Athletistic / Football. The authoritative portal Transfermarkt has summarized the results of the summer transfer window for the clubs of the Russian Premier League. According to him, Spartak Moscow became the least profitable club in the Russian championship at the end of the summer transfer window.
The Red and Whites spent €19.5 million more than they could earn from player transfers. The closest pursuer of Spartak in terms of costs was Rubin. Kazan ended the transfer window spending €6.8 million more than they earned. Orenburg came third, losing 3.4 million euros.
But the most profitable RPL club was Zenit from St. Petersburg. The current national champion earned more than 35 million euros, note that this was facilitated by the sale of striker Malcom to the Saudi Al-Hilal (60 million euros). Dynamo Moscow took second place in terms of the amount of money won. The Blue and White made a profit of €7.6 million. The most profitable sale was the departure of midfielder Arsen Zakharyan to Real Sociedad (€13 million). The top three teams according to this indicator are closed by Lokomotiv, which earned almost 3.5 million euros over the summer.
Source: Sport
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