Liverpool's total profit from Academy sales vs Chelsea and more in the last decade
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Jarell Quansah was the last high-profile Liverpool Academy product to leave Liverpool on a permanent basis.In the 2025/26 campaign, we have seen the likes of Rio Ngumoha and Trey Nyoni impressing after being promoted from the youth teams.Whether they stay at Liverpool in the long-term remains to be seen, but possible exits could increase the Reds’ total profit made on selling Academy talents, which already stands at €222m (around £193m) in the last decade. Which one should be Liverpool’s manager next season❓ Credit: Justin Setterfield/Neal Simpson/Sportsphoto/Allstar/Getty Images Liverpool’s profit from Academy transfers vs Chelsea and moreCIES Football Observatory’s latest post has now put together a list of the top 100 clubs in the world to have made the most money from Academy sales in the last decade.Benfica absolutely dominate the rest of the sides, netting a staggering €589m in the last 10 years.Ajax take second place with a grand total of €454m, while Chelsea are the highest-ranked Premier League team with €442m earned since 2016.Liverpool are actually quite far down the overall list, sitting 26th behind fellow English sides like Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham.CIES also revealed that the sale of Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen this past summer was the biggest sum the Merseyside outfit have received from an Academy star in this period.
Rate Arne Slot’s second season as Liverpool head coach Can anyone make a serious argument for higher than a C? 😶 Photo Credit: Getty Images/Carl Recine Are Liverpool re-signing Jarell Quansah?The defender chose to leave Anfield in the summer of 2025 because he wasn’t getting enough minutes.Quansah opened up on his exit back in October of last year, saying: “I just wanted to sort of keep progressing. I’ve always been learning off some of the best players around me at the time at Liverpool and being able to do that has been so good for my career.“I’m 22, turning 23, I’m going to be needing hundreds of games to be where I want to be at the end of the day.“I think overall that’s just why the decision was made and why I thought going abroad was sort of best for me.”Reports of Liverpool wanting Quansah back then emerged earlier this month, though a transfer isn’t expected to happen in 2026.That is because a further update shared that the Reds’ buy-back clause for the centre-back is not active until 2027.At that point, Virgil van Dijk’s current contract will be up, so bringing Quansah back would make sense.Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox