Celtic riding high in global transfer stakes as Jota, Juranovic and Giakoumakis propel Hoops up finance league table
JOTA, Josip Juranovic and Giorgos Giakoumakis helped Celtic to an eighth treble last season - and a tidy profit.
The league title landed a direct place in the lucrative Champions League group stage and the complete set of domestic trophies caught the eye of other clubs.
Jota moved for £25m this summer after Union Berlin splashed out £8m on Juranovic and the Greek stirker headed to Atlanta United midway through the silver-laden season.
The Hoops' transfer income for the year so far has the club firmly in the black - and propelled the Scottish champions' transfer balance sheet into the top 50 most profitable clubs of 2023.
The numbers have been crunched by experts at CIES Football Observatory and the net income over the past 10 seasons also place the Hoops high in the rankings.
Over this year's two transfer windows €15million more has dropped into Parkhead coffers than they have spent on the likes of Luis Palma, Maik Nawrocki and Alistair Johnston.
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That brings their overall transfer trade since 2014 to clear €33million - a figure also supplemented by the likes of Kieran Tierney, Odsonne Edouard and Stuart Armstrong.
Rivals Rangers don't figure in the research which only incorporates the world's 100 most active clubs in terms of the financial volume of transactions since 2014.
Jota's old club Benfica rank highest with a net income of €764m over the decade-long period while Ajax's renowned player trading model is second with €434m.
Celtic's income is even more notable when contrasted with other UK clubs.
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Norwich and Swansea each made profits of €59m and €161m respectively and Southampton registered a narrow €2m loss over the ten-year spell.
The Saints were in the most recent top ten though with €81m brought in, just shy of Brighton's €91m profit this year.
But there are eye-watering losses for the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea.
The Blues have splurged €558m this year alone - contributing to half of their overall €1bn deficit.
And Manchester United even outdo them with €1.396m in transfer outgoings never recouped.
That eclipses even big-spending Paris Saint-Germain over the 2014 to present day period with a €1.01bn spend.
The Hoops are laughing all the way to the bank though and boasting a tidy profit as well as a table-top lead in the SPFL Premiership and a money-spinning spell in the Champions League group stage - paired with Lazio, Feyenoord and Atletico Madrid.
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