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English Clubs Spend €4 Billion on Transfers as Manchester City and Chelsea Lead the Buying
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English Clubs Spend €4 Billion on Transfers as Manchester City and Chelsea Lead the Buying

From Večernji List · () Croatian

Translated from Croatian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Premier League clubs spent about €4 billion on transfers this summer, surpassing their previous record of roughly €3.5 billion.
  • Italian clubs ranked second with €1.16 billion in spending, followed by Germany’s Bundesliga, Spain’s La Liga and France’s Ligue 1.
  • Manchester City spent about €500 million, while Chelsea spent around €400 million and completed the largest transfer with City for Enzo Fernández at €145 million.

English clubs have set another transfer-spending record. Premier League teams spent about €4 billion this summer, following the roughly €3.5 billion they spent last year.

Italian clubs ranked second among Europe’s major leagues, spending €1.16 billion. The Bundesliga followed with €780 million, Spain’s La Liga with €755 million and France’s Ligue 1 with €606 million. Clubs in England’s Championship spent about €460 million.

Manchester City led the spending, investing around €500 million in Enzo Fernández, Elliot Anderson, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Iliman Ndiaye, Allan and Mathys Detourbet. Chelsea spent about €400 million, Tottenham €365 million and Newcastle United €312 million.

Real Madrid and Barcelona were the only clubs outside the Premier League in the top 10 spenders. Real Madrid spent about €220 million, while Barcelona spent €180 million.

Chelsea and City completed the biggest deal of the summer, with Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernández moving from Stamford Bridge to the Etihad for €145 million. Chelsea also signed Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa for €138 million. City paid €135 million for Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest. Liverpool added Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain for about €125 million, while Real Madrid signed Yan Diomande from Leipzig for the same fee.

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Originally published by Večernji List in Croatian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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