20th anniversary
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Although FC Bayern Munich‘s squad value (309 million) in the 2010/11 season was almost twice as high as that of Borussia Dortmund (170 million), the Westphalia team still had a ten-point lead at the top of the table after 34 match days. While two of the most valuable teams, Werder Bremen (151 million) and Schalke 04 (157 million), had to worry about staying in the league, Hannover 96 (65 million) and Mainz 05 (60 million) played their way into international business – Eintracht Frankfurt (47 million) was relegated for the last time to date. Bayern had the most expensive signing of the season with Luiz Gustavo, and Wolfsburg had the most valuable signing with Diego. As part of the 20th anniversary of market values, TM looks at the most valuable footballers of the 2010/11 Bundesliga season.
At that time, Franck Ribéry (45 million euros), Bastian Schweinsteiger and Arjen Robben (40 million each) occupied the podium in the market value ranking. With Michael Ballack, a well-known face returned from Chelsea on a free transfer and joined his former club Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The captain’s market value at the time of the move was estimated at 20 million euros, which made him the second most valuable signing in the league behind Wolfsburg’s Diego.
New arrivals to the Bundesliga include Marko Arnautovic (from Twente to Werder for 6.2 million), Simon Kjaer (from Palermo to Wolfsburg for 12.5 million), José Manuel Jurado (from Atlético to Schalke for 11 million), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (from Milan to Schalke for 14 million) and Robert Lewandowski. BVB cost 4.75 million euros to transfer the Pole, and the attacker was expected to increase his market value from 4.5 to 50 million euros in the following four years in black and yellow.
Although Lewandowski was unable to become one of the league’s top scorers in his first BVB season, he still played a major role in Borussia’s success with his eleven scorers. It was the first major title for coach Jürgen Klopp and the Black and Yellows’ first championship in nine years. Today’s coach Nuri Şahin was the most valuable professional in Klopp’s squad with a market value of 20 million euros, followed by the defensive duo Mats Hummels and Neven Subotic and Mario Götze (18 million each). Dortmund had not even invested 6 million euros in the transfer market during the season.
Aside from Gustavo, FC Bayern did not bring a player to the Isar that was subject to a transfer fee. The largest financial investments were made by Hamburger SV, which spent over 15 million euros with top transfer Heiko Westermann (7.5 million euros), Werder Bremen (16.2 million), TSG Hoffenheim (22.45 million). .) and Schalke 04 (36.1 million). VfL Wolfsburg invested by far the largest sum. Lower Saxony had 56.2 million euros in expenses, which went to Diego, Kjaer, Mario Mandžukić, Patrick Helmes, Jan Polák and Arne Friedrich.
These investments did not pay off in sporting terms. The Wolves, who started the season under coach Steve McClaren, who was temporarily replaced by Pierre Littbarski in February before master coach Felix Magath returned, ended up in 15th place. VfL’s squad value fell by almost 40 million between November 2010 and June 2011 .Euros.
Market values 2010/11: Bayern dominates the most valuable team in the Bundesliga
National striker Mario Gómez secured the top scorer’s crown this season with 28 goals in 32 games, followed by Freiburg’s Papiss Demba Cissé (22 goals) and Cologne’s Milivoje Novakovic (17 goals). In the most valuable eleven in the Bundesliga, Gómez, together with his club colleagues Manuel Neuer, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Philipp Lahm, Franck Ribéry and Arjen Robben, formed the largest block. In central defense, the eventual world champions Per Mertesacker and Hummels are the only Dortmund champions. Stuttgart’s Christian Träsch covers the right defensive wing, while the VfL duo Diego and Edin Dzeko complete the offensive (see graphic above).
