Villarreal enjoying favourable economics as rest of the league suffers – La Liga Special
The legendary Cam Nou stadium can host 99,354 spectators. The city of Vila-real has a population of 51,367 inhabitants. Spectacularly yet, the Yellow Submarine, the outfit hailing from the tiny Castellon city, will be participating in the UEFA Champions
League this year and are favoured to progress through to the knockout stages. While the Yellow Submarine are enduring a terrible start to the campaign, they should be happy with the economic conditions of the club.
Juan Carlos Garrido’s side has had a difficult set of matches in their opening round. His charges played league champions Barcelona at Camp Nou and then hosted a resurgent Sevilla at El Madrigal. Suffering a crushing defeat at the hands of Catalans, Villarreal
were able to save face with a hard fought draw in front of the home supporters. In their next league match, they will face Granada after Champions League action. The Yellow Submarine faithful might be worried about the recent results but they have reason to
be happy. The economic condition of the club is worth smiling about – and few other clubs have that liberty.
Villarreal have sold an amazing total of 21,000 season tickets - record ticket sales. They have overtaken Real Mallorca and Getafe in terms of season tickets sold. This feat is a testimonial to the good showings by the backroom staff at El Madrigal. It becomes
a more inspirational figure considering the fact that Vila-real is one of the smallest municipalities to host a La Liga club.
The number of people with season tickets makes an astounding 42 percent of the total inhabitants. Villarreal can boast the highest season ticket holder to total population ratio when compared to fellow la Liga teams.
When comparing these results with other clubs, the Yellow Submarine overtake even the best in the league. Real Sociedad come close to Villarreal in these statistics. Just over 10 percent of the 200,000 San Sebastian city inhabitants can claim to have season
tickets. Barcelona have a measly 4 percent while Real Madrid’s number is, embarrassingly, even lower.
Villarreal’s finances received a boost after the sale of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santi-Cazorla-c32505 to La Liga rivals Malaga for 21 million Euros. Jozy Altidore’s sale to Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar produced 1.5 million Euros and another 1.4 million Euros were added to the coffers when
Jefferson http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Montero-c26784 moved to Real Betis. Another 1.5 million Euros came Villarreal’s way as Cristóbal Márquez was transferred to Ukrainian side Karpaty Lviv.
Juan http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-c8346 Garrido’s transfer indulgences were not overbearing on the club’s finances. The Yellow Submarine enjoyed a positive transfer window as four players joined the club. A total of 7.5 million Euros were paid to Udinese for the services of defender
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ikechukwu-Uche-c16813 claimed a transfer fee of 5 million Euros.
Villarreal are one of the few clubs who can assert that they are doing everything right. They have strengthened their squad without getting overboard. The supporters adore the club. And the outfit has that much needed financial security, which is absent
at most of La Liga clubs. In a league where clubs are running desperately short on finances, Villarreal are undoubtedly a glorious sight for their fans.
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