We are slowly entering the last week of the transfer window, which traditionally brings us the peak of spending by clubs, although at this point it is difficult to say whether we will see an interesting finish, similar to some of the previous years.The times have come when, except for the Premier League clubs, few from other leagues buy in the winter. The recent president of Juventus, Andrea Agnelli, warned about this, that football – especially in Serie A – is in real danger that all high-class footballers could move to the Island, if something does not change. Just a few days ago, you could read on the pages of our portal that one signing made by Bournemouth equals all Italian and Spanish clubs signings together, and that the value of Cody Gakpo’s transfer to Liverpool is equal to the expenditure of all Bundesliga clubs.Consequently, it is logical that Premier League clubs have spent the most money in these six months. The leading five clubs on the current list are from the strongest league in the world, and in the top ten – six are from the Island. In the Top 20 – as many as 13!##NAJAVA_MECA_6971496##On that occasion, the Football Observatory (CIES) published a list of the biggest spenders in the 2022/23 season and the results are as follows – since the opening of the transfer market last summer, the Premier League members have spent a dazzling 3,190,000,000 euros with associated bonuses! That is almost four times more money than the clubs from the second league on the list invested – Serie A. “Only” 826,000,000 euros were spent on the Apennines. Ligue 1 follows with 726,000,000, Primera Division or La Liga is only fourth with 708,000,000, while Bundesliga is fifth with 689,000,000 European banknotes. Far below, in sixth position is the Dutch Eredivisie with 228,000,000 euros.When these results are broken down into individual cases, a clearer picture emerges. And the birds on the trees know that at the top of the list is Chelsea, who spent twice as much money as the second on the list! Since taking over the club from Roman Abramovich, American businessman Todd Boehly has spent a whopping €555,000,000 on bringing in 15 players. More precisely, 476,000,000 euros just for compensation, plus another almost 80,000,000 euros for bonuses. Only Mykhailo Mudryk was paid 100,000,000 euros (70,000,000+30,000,000 euros), Wesley Fofana 80,000,000, Marc Cucurella 80,000,000 (65,000,000+15,000,000 euros), Raheem Sterling 65,000,000 (56,000,000+9,000,000 euros), Benoit Badiashile 40,000,000, Kalidou Koulibaly 38,000,000, Noni Madueke 35,000,000… The list goes on and on! Chelsea’s results, however, are nowhere near in line with this much spending, and a lot of dust was raised because Todd Boehly found a loophole in the financial fair play rulebook, so he “stretched out” the payment of compensation for a period of eight years.Chelsea trying to ‘get around’ the FFP rules, UEFA will stop themErik ten Hag did a better job in terms of results so far. Ever since Cristiano Ronaldo left, everything has blossomed at Old Trafford. True, the decision to pay as much as 95,000,000 euros to Ajax for Antony was met with fierce criticism from the public because the Brazilian does not seem like a reinforcement worthy of Manchester United’s shirt. The wildly over-the-top swaggering winger has been paid nearly a third of what the Devils have pocketed this summer to date. United gave 272,000,000 euros for seven reinforcements, that is, 244,000,000 without bonuses. As a contender for the league’s very top, United still have a lot to hope for, and although Antony’s transfer did not live up to expectations, the acquisitions of Casemiro for €71,000,000, Lisandro Martinez for €57,000,000 and Tyrell Malacia for €15,000,000 turned out to be good.The third, fourth and fifth places are occupied by clubs that are not even close to the ‘Big Six’ of the Premier League, let alone the richest clubs in Europe. West Ham, Nottingham Forest and Wolverhampton spent a lot of money, but the results did not cover that expenditure. Lucas Paqueta is the most expensive addition to the Hammers with 43,000,000 euros, while 36,000,000 and 35,000,000 euros were paid for Gianluca Scamacca and Nayef Aguerd. In total, the London club threw 237,000,000 euros on the table, or 191,000,000 without bonuses for 10 new players.Crazy transfer window: Gakpo costs as much as all Bundesliga singings together!As a returnee to the Premier League, Nottingham Forest had a lot of money available from the prize pool, so they could afford a luxurious transfer window. However, as many as 18 players were bought for 233,000,000 euros. Four players were paid at least 20,000,000 euros, but none more than 30,000,000 – Morgan Gibbs-White being the highest paid.Wolves spent 203,000,000 euros, exactly as much as Barcelona! However, the club from the Molineux stadium brought eleven, and the Catalan giant seven reinforcements. Mateus Nunes cost Wolves 45,000,000 euros, and Raphinha cost Barcelona 58,000,000 European banknotes! Clearly, Barcelona have spent the money they somehow scraped together much more wisely, as they are at the top of the Primera Division, have won the Spanish Super Cup and are generally playing well of late under Xavi.It’s an English game 😮🤑😵 Top 🔟 leagues 🌐 for transfer expenditure during summer 2022 & winter 2023 transfer windows ❗️ > €3⃣billion, almost 5⃣0⃣% of the total 🆙 #PremierLeague #SerieA #Ligue1 #LaLiga #Bundesliga #Eredivisie #PrimeiraLiga #Brasileirao #ProLeague #SuperLig pic.twitter.com/uL03A3vmbN— CIES Football Obs (@CIES_Football) January 25, 2023 It sounds almost unreal that three mediocre Premier League clubs spent more money on reinforcements than, say, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern, Liverpool, Manchester City… PSG allocated 191,000,000 for seven new players, Bayern 185,000,000 for the same number of reinforcements, while Leeds close the top 10 list with 179,000,000 euros for nine reinforcements. They are followed by Arsenal (173,000,000), Liverpool (171,000,000), Tottenham (163,000,000), Manchester City (152,000,000), Newcastle (144,000,000), and only then come Ajax, who “snap” the English monotony with 125,000,000 euros. Right behind the Amsterdamers come Southampton with 123,000,000, Leipzig with 114,000,000, Dortmund with 113,000,000 and Aston Villa among the top 20 with 111,000,000 euros. The first Italian club is only in 21st place. It’s Napoli with 108,000,000 euros. Only slightly more than Everton (106,000,000) and Real Madrid (103,000,000).We will see what the balance will be when the curtain comes down on the winter transfer market.
