{"id":2150,"date":"2018-09-14T07:09:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T07:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/premier-league-clubs-lead-global-transfer-spending\/"},"modified":"2018-09-14T07:09:28","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T07:09:28","slug":"premier-league-clubs-lead-global-transfer-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/premier-league-clubs-lead-global-transfer-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League clubs lead global transfer spending"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Global spending on players during the summer transfer window hit a record $5.44bn (\u00a34.16bn), according to Fifa.<\/p>\n

Some 182 of the 211 Fifa member associations had their registration period open during June to September.<\/p>\n

Clubs from the Big Five European Leagues accounted for 77.5% of global spending, having a combined total spend of $4.21bn.<\/p>\n

Once again, English clubs were the world’s biggest spenders during the period, splashing out $1.44bn in total.<\/p>\n

“This marks the fifth summer in a row where their spending was above $1bn, something that until now had not occurred in any other association,” said Fifa.<\/p>\n

Since October 2010, all transfers of professional players between clubs of different football associations must be processed via Fifa’s International Transfer Matching System (ITMS).<\/p>\n

Its latest data does not feature domestic transfer spending.<\/p>\n

Saudi spending splash<\/h2>\n

Compared with last summer, spending by the Big Five leagues increased by 6.6%, driven by teams from Italy, up by 74.7%, and Spain, up by 42.2%.<\/p>\n

“The Big Five play an increasingly dominant role in the international transfer market when it comes to spending,” said Fifa.<\/p>\n

The figures from Fifa show that 8,401 international transfers were completed around the world during the summer window.<\/p>\n

Of this total, 59.1% were transfers of players out of contract, 15.7% were permanent transfers, 13.8% were loans, and 11.4% were transfers of players returning from a loan.<\/p>\n

Only 18.2% of the transfers involved the payment of a fee.<\/p>\n

The total transfer fees for 2018 so far amount to $7.11bn – already 11.5% more than the transfer fees for the entire year in 2017. <\/p>\n

The biggest national spender behind the Big Five European leagues is Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

Saudi clubs have spent a total of $152.1m on transfer fees this summer, a startling 485% increase on 2017.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, clubs in China have also increased spending on players in 2018, up by 105% on the previous year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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