2) Sevilla
Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo, also known as Monchi, is the main man behind the success at Sevilla. Once a goalkeeper for the Spanish club, he is now their Sporting Director. The man is a genius in the transfer market, consistently selling good players at considerable profits while signing new and relatively unknown players of high quality in bargain deals. As the new signings prove themselves and attract interest from other clubs, the next set of talented players are already being scouted.
Sevilla are a conveyor belt of quality players. Dani Alves, Martin Cáceres, Adriano, Ivan Rakitic, Júlio Baptista, Seydou Keita, Christian Poulsen, Luís Fabiano and Carlos Bacca are all players Monchi signed for nominal amounts and then sold at large profit margins. Sergio Ramos, Jesús Navas, Alberto Moreno, Luis Alberto and José Antonio Reyes are some of Sevilla’s youth products who were sold for good sums of money.
Despite the constant influx and outflux of players, the Spaniards have performed consistently. Just last season they made history by becoming the first club to win the Europa League three times consecutively.
| PLAYER | BOUGHT FROM | BOUGHT FOR | SOLD TO | SOLD FOR | PROFIT |
| Grzegorz Krychowiak | Stade Reims | £4.68m | Paris Saint-Germain | £28.56m | £23.88m |
| Carlos Bacca | Club Brugge | £5.95m | AC Milan | £25.5m | £19.55m |
| Geoffrey Kondogbia | Lens | £3.4m | AS Monaco | £17m | £13.6m |
| Ivan Rakitic | FC Schalke 04 | £2.13m | Barcelona | £15.3m | £13.17m |
| Alvaro Negredo | Real Madrid | £12.75m | Manchester City | £21.25m | £8.5m |
