What you could have bought instead of David Luiz Spend It Like Beckham take a look at what PSG could have bought instead of David Luiz, and still had money to spare Share this Image On Your Site <p><strong>Please include attribution to www.silb.co.uk with this graphic.</strong></p> <p><a href=’http://silb.co.uk/david-luiz-costs-infographic/’><img src=’http://silb.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/David-Luiz1.jpg’ alt=’David Luiz Costs More Than…’ width=’800′ … Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Football
Cheating In Sports: The Best Of Series
Cheating in Sports. The new norm? I was watching a recent football match, and at a point in the game, one of the players made an absolutely blatant dive in the penalty area to which I found myself thinking “Shocking. So much cheating in the game these days.” Then I remembered that this player’s team was … Continue Reading →
Top 10 Highest Paid Athletes
Spend It Like Beckham has a look at who are the highest paid athletes of 2014: 10. Lionel Messi Sport: Football (Barcelona) Salary: £12.09 M Endorsements: £12.51 M Total Pay: £24.6 M The first on our list of the highest paid athletes of 2014 is the little Argentine wizard. At 26, Messi has already won … Continue Reading →
Buying the Champions League [Infographic]
Share this Image On Your Site <p><strong>Please include attribution to silb.co.uk with this graphic.</strong></p><br /><br /><br /> <p><a href=’http://silb.co.uk/buying-champions-league-infographic/’><img src=’http://silb.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/but_the_cl_FINAL1.jpg’ alt=’Buying The Champions League’ width=’800px’ border=’0′ /></a></p><br /><br /><br /> <p>
Championship Playoff Final: The Richest Game In Football
So, the football season is drawing to a close, with just the tail end of a few European leagues to come to completion along with the usual domestic and European Cup finals. But, there is one remaining game that stands out from the others, well, at least from a financial point of view. It’s like a cup … Continue Reading →
Moneyball – Football in Figures [Infographic]
Moneyball – a good movie, but a better infographic! Spend It Like Beckham have a look at the world of football from a financial perspective. Which club brings in the most money? Who are the wealthiest players? What are the largest transfer fees of all time? Who are the most expensive players accumulatively and which … Continue Reading →
600 Million Reasons Man Utd Can Forget 2013/14
Managerless and finishing the season not just out of reach of the Champions League, but from European football all together. These are not things you would usually associate with a club like Manchester United. Regardless of David Moyes’ best efforts to fill Sir Alex Ferguson’s massive metaphorical shoes, he was dismissed from his position after just 10 … Continue Reading →
Money Men: Massimo Cellino, Leeds United’s “King of Corn”
“An Italian entrepreneur, football club owner, and convicted fraudster.” This is the description that was given to new Leeds United owner Massimo Cellino. He is already being compared to other extravagant and often farcical team owners such as Cardiff’s Vincent Tan or Blackburn’s Venky Family; in the manner they have financial muscle, but are more than a little … Continue Reading →
