english clubs spent almost $1bn on players in summer transfer window /

• Total was more than twice as much as any of Europe’s top five leagues [br]• Fifa’s TMS: salaries constitute 57% of funds in transfer marketEnglish clubs spent nearly $1bn (£652m) in the summer transfer window – more than twice as much as any of Europe’s top five leagues – according to official figures released by Fifa’s transfer matching system.
But despite the arrival of more than 360 current players to the top English leagues, the statistics show that the clubs’ spending was down 2% on the same period last year.
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Source: theguardian.com