Barcelona (EFE) than the 31.88 million invested by the LaLiga Santander clubs.
According to data from the specialized transfer portal Transfermarkt, of the five major European leagues -Premier League, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, LaLiga and Serie A- only the clubs in the Italian competition have invested less money (31.22 million euros) than the Spaniards in the last transfer window.
The kings of the last window of the winter market have been the Premier League clubs, with an investment of 829.81 million, followed at a great distance by the French Ligue 1 teams, which have spent 124.9 million euro.
The third place is occupied by the Bundesliga, which has closed the market with a transfer cost of 68.27 million euros, more than double what the teams of the Spanish First Division (31.88 million) and the Series have invested. A (28.29 million).
The Premier League breaks the bank.
As already happened in the last summer window (2,247 million euros), the Premier League has broken the bank this winter. His clubs have spent almost 830 million euros on transfers, more than tripling the amount spent on transfers from the other four European leagues (256.27 million).
Chelsea has been the main entertainer in the English market with a total investment of 329.5 million euros, according to Transfermarkt. The London club closed the recruitment chapter on Tuesday with the arrival of Argentine midfielder Enzo Fernández, for whom he paid 121 million euros to Benfica.
The world champion was the eighth entry in the winter transfer window for the London team after the additions of Mijailo Mudryk (70), Benoit Badiashile (38), Noni Madueke (35), Malo Gusto (30), Andrey Santos (12.5 ), Datro Fofana (12) and Joao Félix (11, on loan).
The investment capacity of the Premier League is demonstrated by the following figure: eight English teams -Southampton (63.25 million), Arsenal (60.3), Bournemouth (56.2), Newcastle (49.35), Liverpool (42 ), Leeds (41.2) and Wolverhampton (38.51) – have invested more money in transfers this winter than all the clubs in LaLiga Santander (31.88 million).
Espanyol, investment leader in LaLiga.
LaLiga invests 31.88 million
Of the 31.88 million euros that the Spanish teams have disbursed this winter, 13.2 million correspond to Espanyol, which has made a total of five signings with the arrival of the Mexican central defender César Montes as the highest in all of LaLiga (8 millions of euros).
The parakeet team, which occupies the fifteenth position in LaLiga, almost doubles the investment made by Betis, which has spent seven million euros on the signing of Abner Vinicius.
A total of thirteen teams, including FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, have not invested a single euro this winter. The Barça team, in fact, has only been able to register Pablo Páez Gavira ‘Gavi’, who had a file from the subsidiary, as a first-team player after a court requested LaLiga to do so.
Only Serie A has been left behind LaLiga Santander, with a total of 31.22 million euros in investment, with Fiorentina being the club that has spent the most money with 12.5 million euros.
Ligue 1, more than 130 million in signings
Almost 700 million of the investment of the Premier League is the French Ligue 1, which with 131.4 million is in the second position in terms of investment.
Olympique de Marseille, with 40 million euros, was the club that has moved the most in the last window, with the signing of the Portuguese striker Vitinha as the main investment (32 million), in addition to the arrival of the Moroccan Azzedine Ounahi for 8 million of euros.
In third position, with a total investment of 68.27 million, is the German Bundesliga, with Borussia Dortmund, 13.5 million euros as the team that has invested the most this winter, 5.5 million more than the 8 that Bayern Munich, leader of the competition, spent.