Financial analysis of top 5 divisions transfer market

The CIES Football Observatory opened its 2018/19 season with the publication of the 37th monthly report. In 2018, the transfer spending of Premier League clubs accounted for 36.5% of the total big-5 league teams expenditure. Since 2010, English top division clubs had a net transfer spend of -€5.71 billion (78.3% of the overall big-5 league deficit). winter              summer        total FC Barcelona -               178                   143             321 Liverpool                         86                    212             298 Juventus                          1                      255             257 Atletico Madrid             66                     148             214 Chelsea                           65                     137             202 Monaco                          25                     143             168 Real Madrid                    0                      167              167 Everton                           54                     112             166 Manchester City            74                     86               159 Valencia                          13                     140             153 Arsenal                            68                     82               150 Roma                               1                       147             148 Fulham                            3                       136             140 Leicester                         5                       123             128 West Ham                      13                     104             117 Southampton                22                      90               112 Dortmund                      26                      77               103 Brighton & Hove           17                      86               103 Sevilla                             11                      90               101 Napoli                              0                      100              100