Just hours before the summer window closes, the English league has invested almost five times more in signings than the Spanish league, also behind Italy, Germany and France
Lacking a few hours to lower the blinds over the summer period and with clubs, agents, coaches and players still tense about what could happen, there’s no denying that the Premier League is once again unleashing its enormous economic potential. The English league, an entire Super League in its own right, has once again been the great dominator of continental football, something that no longer surprises anyone, with Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) or Erling Haaland (Manchester City). ) as two of the key figures that they landed in the British Isles during the summer.
The 75 million euros plus 25 in variables invested by the ‘reds’ in the Uruguayan striker, an old acquaintance of Spanish football after passing through Almería, and the 60 million that the ‘sky blues’ paid out for the Norwegian striker , one of the most coveted on the market, they are just one example of the abusive power of the English competition. Contrary to what happens in Spain, even a recently promoted club like the historic Nottingham Forest could have spent more than £150m, even surpassing some of the major clubs in other major leagues. That this team is taking Renan Lodi away from Atlético or that the Cholo team had Frenchman Boubacar Kamara tied up and Aston Villa snatched him away only for money explains the situation.
It’s not trivial that the Prime Minister smashed his historic spending record this summer, which already stands at more than €2,100 million, far exceeding 2017’s €1,610 million, according to data from Transfermarkt, the leading portal specializing in market values. Unthinkable numbers for the rest of Europe’s leagues, which see year after year how nobody can cough in England, where it seems the crisis caused by the pandemic hasn’t left a dent.
Otherwise it would not be understood that Chelsea are paying Leicester more than 80 million for the promising Wesley Fofana, the fourth most expensive central defender in history after Maguire, De Ligt and Van Dijk. Not even the 100 million that Manchester United paid Ajax to hire Brazilian winger Antony. The clubs Stamford Bridge and Old Trafford, despite the latter not playing in the Champions League, are the kings of the market with 269 and 238 million respectively invested.
In the rest of the leagues of the Old Continent, with special mention for the Spanish, the days of economic waste are over. Just the memory of the days when the League bragged about brawn, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi at the helm. The situation in Spain has deteriorated to the point where it ranks fifth in transfer spending in this market, with some 450 million invested. The tournament in which the current European champion plays is currently clearly surpassed by the Serie A (about 750 million), the Bundesliga (about 500 million) and even the French Ligue 1 (475 million). Aside from the Premier factor, which has caught players like Casemiro (Manchester United), Isak (Newcastle) or Guedes (Valencia) on their wallets in Spain, the national championship has serious problems.
In a less crowded market than before, Barcelona, with its already famous levers, was the League’s great entertainer. The Ivorian Kessié and the Danish Christensen have landed in Barcelona free of charge, after the termination of their contracts with Milan and Chelsea respectively, but the entity chaired by Joan Laporta has also made significant financial efforts to bring players of the level of Brazil’s Raphinha (Leeds ) for 48 million plus 12 in variables, the Pole Lewandowski (Bayern), in exchange for 45 million plus five in variables, or the Frenchman Koundé (Seville), the last player registered by the Blaugrana, after paying 50 million plus 12, 5 for goals for the club from Sevilla.
All this against Real Madrid, the current champions of the League and Europe, who failed in his star bet for Mbappé, and has only been reinforced with the French midfielder Tchouaméni, after paying Monaco 80 million plus 20 in variables, and the central German Rüdiger (Chelsea), free after passing the London team. And those weeks ago he saw Casemiro, one of his banners, on his way to Manchester to join the ‘red devils’ in exchange for 70 million for the ‘white house’ bills.
There have not been too many turns in Atlético de Madrid, the third in discord, having invested barely 20 million for Argentine side Nahuel Molina (Udinese) and 6.5 for Brazilian winger Samuel Lino (Gil Vicente), who in the same style has been lent to Valencia. Two moves that have accompanied the additions of Witsel, after signing a contract with Borussia Dortmund, and Sergio Reguilon, an old acquaintance of his rival neighbour, who ended up at the Metropolitano following the deal for his transfer with Tottenham. Gone are those summers when the great giants of Spanish football set the tone.
Source: La Verdad
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