In the world of football, players, coaches, and merchandise like jersey are the means of production for club owners. The world player transfers are very interesting. January is the month in which one of the players transferring market time is allowed by regulation.
Player transfer history begins more than a century ago, in 1885 when the United Kingdom Federation of football (FA) sets out the registration of players for the Club. Previously, the player is free to defend its preferred clubs. Many of the reasons which led to the transfer of players between clubs like family and there are no true loyalty except personal income in the form of money and high salaries.
Willie Groves became the first player with the highest transfer of 100 pounds in 1893 when it moved from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa. The value of 100 pounds in that period is very high, but the record could not last long. Sunderland's transfer record by buying Alf Common 1,000 in 1905 from Middlesbrough. English club again made history with a record transfer of David Jack from Bolton Wanderers to Arsenal for 10,890 pounds. In Spain, the transfer history started when Luis Suarez, The Spanish striker, moved from Barcelona to Inter Milan (Italy) with 142,000 pounds in 1961. Record the value of the transfer millions of pounds are starting at 1970 's. Giuseppe Savoldi became the most expensive player when it was transferred to Bologna from Napoli with a price of 1.2 million pounds in 1975. France striker Jean-Pierre Papin records his name became the most expensive player to first grade 8 digits when AC Milan transferred from Olympique Marseille with 10 million pounds in 1992.
At now, mega transfer with star players is prestigious talk. Spanish billionaire Florentino Perez has the ambition to catch up the highest prestige in the world by bringing Luis Figo from Barcelona to Real Madrid with a record 37 million pounds. In 2001, Real Madrid becomes Galacticos, a club full of stars when players like Ronaldo de Lima, Roberto Carlos, Claude Makelele, Steve MacManaman are bought at high prices. As if not satisfied, Perez again brings Zinedine Yazid Zidane from Juventus with a record 53 million pounds. The price is reasonable because Zidane is the world's best player since bringing France to winning World cup 1998 and European Champion 2000. Perez investment produces a lot of return. The club's revenue from broadcasting rights and sponsorship is even higher, let alone the duo Zidane and Luis Figo make Real Madrid Champions League 2002. In 2009, Perez returned to lead Madrid and immediately recruited Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United with a record 80 million pounds. And the latest is Neymar Jr, the most expensive football players at this time. Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) should spend 222 million euros to bring the Brazilian national team captain from Barcelona in the summer transfer market in 2017.
Impact, soccer seems monotonous and in fact, only clubs with expensive stars can become champion in Europe. UEFA issues a Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulation that limits the transfer of stamps.