Quiz! Can you name the top 20 Premier League transfer profits ever?
Who was bought for peanuts and sold for profit in the Prem?
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Today's football quiz is all about profit. Who's sold players for the biggest margins?
With money in football spiralling out of control in the last couple of decades, it's become to clear to certain teams how they must stay in the game. Sometimes, you've got to speculate to accumulate.
Buying low and selling high is a reliable way of keeping your bank balance healthy – because frankly, there will always be someone out there willing to pay top dollar for top players. So long as you can produce them, you're in the money.
QUIZ Can you name every player to finish in the Ballon d’Or top three from 1995 to 2022?
The Premier League has always been one of the more glamorous in Europe but we're not opposed to a little development in this country. Plenty of players arrive at Prem sides just to improve and earn a better move – and there's nothing wrong with that.
We've rounded up the top 20 transfer profits from Transfermarkt, excluding of course all those academy products who were flogged for megabucks. Looking at you, Jack Grealish, Declan Rice, etc.
Who's turned the biggest profit? 10 minutes on the clock, 100 players to guess.
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Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.