Article Title
What Makes a Soccer Player Expensive? Analyzing the Transfer Activity of the Richest Soccer
Abstract
This study focuses on developing a model for transfer fees paid for the players sold to the fifteen most valuable and the richest soccer clubs in the world. Using the data primarily collected from transfermarkt.com, a leading soccer database focusing on transfers and soccer community valuations, we ran a linear regression using five variables measuring popularity, monetary valuation, and productivity. Results show that variables such as number of Google searches, number of years on contract left, community valuation of a player, number of goals and assists, and race of a player significantly influence the transfer fee paid for a player. Moreover, it shows that the transfer fee for the most expensive soccer player ever is not random and can be explained using the right independent variables.
Recommended Citation
Barbuscak, Lukas
(2018)
"What Makes a Soccer Player Expensive? Analyzing the Transfer Activity of the Richest Soccer,"
Augsburg Honors Review: Vol. 11, Article 5.
Available at:
https://idun.augsburg.edu/honors_review/vol11/iss1/5