A ruined Barça is shaking the market. He owes what is not written, between the accumulated debt and the sale of the assets that he is executing, but the lever that Joan Laporta is exerting has lifted the club from the abyss in which he was. At the moment, he is the fifth who has spent the most money in the transfer market with 37 days to close the window, but he will become the first to waste as soon as it becomes official the acquisition of Jules Kounde.
From the top to the top, Barça will have been projected. Who would have said it a scant month ago, when June had not yet ended and Laporta had not signed the sale of the first 10% of television rights, that Xavi would be clapping his hands with the five signings he already has in the United States.
Christensen and Kessié arrive for free, Dembélé ‘returns’ cheaper and the 103 million are divided between Raphinha (58) and Lewandowski (45).
It is true that Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie they were promised with the letter of freedom and they have arrived for free. as true as that Ousmane Dembele It has become a reinforcement after the end of the contract and it costs much less than what its contract was worth, it is seen that 40% less. And no less true that the 103 million spent have been concentrated on just two footballers.
They are shared between Raphinha’s 58 million Y The 45 by Robert Lewandowski. Both figures with variables, of known amount (9 million for the Brazilian, 5 for the Polish), which will make the product more expensive. Raphinha has signed for 5 seasons and Lewandowski for 4. The striker guarantees that at 34 years old, he will play at least two seasons. “My body is younger than my age says,” he said.
The exhausting Bayern
Barça has contributed to improving the balance of accounts of both Leeds and Bayern Munich, two of the clubs that precede it in waste. The German club rose to the market leadership. An alleged model of austerity, not only has he advanced to Manchester City (third) and Paris Saint Germain (14th), in an unusual gesture of Franco-Qatari containment, but also surpassed Arsenal in purchase volume.
No less than 137.5 million have left Bavaria for the coffers of Juventus (67 million for Matthijs de Ligt), Liverpool (32 by Sadio Mané), Rennes (20 by Mathys Tel) and Ajax (18.5 by Ryan Gravenberch). Bayern, the clear dominator of the Bundesliga, is pursuing the Champions League.
Arteta has delivered 87 million to Guardiola and City, his exclusive, in exchange for Sterling and Zinchenko.
friends and acquaintances
Arsenal, like Barça, is committed to investing in players to relaunch its brand. Mikel Arteta, the manager, has convinced his bosses to give 87 million to his friend and colleague Pep Guardiola and his former club Manchester City for two players he actually knows well: Gabriel Jesus (52.2 million) and Oleksandr Zinchenko (35). Another 35 million have gone to Porto’s coffers to recruit Fabio Vieira.
Arsenal leads the mismatch between income and sales, since it has only charged 14.2 million transfers to subtract the 132 spent, according to data offered by the website Transfermarkt.es. Barça adds 80 million in red numbers: 103 million invested, 23 recovered. The 20 of Philippe Coutinho (Aston Villa) and the 3 of Francisco Trincao (Sporting de Portugal).
Madrid only has one purchase, but very expensive, the most expensive on the market: Tchouameni has cost more than Haaland
Above is Chelsea, with 94 million delivered (56.2 from Raheem Sterling, from City, and 38 from Kalidou Koulibaly, from Naples) and only 8 collected for the transfer of Romelu Lukaku to Inter. For that reason, they are pressing Barça to obtain money for César Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso after having lost Christensen and Antonio Rüdiger, who have left for free at the Camp Nou and the Bernabéu.
City surplus
The criticized City is curdling a sensational exercise. It has not only taken the jewel of the year (Erling Haaland) without being the most expensive of the season (60 million) and has spent another substantial peak on Kalvin Phillips, from Leeds (48.75), but is making money: 108.75 million spent and 159.84 collected from sales of Sterling, Jesus, Zinchenko, mostly.
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Florentino Pérez believes that Madrid does not need much to be able to repeat the League and Champions League double. He has only acquired a footballer, but very expensive: Aurélien Tchouameni concentrates the 80 million of the checkbook, since Rüdiger appeared in the free Bernabéu.
The power of the Premier is highlighted by the presence of 11 teams among the 20 that have spent the most Until now. The big six are even seconded by Newcastle, Southampton and Aston Villa. The 21st is also English: West Ham.