New edition of the Big-5 Weekly Post - n°64
The latest Big-5 Weekly Post presents the data on the average age at recruitment of players, who have been fielded since 1st January 2014.
At league level the Italian clubs recruit the oldest players (25,5) and the German clubs the youngest (23,2). All in all, four clubs have fielded players, who arrived on average after the age of 27 : Levante (27,6), Elche (27,2), Bastia and West Ham (27,0). In contrast, Real Sociedad (21,5), FC Barcelona (21,6) and Liverpool (21,9) have used players who have been recruited before the age of 22. The data for each big-5 league club is presented in the 64th Big-5 Weekly Post which is now available here.
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