KOMPAS.com – Liverpool carve out another flashy record after securing the 2019-2020 English League title.
The Reds – the nickname of Liverpool – is the first team that managed to become a Premier League champion by spending less than 10 million pounds in the last nine seasons.
To be precise, in the 2019-2020 season, Liverpool only spent 8.6 million pounds (around Rp 139 billion) in two transfer windows, summer and winter.
So they went out to buy Sepp van den Berg (1.35 million pounds) and Takumi Minamino (7.25 million pounds).
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Sepp van den Berg hasn’t played in the Premier League – the highest caste of the Premier League so far this season. He just competed in Premier League 2 by recording 11 appearances.
While Takumi Minamino has packed five appearances in the 2019-2020 Premier League since being imported from RB Salzburg in January.
Liverpool actually have the arrival of goalkeepers Adrian and Andy Lonergen this season, but both were brought in for free.
Only with 8.6 million pounds, Liverpool have won the Premier League this season.
Liverpool broke the transfer record in the last nine years. So, what about the last 10 years?
Yes, when Manchester United became a champion of the 2010-2011 season, Red Devils transfer funds are even cheaper.
At that time, Man United only needed 6.3 million pounds to win the Premier League.
Coach Sir Alex Ferguson brought Chris Smalling and Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez at the time.
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Since then, almost all Premier League champions have spent more than 60 million pounds.
Except Leicester City when they won the Premier League 2015-2016 season. They spent 27.3 million pounds.
Here are the transfer funds spent by the English League champions in the last 10 seasons, collected from Premier League Productions:
2010-2011 – Manchester United – 6.3 million pounds
2011-2012 – Manchester City – 89 million pounds
2012-2013 – Manchester United – 62.1 million pounds
2013-2014 – Manchester City – 91.9 million pounds
2014-2015 – Chelsea – 119.3 million pounds
2015-2016 – Leicester – 27.3 million pounds
2016-2017 – Chelsea – 120.5 million pounds
2017-2018 – Manchester City – 284.4 million pounds
2018-2019 – Manchester City – 60.8 million pounds
2019-2020 – Liverpool – 8.6 million pounds
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