🤯 £200m net spend! Promoted side really splashes out

We’re wrapping up the second transfer summer in a row in which the Premier League broke its own record for the total amount all clubs invested in transfer fees for new players. According to a report by ‘Kicker’, the 20 PL teams combined for a total of more than four billion euros this year.

One club’s transfer business stands out in particular: a newly promoted side that racked up a deficit of around 200 million euros!

Promoted side really splashes out

According to information from ‘Kicker’, Ipswich Town brought in only around 20 million euros, but on the other hand signed 14 new players for a whopping total of 220 million euros. Among them was Argentine international Exequiel Palacios from Leverkusen.

So in order to avoid going straight back down, the club really put its hand in its pocket.

You can do it like that! It’ll be interesting to see whether that proves to be the right tactic in this case and whether they manage to stay in the Premier League.

Besides Ipswich Town, Tottenham’s deficit (200 million euros) and Liverpool’s were also gigantic.

There were hardly any notable departures at the Reds, but they did bring in, among others, Jacquet and Barcola. That makes them the club with the biggest transfer deficit this year – at around 230 million euros.

Chelsea have a knack for doing deals

By the way: Chelsea once again posted the highest transfer income this summer. Thanks to around 450 million euros in revenue, the Blues generated a surplus of 40 million euros. Among other deals, they sold Fernández and Jackson for remarkable sums.

According to ‘Kicker’, the “Highest transfer surplus” category this year goes to a club that doesn’t even play in England’s top flight: Paris Saint-Germain recorded a surplus of 180 million euros. Well, that is actually quite surprising.

After all, the French capital club is usually better known for enjoying spending money more than bringing it in.

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