Prem clubs’ transfer spend down £715m on 2023 total – report،
Premier League clubs' gross spend of £100m ($127.7m) on transfers in January was £715m short of the record amount (£815m) that changed hands at during the 2023 window, according to new data released by Deloitte.
Apart from January 2021, when spending was restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the only time clubs spent less on new players in a single window was in January 2012 (£60m) .
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However, outside of England, spending by clubs in Europe's 'top five' leagues increased from €255 million in January 2023 to €455 million in January 2024.
French Ligue 1 clubs recorded the highest gross transfer spend with spending of €190 million, an increase of 53% on the previous year's total, while Serie A, the La Liga and the Bundesliga also saw a year-on-year increase in their gross transfer spending. .
Despite the relatively quiet window in which the most expensive new acquisition was Tottenham's signing of defender Radu Dragusin from Genoa, Premier League clubs spent a total of £2.5 billion during the opening windows. summer and winter transfer from the 2023-24 season – the second highest. figures in the history of competitions.
The growing influence of Financial Fair Play regulations and the willingness of leagues and governing bodies to enforce Profit and Sustainability Regulations (PSR) may have been a factor in the decline in transfer spending.
Everton have been charged twice by the Premier League this season for breaching PSR regulations and have lost 10 points as a result. Nottingham Forest were also accused of breaching the competition's financial policy.
Deloitte, which is one of the world's largest accounting firms and regularly investigates football finances, found that the 44 transfers made by clubs in the Women's Super League (WSL) represented a 14% drop on amount of business carried out during the January 2023 transfer. window.
But the 226 transfers from WSL clubs that have taken place over the two windows of the 2023-24 season exceed the amount made in each of the previous three campaigns.
