The gross expenses of the teams of the powerful English championship had surpassed, at 15 locals this Tuesday, the previous record, which was 430 million pounds in January 2018.
“January 2023 having already broken record spending in all previous winter windows, Premier League clubs are looking to bolster their rosters ahead of the crucial second half of a season”explained Calum Ross, deputy director of Deloitte’s Sports Business group.
Chelsea, bought by American billionaire Todd Boehly, have been particularly active in this window, spending an estimated 180 million pounds (about $221 million) to sign up Ukrainian promise Mykhailo Mudryk (22), from Shakhtar Donetsk in an operation valued at 108 million dollars, bonuses included.
The London club also bought the Ivorian from Molde David Fofana, the French from Monaco Benoît Badiashile and the Portuguese Joao Felix, on loan from Atlético de Madrid, without forgetting the young Brazilian Andrey Santos (18 years old) and English Noni Madueke (20 years old). ), arrived respectively from Vasco da Gama and PSV Eindhoven.
Another of the big operations in January was the purchase by Liverpool of the Dutch striker Cody Gakpo, revelation of the last World Cup, for which he paid 44 million pounds (about 54 million dollars) to PSV.
When there is still a week left before the end of the transfer market, the record can still increase. Last year, the investment in the last week was 105 million pounds, reaching a total of 295 million pounds (363 million dollars) at the close of the window. One of the clubs that could swell the figures even more is, precisely, Chelsea, who wants to have Enzo Fernández at all costs.
“The 2022-2023 season has seen clubs invest massively in their workforce and, to date, Premier League clubs have spent over £2.4bn ($2.96bn) on player transfers.” including the amount of transactions during the summer window, Ross explained.
“The arrival of new owners and the availability of financial resources that allow record amounts to be shelled out to maximize performance continue to contribute to record levels of spending”insisted the expert, for whom such investments show that English clubs have recovered financially after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Source: Ambito
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