The Premier League spends more money together in summer than the four other large leagues. An end is not in sight.
How much that Premier League the other football leagues in Europe was financially hurried, was also very well observed in the past transfer-resistant. England’s highest league, according to the “Transfermarkt.de” portal, spent more than 3.55 billion euros on access in the summer and thus broken its own record. Alone Liverpool FC invested 483 million euros for new players, most recently 144 million for Alexander Isak from Newcastle United.
The previous league maximum dated the summer of 2023 when the 20 clubs had spent 2.94 billion euros. The Italian series A (1.19 billion), the Bundesliga (856 million), the Spanish La Liga (682 million) and the Ligue 1 from France (636 million). These four leagues did not reach the expenditure of the Premier League even in total.
Premier League also with a record minus
Already in ninth place, the second -class championship (309 million) also follows from England, the clubs of which more than 100 million euros more expenses than, for example, the associations of Dutch Eredivisia.
| name | Receiving club | Retriefs* |
|---|---|---|
Alexander Isak | Liverpool FC | 144 million euros |
Florian Wirtz | Liverpool FC | 125 million euros |
Hugo Ekitiké | Liverpool FC | 95 million euros |
Nick Woltemade | Newcastle United | 85 million euros |
Benjamin Sesko | Manchester United | 76 million euros |
Bryan Mbumo | Manchester United | 75 million euros |
Matheus Cunha | Manchester United | 74 million euros |
Martin Zubimendi | FC Arsenal | 70 million euros |
Eberechi eze | FC Arsenal | 69 million euros |
Viktor Gyökeres | FC Arsenal | 66 million euros |
Xavi Simons | Tottenham | 65 million euros |
*Source: Transfermarkt.de
At the same time, the Premier League also made a record minus: the expenditure is compared to “only” 2.04 billion euros. For comparison: the Bundesliga posted income of 1.03 billion euros and thus even a plus – especially thanks to many sales to England. Four of the five most expensive transfers come from Bundesliga clubs: Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), Hugo Ekitiké (Eintracht Frankfurt), Nick Woltemade (VfB Stuttgart) and Benjamin Sesko (RB Leipzig).
Investors and marketing
England’s wealth has several reasons. On the one hand, mostly foreign investors such as the Saudi state fund at Newcastle United ensure purchasing power, even if you have to justify your expenses with certain income. Marketing is even more important: the Premier League is the only league that takes more money through the foreign marketing than through the domestic business. Abroad, she takes about ten times as much as the Bundesliga.
According to dpa: Bundesliga income stagnate
The German Football League (DFL) has also been on pressure from the clubs to increase international income for years, but the numbers are currently stagnating. According to information from the German Press Agency (dpa), the league generates around 218 million euros from the TV contracts according to the German Press Agency (dpa)-as much as in the past season. The last TV contracts had been concluded shortly before the start of the new season, including in Great Britain and in Japan.
All income from international business, including commercial rights such as sponsorship, amounts to almost 302 million euros for the current season.
| name | Receiving club | Retriefs* |
|---|---|---|
Luis Diaz | Bayern Munich | 70 million euros |
Jarell Quansah | Bayer Leverkusen | 35 million euros |
Malik Tillman | Bayer Leverkusen | 35 million euros |
Elise Ben Seghir | Bayer Leverkusen | 32 million euros |
Jobe Bellingham | Borussia Dortmund | 31 million euros |
Loic Badé | Bayer Leverkusen | 25 million euros |
Ezequiel Fernandez | Bayer Leverkusen | 25 million euros |
Conrad Harder | RB Leipzig | 24 million euros |
Fabio Silva | Borussia Dortmund | 23 million euros |
Jonathan Burkardt | Eintracht Frankfurt | 21 million euros |
Ritsu Doan | Eintracht Frankfurt | 21 million euros |
*Source: Transfermarkt.de
DFL in some places in the “role of Challenger “
The DFL does not currently want to comment on the subject. Managing Director Steffen Merkel recently said at a media appointment: “In many international markets, the competition intensifies which media rights are considered mandatory, and in some of these markets we are more in a role of the challenger.”
In the meantime, the revenue from foreign marketing had already been around 275 million before there was a break-in by around 100 million during the Corona pandemic. Since then, the DFL has recorded increases until the past season.
The “growth course”, which Merkel had recently stated, is at least over for the time being. In the case of national TV revenues, the contracts that have been valid since this season have an increase of around two percent to 1.121 billion euros per season. In international comparison, the Bundesliga is in third place in foreign business.