FOOTBALL-ENGLAND-PASSES – TELAM Agency
The English Premier League spent a record sum of 2,740 million euros on transfers during the summer market of 2023, at the same time that it increased its sales, especially thanks to Saudi Arabia, according to a study by the consultancy Deloitte published today.
The English championship pulverized the previous record of purchases with an increase of about 520 million euros compared to the summer of 2022, where the figure of 2,224 million euros was reached, according to data provided by Deloitte’s Sports Business Group, reported the AFP news agency.
It is the league that invested the most, ahead of the French Ligue 1, with its 900 million euros disbursed, largely thanks to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and its Qatari owners.
Chelsea once again stood out in this facet with the signings of Christopher Nkunku, Moisés Caicedo and Romeo Lavia, while Manchester City broke the bank to incorporate the Croatian Josko Gvardiol and Arsenal did the same with Kai Havertz and Declan Rice mainly.
In the ‘Big Five’ (the championships of England, Germany, Spain, Italy and France), England and France are the only ones to count more expenses than income.
The net balance is close to 1,200 million in the Premier League and 33 million in Ligue 1, while the balance is positive in the Bundesliga (288 million euros), Serie A (166 million euros) and La Liga (117 million euros). millions of euros).
The Spanish championship, according to that study, spent less than in the same window last year (440 million euros in 2023 for 506 million in 2022).
LaLiga is also out of the top 5 of the main buyers, surpassed by Saudi Arabia, an emerging economic power on the world football scene.
Source: Ambito
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