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Coronavirus sees transfer spending fall by more than €2 billion among Europe's top five leagues

Havertz

PA Images | English clubs accounted for 12 of Europe's 20 biggest transfers, with Chelsea's signing of Kai Havertz (left) from Bayer Leverkusen for a reported €80 million being the most expensive purchase

Clubs in Europe's biggest five leagues this year spent 41 per cent less than the €5.5 billion they cashed out last summer.

LaLiga clubs were particularly stingy and spent less than a third of what they did in 2019, while Bundesliga clubs spent less than half.

Unsurprisingly, Premier League clubs spent the most – by far – spending just €190 million less than the €1.6 billion they spent last summer.

6 October 2020 - 9:02 AM

By Emil Gjerding Nielson and Joseph Mailil, analyst

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