RT Journal Article
T1 Exploring soccer transfers in Spanish League– The hidden role of strategic differences among teams
A1 Mourão, Paulo Jorge Reis
A1 Salgado Barandela, Jesyca
AB Transfers in the football world have become a hot topic in academic studies in recent years. Spanish league (La Liga) is one of the men’s professional football leagues that have driven some of the most notorious transfers. In this way, we test determinants for the transfer relationships of football players in the Spanish League in the most expensive seasons with records (2018/2019 and 2019/2020 seasons). Furthermore, we identify determinants for the values of the observed transfers. The empirical analysis shows relevant findings. We recognize two implications. First, Spanish soccer transfers are not random and this evidence reflects the environment of imperfect competition characterizing La Liga. Second, the nonrandomness of the transfer process can be associated with an increasing inequality among teams and with a threat to the competitive balance in professional sports.
PB Public Library of Science
SN 1932-6203
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/34569
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/34569
LA eng
NO Reis Mourao P, Salgado-Barandela J (2024) Exploring soccer transfers in Spanish League–The hidden role of strategic differences among teams. PLoS ONE 19(4): e0299853. https:// doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299853
NO The author(s) received no specific funding for this work. The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
DS Minerva
RD 23 abr 2026