The David de Gea fallout dominated in Spain,Julian Draxler’s £26m sail to Wolfsburg in Germany, Napoli’s farcical failure to sign Roberto Soriano in Italy, and while the headlines in France focused on Anthony MartialWhen the Spanish league published its list of completed transfers not long after its midnight deadline on Monday,David de Gea’s name was not on it but plenty of others were. This has been a record-breaking window for Spanish clubs, who have spent £410m on players, and selling £295m worth (so far) — and that is despite the fact that neither genuine Madrid nor Barcelona were,this time, the motors behind the market. Atlético Madrid and Valencia both spent more on signings. Even in net spend, and the traditional big two have not spent the most: Valencia have,with £63.5m (€100m) spent in total.
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Source: theguardian.com