A numbers game with advisors: Sforza, Chapuisat and Co. would be so expensive these days

For this number game, Blick independently asked around a number of player advisors. Specifically, the following six names were presented to them, along with the transfers and the transfer fee paid at the time:

Heinz Hermann, from ranking to Xamax (1986/87) – € 480,000
Stéphane Chapuisat, from Bayer 05 to BVB (1991/92) – €1.35 million
Alain Sutter, from Nuremberg to Bavaria (1994/95) – €1.40 million
Ciriaco Sforza, from Kaiserslautern to Bayern (1995/96) – €3.30 million
Stephane Henchoz, from Blackburn to Liverpool (1999/00) – €5.40 million
David Sesa, from Lecce to Napoli (2000/01) – €7.25 million

Xhaka would have to give up his record

One thing is clear: it would all be x times more expensive and they would be among the absolute top in the list of Swiss record transfers. The list would now be led by Sforza. The consultants questioned assume that Bayern Munich should transfer up to 65 million euros to Kaiserslautern’s coffers today.

BVB should spend considerably less for Chapuisat on Bayer 05 – today: KFC Uerdingen. There is talk of a maximum of 45 million euros. It would cost the same as the actual Swiss record transfer Granit Xhaka, who switched from Borussia Mönchengladbach to Arsenal for 45 million at the start of the 2016/17 season. One person, however, does not have to agree with this assessment of the advisers: Ottmar Hitzfeld (74). In a 2018 Blick interview, the legendary coach estimated Chapuisat’s market value. “Certainly 100 million. It is quite possible that English clubs will also put down 150 for him.”

However, Sesa has absolutely nothing to do with these realms. “If he switched to Napoli today, the Italian champion would have to pay 35 million,” says an adviser interviewed. Henchoz and Sutter would have become even cheaper. The players’ agents put a price tag of 25 million euros on it. Hermann’s move from GC to Xamax would still be the cheapest of the selected numbers game transfers. The advisers estimate that the Neuchâtel should send less than 10 million euros to Zurich today. This would still make the former midfielder one of the most expensive transfers in the Super League.

Neymar only in 8th place

Incidentally, the most expensive transfer in football history would be the Brazilian Ronaldo. Accordingly, Inter would have to pay around 430 million euros – instead of 28 million euros – to Barcelona today. However, this does not result in this newspaper’s number game with the player advisors, but in calculations of standard football.

The Italian Bureau of Statistics has recalculated previous top transfers. To do this, the analysts used an algorithm to compare the transfer fee to inflation. As a reference value, they chose the transfer of Neymar from Barcelona to PSG for 222 million. The Brazilian is way down in the “new” ranking.

In addition to Ronaldo, Gabriel Omar Batistuta (€281 million), Marco van Basten (€328 million), Christian Vieri (€335 million), Michel Platini (€335 million) and Maradona (€340 million) would also be significantly more expensive. Values ​​that our stars can’t match.