Hey big spender! Why the Premier League dominates the transfer window whilst the rest of Europe watches on

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The Athletic

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🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The Athletic's Matt Slater and Phil Buckingham join Mark Chapman to look at a transfer window where the Premier League blew its European competition out the spending waters. So much so that players are choosing to come to England rather than stay at their clubs and compete in Europe's elite competition: the Champions League. The how and why of that is explained here. Plus there's a discussion on the Super League, what forms it could take should Europe want to compete with the Premier League, and whether we prefer juggernauts doing well but don't want to admit it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:03.0	1.7 billion pounds spent so far and still a few hours of the transfer window remain.
0:09.0	It's been hello Premier League this summer and so long Champions League for many players but why and can the other big clubs of Europe
0:15.5	ever compete with the English top flight again. Joining me Mark Chapman to discuss the business done
0:20.7	this window are the Athletics Phil Buckingham and Matt Slater. West Ham have just signed a player who PSG wanted to sign. This is the world we live in.
0:36.0	Manchester United have just signed Anthony.
0:38.0	Every club's got started in.
0:40.0	Newcastle have confirmed the signing of Alexander Isaac.
0:44.0	We like some jeopardy, but we also quite like Liverpool smashing Bormuth 9-0, I'm afraid to say.
0:54.0	Wolves have agreed a club record deal.
0:57.0	We're sporting Lisbon for their midfielder, Mateas Nunez.
1:00.0	The chance to play every week in the Premier League that that's the draw for players now ultimately and obviously the richest that come with it.
1:10.0	So let's begin with a few facts. Eight of Europe's 10 biggest spending clubs this window have been English.
1:17.0	Five of those are not even in the Champions League this season.
1:21.0	Forest, Manchester United, West Ham Arsenal and Newcastle.
1:25.0	And more than half of the biggest transfers this window have been to Premier League clubs.
1:30.0	On average, each Premier League club has spent 85 million pounds this window.
1:36.0	And by comparison, the 13 Champions League clubs from Spain, Germany, Italy, have spent on average 60 million pounds.
1:46.0	Those numbers all sound correct to you Matt.
1:47.6	I'm always wary about me doing the numbers and not you because you know your figures. Spot on Mark.
1:54.0	Thank you.
1:55.0	Excellent. Yeah, yeah, well done.
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