The COVID-19 pandemic at the beginning of 2020 hit the sports industry hard. Many professional leagues across the globe suspended their seasons, throwing the very lucrative European soccer market into doubt. With some players' contracts running out at the end of season and no decision yet on whether the soccer season will even be played to a conclusion, huge question marks remain about player transfers and contracts. In the event that no further matches are played this season and no contracts are extended until the end of June, the French Ligue 1 side Olympique Marseille stands to lose 38 percent of its players' transfer value.
Highest percentage loss of player transfer value in the big-5 European soccer leagues due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as of March 2020, by club
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CIES Football Observatory. (March 30, 2020). Highest percentage loss of player transfer value in the big-5 European soccer leagues due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as of March 2020, by club [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 08, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109339/coronavirus-transfer-loss-soccer-teams/
CIES Football Observatory. "Highest percentage loss of player transfer value in the big-5 European soccer leagues due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as of March 2020, by club." Chart. March 30, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 08, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109339/coronavirus-transfer-loss-soccer-teams/
CIES Football Observatory. (2020). Highest percentage loss of player transfer value in the big-5 European soccer leagues due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as of March 2020, by club. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 08, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109339/coronavirus-transfer-loss-soccer-teams/
CIES Football Observatory. "Highest Percentage Loss of Player Transfer Value in The Big-5 European Soccer Leagues Due to The Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic as of March 2020, by Club." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109339/coronavirus-transfer-loss-soccer-teams/
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Highest percentage loss of player transfer value in the big-5 European soccer leagues due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as of March 2020, by club [Graph], CIES Football Observatory, March 30, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109339/coronavirus-transfer-loss-soccer-teams/