Premier League: Transfer Expenses in January Falled for the First Time Since 2012

According to a Deloitte report released Friday, Premier League spending in the January transfer window fell for the first time since 2012 after three of the top six clubs decided not to add players to the team.

Thursday's cut-off day had cost £ 50 million ($ 65.49 million), bringing the monthly expenditure to £ 180 million.

That's less than half of the 430 million pound expenditure in January 2018, which included Virgil van Dijk's signing of Southampton for the payment of a world record for a defender.

The top six Premier League clubs – Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United – accounted for 43% of spending, down from January last year, when 62%.

Tottenham is ready to play the entire 2018-2019 campaign without recruiting players, having not added new faces in the last two transfer windows.

Liverpool, United, Everton and Southampton have also chosen not to sign any contract in January.

"With central distributions in clubs that are expected to remain at current levels until at least the end of the 2021-2022 season, clubs potentially have a longer-term view of their transfer strategies," Tim Bridge said. Director of the Sports Business Group. at Deloitte, said.

In January, spending rose to 225 million pounds in 2011 but fell to 60 million pounds the following year.

The biggest transfer from January's window this year comes from Chelsea, who spent £ 55m for Christian Pulisic at Borussia Dortmund.

For the first time since 2005, Newcastle United broke its transfer record by hiring Paraguayan playmaker Miguel Almiron of the Major League football team Atlanta United for 20 million pounds.

Wolverhampton Wanderers completed the signing of Atletico Madrid's Jonny Otto for 15 million pounds after a successful loan period.

The defending champion, Manchester City, hired the Hajduk Split midfielder Ante Palaversa for £ 7 million and lent it to the Croatian club.

The Deloitte report also confirmed that clubs ranked in the last six of the rankings recorded expenses of 20 million pounds, compared to 90 million pounds for the same period last year.