No more – the transfer market in Europe has closed. The League has invested a record amount. In an international comparison with European leagues you have to do but it is still in the back.
Joao Felix, Lucas Hernandez, and Harry Maguire (v. l. n. r.)
In European football continues to invest heavily. Record transfers from stay in this year. And the Trend is to defenders. So in the example, the transfer period in the summer of 2019 summarize. The German football League set a national record – and that without Leroy Sane (23 years old). The transfer window was dominated by speculation about a Transfer from Manchester City to Bayern Munich,before Sané burst, difficult to injury, and the exchange. Nevertheless, the clubs gave out loud “transfermarkt.de” a total of approximately 742 million euros for new players, as much as never before. In comparison to the other major leagues in Europe – the “Big 5” are England, Spain, France, Italy and Germany – the Bundesliga clubs, but rather sparingly.
In Spain, the three biggest clubs, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, have invested together to 806 million euros. And the three clubs have taken up with 600 million euros, more than the whole League combined (575 million euros).
Most expensive Transfers in Spain
So it is hardly surprising that handled the largest Transfers in this summer in Spain. Atletico Madrid gave up his French Superstar Antoine Griezmann (28 years old) for EUR 120 million to the League rivals from Barcelona and signed for 126 million euros, the Portuguese Joao Felix (19) from Benfica Lisbon. Real Madrid was also no slouch and has invested 100 million euros in the Chelsea Belgian Eden Hazard (28).
In the Spanish first League 1.32 billion euros of expenditure of around EUR 1.02 billion in revenue. Completely uninvolved and thus an exception not only in Spain but in the whole of the European professional business, more Athletic Bilbao once was. The Basque club has always been committed only Basque players, often from their own offspring. Bilbao invested in the summer, not a single Cent, and also took no money from sales.
Atletico Madrid on the other hand, has a clear transfer plus: in addition to Griezmann Rodri (to Manchester City, 70 million euros) and Lucas Hernandez (Bayern Munich, € 80 million) left for example, the Association. The Frenchman is the record transfer of the football League – is in the international comparison, however, is only on place 19.
Record Investor Premier League
Overall, the most money was spent in the English Premier League. And, although there since last year, the transfer window will close earlier. Since the 8. August could make clubs, only the players. Nevertheless, the 20 clubs from the first League have invested over 1.5 billion Euro in new players. Self-promoted Aston Villa, we issued approximately 150 million euros for new signings and more than about the Bundesliga Croesus FC Bayern München (€143.5 million).
Any cost in England this summer, more money than the English national team defender Harry Maguire (26), was transferred to 87 million euros from Leicester City to Manchester United. Striking: Champions League winners Liverpool FC, and coach Jürgen Klopp held back in the transfer market extremely invested less than two (!) Million Euros. For comparison: the U23-team of Manchester City comes to the equivalent of eight million Euro.
Serie A on the way back
A lot of money in Hand of the clubs in the Italian Serie A. of Around 1.18 billion Euro a characters are – and to ensure that Italy to play a stronger role than in years past. In addition to record champion Juventus Turin (EUR 201.5 million), invested mainly Inter Milan (155) neat and used twice at Manchester United: Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez to boost the Offensive of the “Nerazzurri”.
At a young age is already an integral part of the Dutch national team: Mathis de Ligt, since this season at Juventus Turin.
As in the Bundesliga and the Premier League is a defender, however, was the showpiece of the transfer period: The young Dutchman Matthijs de Ligt (20) reached as a captain with Ajax Amsterdam last season in the semi-finals of the Champions League and moved for 75 million euros to Juventus.
Ligue 1 makes a profit
The Ligue 1 in France, as the only of the so-called “Big 5″leagues in Europe have more money than you spent: With an investment of 670 million euros, it is even in the League. There were, however, revenue in the amount of 834 million euros. Record sales Nicolas Pépé, who moved for 80 million euros from Lille to Arsenal FC to London was.
The most expensive shopping in France – of course – a defenders: For Abdou Diallo transferred to Paris St. Germain, however, comparatively low-cost 32 million euros to Dortmund. Due to the Financial fair play scheme, otherwise investment a joyful Paris had to hold back this year in the transfer market and despite numerous Attempts of the applicant Superstar did not get rid of Neymar, because the Brazilian interested clubs such as FC Barcelona or Real Madrid in terms of Financial fair play, on your Budget to look.
Stand in the center of the transfer period and remained at the end in Paris: The Brazilian Superstar Neymar.
Trend continues to lend
On the last day of the transfer window, PSG struck again at the big names and secured the services of striker Mauro Icardi of Inter Milan. On loan with option to buy – a now popular method of the big clubs to move to the financial inconsistencies at least a year.
So only eight million euros as a loan fee, also of Bayern Munich’s Top Transfer of Philippe Coutinho in the statistics. The German record champion has a purchase option in the amount of 120 million euros. But that would be only due next year and would then fall in the new Transfer statistics. Records may also be reckoned.