Football clubs around the world have set a new transfer record

The representatives of the championships of England and Saudi Arabia helped in the new victory especially.

A new record in world football. Clubs from around the world have surpassed the record for money spent per player.

In this summer transfer window, they have spent 7.63 billion euros. And this is not the limit, because the Transfermarkt portal provides such data for August 30, meanwhile, the transfer window is still open.

So the clubs broke the previous record of €7.568 billion set in the 2019 summer transfer window. According to the report, representatives of the English Premier League spent the most. In addition, they were helped in Saudi Arabia, whose clubs this year began to buy football stars.

Comparison of countries’ spending in record years / Image: Transfermarkt

“The current figure has become historic three days before the deadline, and this despite the fact that La Liga and Serie A are now far behind in their transfer spending, which they did in the summer of 2019 before the outbreak of Covid -19.The English Premier League and the Saudi Arabian Pro League try to On the night of August 29-30, the transfer of investments for 1,617 players reached a total of €7.631 billion.

The Saudi Arabian Premier League has established itself as a heavyweight in the transfer market as financial fair play plays no role in the Middle East. With a current €846m in transfer spending, the state-subsidized league is positioning itself as a new authority thanks to a few rich clubs and partly responsible for pushing global spending into new dimensions.

How high will be set for the new record will be known only on September 20th. At this time, the transfer window in Saudi Arabia will close. European clubs can buy new players until September 2.

It can be remembered that earlier the Brazilian Neymar broke Romelu Lukaku’s transfer record.

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