The clubs of the English Football League have already spent almost 1,800 million euros in “purchases” of players, according to the multinational financial audit and consulting company Deloitte, a week after the closing of the “summer market”.
“The level of spending seen in the summer transfer window means that the economic model of Premier League clubs has recovered after the Covid-19 pandemic,” said one of the study’s managers, Chris Wood, underlining the importance of “sustainable spending policies”. ”. ”.
The record of €2.2 billion in transfers was set by the 20 Premiership clubs in the 2017/18 season.
With the “market” still open until September 1, the English shields have already exceeded the expenses made in the entire previous season, in the winter and summer windows, which were around 1,710 million euros.
Since June 10, 135 players have been signed by the highest category of English football, more than in 2019 and 2020 and about 148 in 2021, with 14 of these “passes” for more than 35 million euros, although a third of the total number of transferred players were “free”.
The highest transfer was made by Uruguayan striker Darwin Núñez, from Benfica to Liverpool, for 75 million euros, in an operation that can reach 100 million euros, depending on certain objectives.
Chelsea paid €71m for Marc Cucurella, €56m for Raheem Sterling and a further €40m for Kalidou Koulibaly, while Manchester United spent €71m for Casemiro and champions Manchester City “gave ” 59 million euros for Erling Haaland.
Arsenal paid close to 90 million euros, precisely to City, to have the services of Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Source: Observadora
