Top 5 "selling" clubs of all time

#2 Benfica

Di Maria spent four years at Benfica

Benfica have supplied numerous European clubs with young talent over the years, without compromising their success on the pitch. The hallmark of these sales has been the age of the players, as many of them are sold at a young age.

In 2006, Portugal legend Eusebio opened Caixa Futebol Campus on the outskirts of Lisbon, a facility which has been utilized to its fullest by Benfica. The sprawling campus has state of the art facilities which elevates the demand for outgoing players.

Benfica have earned more than €90 million in sales for the last four season, and that amount has exceeded €800 since current president Luís Filipe Vieira took over at the club in 2003.

High-profile names to leave the Lisbon club are Angel Di Maria, Ederson, Jan Oblak, David Luiz and many more. Despite these sales, they have managed to dominate on the pitch, winning four successive league titles from 2013 to 2017.