Transfer Math
A teaching app that breaks down how transfer fees actually get calculated — why a 22-year-old Moroccan attacker at a World Cup is suddenly worth €65m — so fans understand the economics behind the headlines they read.
Football fans curious about the financial logic of the transfer market
- Interactive 'How a fee is built' calculator showing how age, contract length, sell-on percentage, wages, and recent form combine into an asking price
- Case-study library of past transfers with the original fee broken down by each contributing factor
- Live 'what would this player cost today?' calculator using current market comparables
- Plain-language explainers of financial concepts (amortization in football accounting, sell-on clauses, performance bonuses)
Stuttgart setting a €65m asking price for El Khannouss is the kind of headline that makes fans ask 'where does that number come from?' — and the answer involves amortization, contract length, performance, and market pressure that most coverage glosses over.
Real headline exists (Stuttgart €65m price tag confirmed across Tribuna, EFL Analysis, TransferFeed) and 'Why Football Players Cost $200 Million' style explainers get YouTube traction, but 200+ GB searches is modest and Transfermarkt already absorbs general curiosity.VfB Stuttgart set €65M price tag for Bilal El Khannouss - reports ↗Why Football Players Cost $200 Million Explained - YouTube ↗
No dedicated educational app exists — Transfermarkt owns raw data, SportEarnings has web calculators, FootballBias is a blog, YouTube has one-off explainers — leaving a gap for an app-format learning experience focused on the economics.Player Transfer Fee Breakdown Calculator ↗How Football Transfer Fees Are Really Calculated ↗
Football fans pay for Transfermarkt-style data and fantasy tools, but a teaching/explainer app occupies a narrower value bucket than fantasy or live-data; willingness to pay for educational content (vs. actionable analysis) is weaker.Transfermarkt - The football website for transfers, market values, rumours and stats ↗Moneyball: The economics of football transfers ↗
Two transfer windows per year plus constant rumors keep the topic fresh; amortization/contract math principles are evergreen and every high-profile move (€65m El Khannouss, Mbappé bonus) renews the explainer's relevance.The True Cost of a Transfer: Breaking Down the Numbers Beyond the Fee ↗
Pure content/educational app with no live data feeds or complex backend; existing calculator and article templates show it can be built as a static or CMS-driven mobile/web app with modest effort.