I feel that low budget clubs are highly efficient in their gameplay and tactics. They just follow some good tactics and thus they have managed a Good position in that following trend. I am discussing the "DAVID" like clubs later. Before that, I want to discuss the "GOLIATH" like clubs and their
positions. Here is a list of top 10 richest clubs with their budgets:
- 10. AC MILAN :> € 492 M
- 09. JUVENTUS :> € 531 M
- 08. LIVERPOOL :> € 624 M
- 07. ARSENAL :> € 832 M
- 06. CHELSEA :> € 870 M
- 05. BAYERN MUNICH :> € 1.492 BN
- 04. MANCHESTER CITY :> € 2 BN
- 03. BARCELONA :> € 2.1 BN
- 02. MANCHESTER UNITED :> € 2.2 BN
- 01. REAL MADRID :> € 2.4 BN
This is the approximate budget of the giant clubs. But ARSENAL, PARIS ST. GERMAIN, BORUSSIA DORTMUND, etc. also enters in the 'GOLIATH' club. These clubs performs Continuously well in their local leagues and UEFA leagues as this is expected from them. Barcelona wins their domestic league Liga BBVA continuously from last Few years. REAL MADRID, BAYERN MUNICH, and BARCELONA have performed well in UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE from last few years. Now I am coming to the point about the "DAVID" like clubs. First, the name comes to the list is SEVILLA. This club is very much consistent in LIGA BBVA and UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE.In LIGA BBVA they used to Finish in around top 5 in most of the times. They have won UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 5 times. They have not much money to create a financially strong team, but they produce a team with young players to fight with the giants like BARCELONA and REAL MADRID. They do not have big names like MESSI, RONALDO, NEYMAR OR SUAREZ. But they give tough fights to the Giants(goliath).What another name comes from the LIGA BBVA is ATLETICO DE MADRID.
They have a little bit of budget, but they produce stars in every season more or less. DIEGO FORLAN,THIBAUT COURTOIS, SERGIO AGUERO, FERNANDO TORRES, RADAMEL FALCAO, KOKE, DIEGO COSTA are the best products of them and about their smartest transfers. The best one is ANTOINE GRIEZMANN.IN 2014 he joins ATLETICO Madrid and till now has scored 45 goals in 75 appearances.And they also give tough fight to the giants. Last season they beat BARCELONA in champions league quarters. And beat REAL MADRID Several times. So these are the clubs really been aA nightmare to the "GOLIATH’S”. Another big example in recent time is "LEICESTER CITY", who have astonished us in the last season by becoming the champion of ENGLISH PREMIERE LEAGUE. And the teams’ plays in SERIE A and BORUSSIA believe in smart transfers. The list will show that how much transfer effects:
- 1.DANIEL STURRIDGE: CHELSEA to LIVERPOOL (£ 12 million )
- 2.Aaron RAMSEY: CARDIFF to ARSENAL ( £5 million)
- 3.Luis SUAREZ: AJAX to LIVERPOOL (£22.8 million )
- 4.MICHU: RAYO VALLECANO to SWANSEA (£2m)
- 5.MARCO VERATTI :PESCARA to PSG ( 12m €)
- 6.ANTOINE GRIEZMANN: REAL SOCIEDAD to ATM (UK£24 million)
- 7.KEVIN DE BRUYERE : VF WOLFSBURG to MANCHESTER CITY (€50 million)
These are the smartest of all time, and they played well for their clubs.MICHU became one-time top goal scorer in EPL by killing the giants. But some quality product astonished us like JAMIE VERDY, MAHAREJ etc. has given a power pack performance. The above-mentioned names are well in their clubs And the big teams suffer from many big transfers:
- 1.GARETH BALE: A quality product by a giant killer "SPURS”. But shows not so impact after being the highest transfer fee paid footballer to REAL MADRID
- 2.JAMES RODRIGUEZ: A young product from PORTO not shines in REAL & MONACO. He performed well in 2014 world cup for Colombia.
- 3.FERNANDO TORRES: In his career best form he chose CHELSEA from LIVERPOOL and became underperformed in CHELSEA.
Many other clubs have made these kind of transfers, and they are big clubs. So my topic is the underrated small budget teams like VALENCIA, SPURS, SEVILLA, ATM, etc. are not the baby now.They are growing, and they proved that in every season more or less.So the teams like "DAVID" is now killing giants by their great strategies. But the bigger ones
Have money so they are doing continuously well. My topic is here to show that the small ones are not powerless. They have very much potential to shine. Just they need proper strategy.