

No one talking about the chase reference at the start 💀

[@00_rei90]

Kek whenever I heard of braga I don't even know if they played in Portugal, spain or Italy. The only thing I know about them is that they didnt play in EPL

[@dvdv8197]

"League 1 - the 3rd tier" Make it make sense. 😅😂

[@johnwhittaker311]

Well, League 2 is the fourth tier so it only makes sense that League 1 is the third. Perfectly logical

[@chlcrk]

It's like one of those things that we all just go along with in England but when you stop to look at it, you just go "... oh yeah. Why do we think this is a good idea?"

[@dvdv8197]

@@chlcrk this 😄

[@dvdv8197]

Alfie should make a list about the most illogical named lower-tiers of football! 😅🤣

[@PitchSideFX]

What about Toulouse?

[@OliGubis.]

Wow I really did not expect Brentford on this list

[@Finn_Lawless]

Union Berlin could've been among the honourable mentions.

[@nickjeffery536]

Brighton's recruitment is without peer - the seafront has the pier!

[@joecurran2811]

Napoli deserved a mention surely!

[@danielfrancis7798]

Bury’s Last XI where are they now?

[@Collennelloc]

Ben white is a solid purchase for us

[@OfficialFingazMC]

As much as I hate Hove (went there to film something) you can't help but respect what they've done as a football club. If you're not a hipster, hippy with a guitar on your back and dreadlocks and extremely rich parents but think it's cool to drink cheap lager and smoke on the front, then DO NOT GO TO HOVE!

[@lorddarlo6194]

Brighton Like West Bromwich Albion a decade ago are signing players no one knew now The Baggies didn't sign as decent players as Brighton but They were really useful underrated players and in some cases Club Legends like Chris Brunt and James Morrison. But that was down to Dan Ashworth who I believe works at Brighton or Newcastle. Dan Ashworth had he still been at West Brom and if he is at Brighton would have brought the method he has to Brighton. And as A Baggies Fan My God would I be loving it. Brentford Have adopted the Moneyball recruitment on that I say the Film on that and in a way Barnsley for a time where trying to implement it. But Brighton and Brentford are masters of it. Though I would Decribe Brighton as doing Football Manager Signings or Fifa Signings you hope work and it reaps you success relatively for a club like Brighton you sell them and recycle. I really hope Brighton do well this year I admire and am Enevious of Brighton and Brentford. The Baggies my team had it for a short while. I mean to think we could have signed Romelu Lukaku and sold him for 70 Million. I actually have a Video Idea if Possible going back on Old Players from the first 1 Million Signing Trevor Francis or Bobby Moore, Dixie Dean, Laurie Cunningham the First British Player to sign for Real Madrid how good and how much would they be worth today with Football Inflation. Considering the three I named are also English and that also inflates things

[@tja_tv]

As a potential video idea, I keep seeing lots of 16-18 year olds, with a couple of even 14 and 15 year olds moving to Chelsea, Man City, Newcastle and Villa. Was wondering if this is something worth looking into as to why. Especially when just seeing Villa sell Aaron Ramsey and Cameron Archer. Are they all just copying the Chelsea model? Is this to have more homegrown at club talent to beat UEFA rules when you sell them as pure profit? Or is it actually with the hope of seeing just 1 or 2 turn into first team players with the benefit of resale value for those who don't make it?

[@ThreeRunHomer]

Next video idea: making fun of Chelsea for 15 minutes, and then making fun of their fans for another 5 minutes. 😄

[@fairphoneuser9009]

Well, in pre-Rangnick era R** B*** Salzburg has just won the league because of the sheer amount of money they spent, and even this wasn't enough sometimes...

[@prestonwright8106]

Can you do the rise of non-league side Aveley FC?

[@rimram3250]

Union St Gilles deserves an honorable mention i think, but they are a sisterclub of brighton so maybe that doesnt count.