Premier League spent more than a third of the global outlay on international transfers in 2022
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REVEALED: Premier League clubs were responsible for more than a THIRD of total international transfer spending in 2022, FIFA says… after spending £1.78bn on players and were responsible for six of the top 10 deals important
- Premier League clubs spent £1.78bn on international transfers in 2022
- This dwarfed Italian clubs who were a distant second after spending £543.6m.
- French clubs received the most sales, earning £597.7 million from the sale of their talent.
The Premier League’s dominance of the international transfer market has been highlighted again in a new FIFA report.
The world governing body’s Global Transfers Report for 2022 found that English clubs spent just under US$2.2bn (£1.78bn) on international deals in the January and summer windows of last year, with Italian clubs in a distant second place with US$673.3 million (£543.6 million). m) spent.
England’s total spending accounted for just over a third of the global total for international deals, which FIFA estimated at US$6.5bn (£5.25bn). This was an increase of 33.5 per cent compared to 2021, but still lower than the US$7.35bn (£5.93bn) record mark set in 2019.
Premier League clubs spent more than a third of total global spend on transfers in 2022
English teams spent £1.78bn on the market, eclipsing second-place Italian clubs with £543.6m.
English clubs were the buyers in six of the top 10 transfers identified in the report, which included Manchester City’s purchase of Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool’s signing of Luis Díaz from Porto and the signing of Brazilian duo Antony and Casemiro for Manchester United.
The top 10 deals accounted for 12.5 percent of overall total spending, FIFA said, while the top 100 deals accounted for nearly 50 percent.
France was found to be the association that makes the most out of international transfer deals, with total revenue of US$740.3m (£597.7m). Premier League clubs recovered US$600.5 million (£484.8 million), the fourth-highest total.
Six of the 10 biggest transfers like Antony (L) and Casemiro (R) were made by English clubs
Everton’s £34m purchase of Amadou Onana from Lille helped make France the country that took the most from international transfer deals, with total revenues of £597.7m.
Deloitte said earlier this week that Premier League clubs had already broken the previous spending record in the current transfer window of January, with a week still to go.
The financial services firm said its gross spending as of 3pm Tuesday was £440m, already surpassing the previous record of £430m set in January 2018.
The report also identified a 22 percent year-over-year increase in international deals in the women’s game, from 410 in 2021 to 500 last year.
