The price to pay to stay at the top? Liverpool struck hard on the summer transfer market, which ended on Monday 1is september. Champion of England in reigning, the Mersey club posted its ambitions and released the checkbook to strengthen its workforce. « We must defend our title in the league, but we also want to win the Champions League and the other cuts »said Dutch winger Cody Gakpo, Saturday, August 30. With nine recruits and around 515 million euros spent, the Reds dethrone Chelsea (464 million in 2023) on the most expensive Mercatos podium in history.
In a FLOID LEAGUE (the English championship) – unlike many other championships, French Ligue 1 in mind – all the big stables have turned the ticket board to strengthen (Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester City). According to the figures broadcast on Tuesday by the Deloitte cabinet, the clubs of the English elite invested more than 3 billion euros during this summer transfer window, a record amount which alone exceeds the cumulative expenses of the French, Italian, Spanish and German champion. The Premier League continues to capitalize on its very lucrative dissemination contracts, national or international, offering all of its actors – promoted including – a definite advantage over European competition.
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