Where can I poach people from Italy, West and Germany? La Liga has the highest proportion of local recruits, and Ligue 1 is developing overseas markets

August 30th, the consumption capacity of the Premier League is at the top of the food chain. TA posted a post introducing the signing modes of Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 clubs. In addition to the Premier League, there are more exciting things.

[Bundesliga]

In addition to Germany, France and the United Kingdom, Bundesliga teams have focused on bringing players from the Netherlands and Austria in recent years. Since 2020, 5% and 4% of Bundesliga summer signings (excluding loans) have come from all leagues in the Netherlands and Austria.

But for clubs such as Bayern, Dortmund, and Frankfurt, the focus of the signing is still at home. In the past five summer transfer windows, Bundesliga teams have mainly purchased players from Bundesliga, Bundesliga, and even Bundesliga.

Bayern continues to absorb Bundesliga elites, and Dortmund has also actively signed players from within the league to replace leaving team members, such as introducing Anton and Gilasi from Stuttgart in the summer window in 2024.

[Ligue 1]

Unlike Bundesliga teams, Ligue 1 clubs have continued to explore overseas markets in recent years. Since 2020, only 39% of the French Ligue 1 summer signings (excluding loans) have come from France. The phenomenon of top Ligue 1 teams introducing players from China has been decreasing, and they are increasingly seeing England as an important talent market. The proportion of French teams' signings in the summer window has dropped from 46% in 2020 to 34% this year.

Whether it is Takumi Minamio joining Monaco, 35-year-old Schmeichel attempting to meet new challenges in Nice, or Lille's free signing of Angel Gomez, it confirms the exploration of the English market in Ligue 1 in recent years.

[Serie A]

Serie A is one of the leagues that have focused on tapping Ligue 1 talents in recent years. Since 2020, 8% of Serie A signings (excluding loans) have come from French teams. During this period, Marseille topped the list with 11 players outputting to Serie A. If the scope is targeted outside France, Chelsea (10 players) will follow closely with its close ties with Milan City.

[La Liga]

52% of La Liga's summer signings come from the domestic market, which is the highest proportion of local signings among the five major leagues (except the Premier League) since 2020. The biggest buyers in the Spanish local market in recent years are Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Villarreal. Real Madrid did not appear in the buyer list, as they have only two summer signings from Spanish teams since 2020: Fran Garcia and Joselu.

On the other hand, Real Madrid profited by selling players to La Liga teams. Since 2020, Real Madrid has made a cumulative profit of 93 million euros by selling players to La Liga, with the highest profit of all Spanish clubs. Following closely behind is Villarreal. Huang Qian sold Sollot and Baenna to Atletico Madrid, his total revenue reached 92 million euros. Similar to Real Madrid, Barcelona also made a profit by selling Lamacia youth training players who cannot enter the first team.

However, top talents are not just from Spain, Italy, France, Germany and England. Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1 teams often target the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal to explore potential new stars. For example, Paris's three players were born last season's triple-winning champions, Mendes comes from Porto, Vitinia comes from Porto, and Neves comes from Benfica. Other notable talent centers are Ajax and Eindhoven and Red Bull Salzburg.