More than 50 signatures over 20 million euros around the main European leagues, The 2022 summer market closed this Thursdayon a trip gone various breaking news. Marcos Alonso and Hector Bellerin at Barcelona, ​​Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at Chelsea, Sergio Dest at Milan, Arthur Melo at Liverpool and more.

Now that the deadline has passed, the time has come study the panorama and analyze how much and how the most powerful clubs invested the continent in recent weeks.

Which team spent the most? Who were the powerful who did it least? What was the best seller? Here’s a review of all of these and more, clarifying that the amounts in some cases may include variables that slightly modify the totals. Additionally, only purchases from one team to another were considered and not renewals and continuations.

The teams who spent the most on transfers in the 2022 market

Chelsea and Manchester United, at the top

The two English clubs are the only ones to exceed 200 million in transfers. The Blues they paid 81 million

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Wesley Fofana, 65 from Marc Cucurella, 56 from

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Raheem Sterling and 38 for Kalidou Koulibaly, major purchases that had a clear objective: to retool their defensive line.

For their part, United put 95 million on the table for Antoni, 60 for Casemiro and 57 for Lisandro Martinez, spending big per line. 95 million for Antony represented the most expensive purchase on the market.

West Ham, the big reveal

Without a doubt, the most surprising name on the list is West Ham, who appear third with €173 million spent. In which? 43 to Lucas Paquetá, 36 to Gianluca Scamacca, 35 to Nayef Aguerd, 21 to Maxwel Cornet, 15 to Emerson, 12 to Thilo Kehrer. layer names, but not a superstar.

It’s also amazing to watch Wolverhampton (8°) and in Leeds (10th) within the Top 10, although it responds to the sheer financial imbalance created in favor of Premier League teams. Less surprising is to have Newcastle in fifth place, considering the recent purchase of the club by Mohammed bin Salman.

Barcelona and PSG, the exceptions

Eight of the top ten positions belong to Premier League teams.. The first exception occurs in the fourth position with Barcelona and the 153 million he spent on signings, with Raphinha (58 million), Jules Koundé (50) and Robert Lewandowski (45) as the main investments. It is curious (explained here) when he remembers that about a year ago Lionel Messi left because of the team’s inability to support him financially.

The other non-England team to make the list is PSG, in ninth place. 108 million in transfers, with Vitinia (41), Fabian Ruiz (21), Carlos Soler (18) and Renato Sanches (15) being the most prominent.

The adults who didn’t spend

Which powerful groups made the least investments? The Atletico Madrid spent just 20 million euros (all in Nahuel Molina), while Inter only spent 15 million (8 to Romelu Lukaku, 4 to Kristjan Asllani and 3 to Raoul Bellanova). The rest of the strongest of Europe’s five most important leagues spent at least 50 million euros.

Ajax, the best seller

The Dutch team was by far the best seller on the market: €215 million, including €152 from Manchester United for Lisandro Martinez and Anthonytaking advantage of the connection between the clubs due to the presence of Erik ten Hag as its coach red devils.

Behind Ajax, the best sellers were City of Manchester (155 million), h Brighton (106) and the Leeds (104). It is also worth noting that Lil French, which was before 100 million in sales: 95.

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