Put simply, if a club has a small wage bill and comes near the top of its league table, it has spent well.Clubs that make the top of the list tend to have either very good scouting networks, which let them find undiscovered stars who are cheap, and/or strong academy systems, which let them develop home-grown talent rather than buy-in good players at inflated prices.Take a look at the clubs which made the ranking as seen on Business Insider UK.
#1: Atlético de Madrid — SCORE: +20
Spanish outfit Atletico is one of the leading clubs in Europe, and reached the final of last year's European Champions League. It is also the thriftiest in comparison to its performance, consistently rivalling other La Liga clubs including Real Madrid and Barcelona despite its much smaller wage bills. Unlike Madrid and Barca, Atleti don't often sign star players and prefer to find raw talent, such as Diego Costa who played for the club from 2010 until he joined Chelsea in 2014 for 32 million.
#2: Saint-Étienne (ASSE) — SCORE: +15 points
ASSE currently sit in fifth place in France's Ligue 1. Their wage bill isn't small the average first-team player earned 650,000 in 2014, according to analysts at Sporting Intelligence but they still outperform rivals on a wage-weighted basis.
#3: Monaco — SCORE: +14 points
The club currently sits top of France's Ligue 1, despite the fact its wage bill is dwarfed by Parisian rivals PSG and many others. The club is famed for its ability to spot talent and memorably sold then 19-year-old winger Anthony Martial to Manchester United for a huge 32 million in 2015.
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