Top of the Transfers

League-----------Income----------Outcome------Overall

Premier League 614.655.000 € 342.420.000 € -272.235.000 €
Serie A 452.755.000 € 280.810.000 € -171.945.000 €
Liga BBVA 304.190.000 € 326.602.000 € 22.412.000 €
Ligue 1 228.540.000 € 261.100.000 € 32.560.000 €
1.Bundesliga 155.450.000 € 73.683.000 € -81.767.000 €
Eredivisie 76.965.000 € 95.760.000 € 18.795.000 €
SuperLiga 68.994.000 € 65.350.000 € -3.644.000 €
Turkcell Süper Lig 61.089.000 € 9.900.000 € -51.189.000 €
Championship 60.616.000 € 82.042.000 € 21.426.000 €

EPL almost spends as much as Italy and Spain together!!!

City goes after the Robinho transfer straigt to the top as the club who spended the most..Incredible how much Barca and Liverpool have spend and still look very poor in terms of quality!! They did something wrong

Manchester City € 100.850.000
FC Barcelona € 90.500.000
Tottenham Hotspur € 84.900.000
FC Liverpool € 71.800.000
Olympique Lyon € 58.100.000

The clubs who sold the most, Spurs did very well only spend 9million euros to improve so much..and got so much money for $h!t(keane)
Tottenham Hotspur € 75.750.000 Palermo did very well too
US Palermo € 60.800.000
Real Madrid € 59.000.000
FC Sevilla € 57.000.000
FC Barcelona € 49.440.000

Fey wrote:
EPL almost spends as much as Italy and Spain together!!!

Duh : 12M pounds for Millner, 40M Euros for Robinho etc

They should rename the league : "More cash than sense"

The Championship is the 9th biggest league in Europe on transfer spending and 6th biggest on attendances.

So by that calculation we should have had about 40m - 50m more left in the kitty...

Where is our winger!!!

We spent about £38m. Just checked, that's 47m euros.

Figures are a bit off.

The Mascherano deal is included in this.

Fey wrote:The Mascherano deal is included in this.

Are you including all the winter transfers then?

I must admit that this year La Liga has trailed well behind the EPL on transfer activity. There is not a single high-profile player that I can think of that has come into the league (except 2nd tier players like VDV and Hleb). Both Barcelona and Real Madrid have seemed to lack real interest in strengthening significantly and I can't see either squad threatening the hegemony of the EPL clubs in the CL.
Both clubs seemed to have the money to do something, after all the speculating about C. Ronaldo and Villa et al Real Madrid should really have made a move for someone, anyone, and now have let go of one of the few players that can win games for them on his own. I must admit it looks like a nice piece of business, but the timing is off. They are now stuck with what they have until January.
Barcelona made plenty of moves early on and they weren't necessarily bad moves, but all fans must have expected some forward being signed. Instead I share the fear of many of my fellow cules, that this year is not going to be significantly better than the previous season. We lost a lot of width, and are well stocked in the defensive and midfield areas, gaining strength in depth there without necessarily improving our first XI.

Atletico Madrid may seem like the most exciting team from Spain this year...

toon h wrote:except 2nd tier players like VDV

I hereby revoke your Dutchieness !

If you don't have anything to say : stay away and don't post anything

Axeslammer wrote:

toon h wrote:except 2nd tier players like VDV

I hereby revoke your Dutchieness !

If you don't have anything to say : stay away and don't post anything

as far as I am concerned, he has asked for it by joining RM. I should revoke HIS Dutchieness because of it.

Well there are 5 Dutchies there so they might be the ones revoking.

DS wrote:Well there are 5 Dutchies there so they might be the ones revoking.

as if I care. I am more interested in how Barcelona do than 5 Dutchies at Real Madrid. There are plenty of other Dutch players out there. The only one I appreciate is RVN, the rest are all prima donnas and ballerinas.

I am not blindly anti Madrid players, but some should know better and that they lose my affection if they join.
Hey, there are 1 or 2 good Madrid players. I like Casillas and RVN and Raul isn't that bad, probably due to his Atletico upbringing.

Strangely RVN may be respect though because he seems to be the main source for RM , dont you wish he had an injury.

DS wrote:Strangely RVN may be respect though because he seems to be the main source for RM , dont you wish he had an injury.

Casillas and RVN are half of the team. But they seem like nice guys. At least they deserve the respect. Other numpties like Guti, Sergio Ramos, etc. are unbearable because they seem to act as if the club is the biggest in the world because of them.

DS wrote:Strangely RVN may be respect though because he seems to be the main source for RM , dont you wish he had an injury.

3 matches played so far : 2 for the supercup and 1 for the league.

How many goals did he score in those 3 matches ?

Can you imagine the hype on these boards if Torres, Rooney or Berbatov would have had that kind of start ?

I always have liked RVN tell that to LRD.
As I say 150 goals in 200 appearances is no joke at the highest level.

And I also believe that the move was right for him and us.Now he has proven himself in 3 leagues Dutch,English,Spanish.

Axeslammer wrote:

DS wrote:Strangely RVN may be respect though because he seems to be the main source for RM , dont you wish he had an injury.

3 matches played so far : 2 for the supercup and 1 for the league.

How many goals did he score in those 3 matches ?

Can you imagine the hype on these boards if Torres, Rooney or Berbatov would have had that kind of start ?

4 goals in those games.

While EPL does spend much more money than Serie A, its largely down to the fact that brittish player prices are inflated way over the top.... if you look at the quality of players that EPL and Serie A brought in from abroad, say the top 25-30 names, you will see that Serie A has actually brought in more quality this summer.

But aside from that, EPL is by far the biggest league in terms of money... others cannot compete with it at the mo in that aspect.

So now that Serie A has brought in so much quality, added to the undoubted quality the league already had, are we expected three teams in the CL semis?

25 to 30 foreign imports?

Robinho, Deco, Bosingwa, Nasri, Riera, Gutierrez, Xisco, Falliani, Kompany, Jo, Gonzales, Pavlunchenko, Modric, Dos Santos, Villaneuva, Cissé, Coloccini, Behrami, Gomes for a start...

Most of the big EPL transfer were internal anyway.

Tweedle wrote:So now that Serie A has brought in so much quality, added to the undoubted quality the league already had, are we expected three teams in the CL semis?

25 to 30 foreign imports?

Robinho, Deco, Bosingwa, Nasri, Riera, Gutierrez, Xisco, Falliani, Kompany, Jo, Gonzales, Pavlunchenko, Modric, Dos Santos, Villaneuva, Cissé, Coloccini, Behrami, Gomes for a start...

Most of the big EPL transfer were internal anyway.

Tweedy, Serie A is much more than 4 CL teams. It is possible that the EPL top 4 are stronger than Serie A top 4 inspite of Serie A importing more talent than EPL this summer. Is that so difficult to understand?

Ronaldinho, Quaresma, Menez, Zarate, Sanchez, Milito, German Denis, Muntari, Zambrotta, Jovetic, Melo, Flamini, Shevchenko, Baptista, Senderos, Poulsen, Olivera, Bianchi for a start to match your 18. And there are many more: Yepes; Dica; Rakic; Carrizo; Coelho; Radu, Mellberg; Manninger; Litchsteiner; Matuzalem, Zuniga; Fornaroli; Coutinho; Corradi; Papatathopoulos; Saumel; Rodriguiz; Riise; Ledesma; Vujadinovic; Bottinelli; Iago Falque; Costa; Kerlon, Krsticic, Matheu; Dzemaili; Moti; Basta; Domingo; Larrondo, etc

bluenine wrote:

Tweedle wrote:So now that Serie A has brought in so much quality, added to the undoubted quality the league already had, are we expected three teams in the CL semis?

25 to 30 foreign imports?

Robinho, Deco, Bosingwa, Nasri, Riera, Gutierrez, Xisco, Falliani, Kompany, Jo, Gonzales, Pavlunchenko, Modric, Dos Santos, Villaneuva, Cissé, Coloccini, Behrami, Gomes for a start...

Most of the big EPL transfer were internal anyway.

Tweedy, Serie A is much more than 4 CL teams. It is possible that the EPL top 4 are stronger than Serie A top 4 inspite of Serie A importing more talent than EPL this summer. Is that so difficult to understand?

Ronaldinho, Quaresma, Menez, Zarate, Sanchez, Milito, German Denis, Muntari, Zambrotta, Jovetic, Melo, Flamini, Shevchenko, Baptista, Senderos, Poulsen, Olivera, Bianchi for a start to match your 18. And there are many more: Yepes; Dica; Rakic; Carrizo; Coelho; Radu, Mellberg; Manninger; Litchsteiner; Matuzalem, Zuniga; Fornaroli; Coutinho; Corradi; Papatathopoulos; Saumel; Rodriguiz; Riise; Ledesma; Vujadinovic; Bottinelli; Iago Falque; Costa; Kerlon, Krsticic, Matheu; Dzemaili; Moti; Basta; Domingo; Larrondo, etc

Your 2nd list is void if you are going to include players such as Kerlon

I guess we should be seeing a Italian team win both the CL and Waffa cup.

Rosicky wrote:

bluenine wrote:

Tweedle wrote:So now that Serie A has brought in so much quality, added to the undoubted quality the league already had, are we expected three teams in the CL semis?

25 to 30 foreign imports?

Robinho, Deco, Bosingwa, Nasri, Riera, Gutierrez, Xisco, Falliani, Kompany, Jo, Gonzales, Pavlunchenko, Modric, Dos Santos, Villaneuva, Cissé, Coloccini, Behrami, Gomes for a start...

Most of the big EPL transfer were internal anyway.

Tweedy, Serie A is much more than 4 CL teams. It is possible that the EPL top 4 are stronger than Serie A top 4 inspite of Serie A importing more talent than EPL this summer. Is that so difficult to understand?

Ronaldinho, Quaresma, Menez, Zarate, Sanchez, Milito, German Denis, Muntari, Zambrotta, Jovetic, Melo, Flamini, Shevchenko, Baptista, Senderos, Poulsen, Olivera, Bianchi for a start to match your 18. And there are many more: Yepes; Dica; Rakic; Carrizo; Coelho; Radu, Mellberg; Manninger; Litchsteiner; Matuzalem, Zuniga; Fornaroli; Coutinho; Corradi; Papatathopoulos; Saumel; Rodriguiz; Riise; Ledesma; Vujadinovic; Bottinelli; Iago Falque; Costa; Kerlon, Krsticic, Matheu; Dzemaili; Moti; Basta; Domingo; Larrondo, etc

Your 2nd list is void if you are going to include players such as Kerlon

I guess we should be seeing a Italian team win both the CL and Waffa cup.

Yeah, I have my doubts about Kerlon as well. But there are quite a few decent names in that second list.

Maybe not this season, but give it 1-2 more years and I think Serie A will start dominating the UEFA Cup. As for the CL, the EPL top 4 are still stronger than the Serie A top 4, so its more likely that a english team will win it.

for my list I only included the high profile players blue. I could include players like Zaki to for example but there wouldn't be any point as you wouldn't have seen him; like many of the players on your list.

You mention Sissy but not Coloccini, you c**t.

bluenine wrote:

Tweedle wrote:So now that Serie A has brought in so much quality, added to the undoubted quality the league already had, are we expected three teams in the CL semis?

25 to 30 foreign imports?

Robinho, Deco, Bosingwa, Nasri, Riera, Gutierrez, Xisco, Falliani, Kompany, Jo, Gonzales, Pavlunchenko, Modric, Dos Santos, Villaneuva, Cissé, Coloccini, Behrami, Gomes for a start...

Most of the big EPL transfer were internal anyway.

Tweedy, Serie A is much more than 4 CL teams. It is possible that the EPL top 4 are stronger than Serie A top 4 inspite of Serie A importing more talent than EPL this summer. Is that so difficult to understand?

Ronaldinho, Quaresma, Menez, Zarate, Sanchez, Milito, German Denis, Muntari, Zambrotta, Jovetic, Melo, Flamini, Shevchenko, Baptista, Senderos, Poulsen, Olivera, Bianchi for a start to match your 18. And there are many more: Yepes; Dica; Rakic; Carrizo; Coelho; Radu, Mellberg; Manninger; Litchsteiner; Matuzalem, Zuniga; Fornaroli; Coutinho; Corradi; Papatathopoulos; Saumel; Rodriguiz; Riise; Ledesma; Vujadinovic; Bottinelli; Iago Falque; Costa; Kerlon, Krsticic, Matheu; Dzemaili; Moti; Basta; Domingo; Larrondo, etc

Yeah but Tweed only listed top class player bluey, not random players

He could have listed the Ngogs and Possebons of this world to match your Kerlons

Yeah Tweedle, you mockney c**t!

bluenine, wtf is that 2nd list. Iago Falque? Even Barça fans wouldn't hype him...for every Iago there's 10 kids that English clubs have nicked from around Europe this summer.

Who is German Denis

His name is class

COTR wrote:Who is German Denis

His name is class

@kimbo

I did list Coloccini you geordie twat!

kas wrote:bluenine, wtf is that 2nd list. Iago Falque? Even Barça fans wouldn't hype him...for every Iago there's 10 kids that English clubs have nicked from around Europe this summer.

When you compare with the names Tweedy has mentioned, look at the first list of 18 names... it is obvious that if you make a list of 50 names (second list), a lot of those will be unkowns... that is just to know that Serie A has imported numbers this summer. But a few names even in the second list are decent, like Dica, Yepes, Radu, etc.