I decided to compile a list of top-scoring players in last season's Premier League and calculate how much their goals are worth simply by dividing transfer fee over total goals. The results are below:
- Didier Drogba 24 million £ divided by 21 goals = 1.1 million £ per goal
- Benni McCarthy 2.5 million £ divided by 19 goals = 0.13 million £ per goal
- Cristiano Ronaldo 12.24 million £ divided by 17 goals = 0.72 million £ per goal
- Mark Viduka (I couldn't find his transfer fee)
- Darren Bent 2.5 million £ divided by 14 goals = 0.18 million £ per goal
- Kevin Doyle 78 thousand £ divided by 14 goals = 5.5 thousand £ per goal
- Wayne Rooney 31 million £ divided by 14 goals = 2.2 million £ per goal
- Dimitar Berbatov 10.9 million £ divided by 13 goals = 0.84 million £ per goal
- Robbie Keane 7 million £ divided by 12 goals = 1.27 million £ per goal
- Dirk Kuyt 9 million £ divided by 12 goals = 0.75 million £ per goal
- Yakubu 7.5 million £ divided by 12 goals = 0.63 million £ per goal
Just for interest's sake, this is Andriy Shevchenko's cost per goal:
Andriy Shevchenko 30 million £ divided by 4 goals = 7.5 million £ per goal
Even if you put into consideration all the goals he scored for Chelsea - 4 league goals, 7 domestic cup goals and 3 Champions League goals, it is still 2.14 million £ per goal.
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