The English league is showing economic power, investing again more than 1,000 million euros and tripling the transfers of the Spaniards, who have so far reached 355 million euros.
Even in times of crisis, the Premier League shows economic power for another year and has broken the market again, closing in a month, investing more than €1,000 million for the ninth consecutive summer, tripling transfer spending. from the Spanish league. While the Premier, who is at a different financial level, has paid out almost 1,200 million so far, thanks mainly to Arsenal, Manchester City and Leeds, the League has invested ‘only’ 355, which would be more than 400 with the variables included in the purchases of the azulgranas Lewandowski (45+15 per goal), Raphinha (58+7) and Koundé (50+10) and the Real Madrid player Tchouaméni (80+20).
The Premier returns for the 11th year in a row to the top of the investment rankings of the five major leagues ahead of Italy’s Serie A, German Bundesliga and La Liga, surpassing France’s Ligue 1, as Paris has Saint-Germain on the put the brakes on after so many millions of petrodollars spent in previous seasons. In Spain, it is now Barça, after almost bankrupt, having to resort to the famous ‘levers’ for their rescue and to be able, at the cost of a mortgage on their future, to sign the one who rose to the leadership of European clubs ahead of Bayern Munich, Arsenal, City, Leeds, Tottenham, Chelsea and PSG, according to Transfermarkt.
With the high profile signings of Darwin Núñez, which has cost Liverpool 75 million (plus 25 in variables), and Erling Haaland (City has paid 60 firm for the Norwegian), among many other highlights in the British market, the English league has once again shown its economic superiority in the Old Continent. For the League, the summer of 2019 is already a long way off, when the Spanish League stood shoulder to shoulder with the Premier, with a global outlay from First Division clubs of 1,500 million. Now, for Spanish football, the 355 million is the lowest amount of investment in transfers since the summer of the 2012-13 season, when additions were just 167 million.
The reinforcements make City, the current Premier champions, and Liverpool the two main candidates to win the title for another season. That same Saturday, both compete for the first trophy of the season, the Community Shield. Less favorites are Chelsea, who have acquired the services of Sterling for 56.2 million, and Arsenal, who have signed Gabriel Jesus for 52 million, also from City. As for potential sales abroad, Cristiano Ronaldo is currently still with Manchester United after Enrique Cerezo finally closed the door to the Portuguese on Friday.
In Italy, it was Juventus and Inter who starred in some of the key moves. In a still delicate economic situation, the no-cost transfer policy continues to gain momentum, with the Bianconeros getting footballers like Pogba or Di María for free after their contracts with Manchester United and PSG respectively have expired. Inter have secured Lukaku’s transfer for £113million a year after his mega transfer to Chelsea, with Armenian Mkhitaryan following his time at Roma, where Argentine Dybala has also moved free of charge after his time in Turin.
Bayern has brought in Sadio Mane, one of Liverpool’s references until last season, for 32 million, but the Senegalese is not the only big move in the German league or in the Bavarian club. Bayern have lost their stellar goalscorer, Lewandowski, but have brought in Dutch central defender De Ligt from Juventus for 67 million. At Borussia Dortmund he came over from Ajax for 31 million after the stage of Haaland as a replacement for the Norwegian Sebastian Haller, but a testicular tumor was diagnosed at the Ivorian in the middle of the preseason.
Less flashy this summer has been the Ligue 1 transfer market, where PSG, great ruler of the French championship and ever-favorite, has been marked by major spending since the arrival of the Qatari emir to the Paris club. Far away are the 222 million paid by Neymar years ago or the enlistment last summer of Leo Messi himself, who would go on to win his seventh Ballon d’Or months later. While PSG haven’t made a major purchase yet, Mbappe’s extension is not unimportant. who slammed the door on Florentino Pérez’s dream aspiration.
Source: La Verdad
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