The Premier League, queen of the summer transfer window – The World

Le Monde | 09/01/2015 at 9:49 • Updated 01/09/2015 10:15 | By Remi Dupre

At 19, Anthony Martial therefore could not resist the lure of the English Premier League. A few hours before the close of the transfer market, Monday, August 31 at midnight, the Monaco striker benefited from the authorization ‘ exceptional “the coach Didier Deschamps to temporarily leave Clairefontaine, where the Blues are internship, to rally the Perfidious Albion. It signed a contract with Manchester United against an amount that would be around 80 million euros. Which would make it the most expensive French player ever to Zinedine Zidane, bought for 75 million euros Real Madrid in 2001

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In addition, the amount invested by the Reds seem staggering. Martial goes into effect even before open learning center (74 games played in Ligue 1 since 2012). Friday, September 4, in Lisbon, the neophyte could also make his baptism of fire with El Tri against Portugal.

A logical inflationnaliste

This transfer puts especially highlight the incredible strike force English clubs during the summer transfer window. An ability to spend lavishly that maintains an inflationary logic. Last season, the Premier League formations had invested 835 million pounds (1.119 billion euros) during the summer transfer window. On July 31, the 500 million pounds ($ 710 million) had already been crossed. . And the record set in 2014 should thus be easily beaten

In the summer of 2014, one transfer exceeded 50 million Euros in England – or the amount invested by Arsenal to provide services the Chilean Alexis Sanchez – that of Argentine Angel Di Maria, joined by Manchester United against 75 million euros and sold this summer at Paris-Saint-Germain for € 63 million

These. recent weeks, many residents of Ligue 1 have made the opposite way and crossed the English Channel. Jordan Ayew, Jordan Veretout, Jordan Amavi (Aston Villa), Florian Thauvin (Newcastle, against 17 million euros), Yohan Cabaye (Crystal Palace, for 18 million euros) and Clinton Nije (Tottenham, against 17 million euros) have joined the Premier League, became an oasis of prosperity.

Manna TV rights

In fact, the gap became gaping between England, where money flows like water, and its neighbors. “There is a clear divide, insists Raffaele Poli, manager and co-founder of the Observatory soccer in international Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) in Neuchâtel (Switzerland). Of the eleven most spendthrift European clubs during the transfer window, six are English, including Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham. Except for promoted Watford and Bournemouth, all the Premier League clubs are among the thirty most spenders in Europe. “

” There is thus a parachute system Premier League . The clubs do not hesitate to invest because even in case of relegation, the risks are reduced. “

Negotiated in the spring, rising television rights the Premier League for the 2016-2019 cycle (7.3 billion euros over three years) explains the propensity of English courses to recruit. An amount almost ten times that (748.5 million euros) that will have to share in this way the Ligue 1 training between 2016 and 2020. “ There is thus a parachute system Premier League , says Raffaele Poli. The clubs do not hesitate to invest because even in case of relegation, the risks are reduced. “ Watford, London promoted, has invested around thirty million euros on the transfer market. It is assured to reach 186 million euros in the event of relegation, against 327 million in the event of maintenance.

Even before the renegotiation of their television rights, the Premier League clubs have shared 2 billion EUR at the end of last season. For comparison, the Paris-Saint-Germain has affected (€ 45 million) thanks to TV rights, half of the sum (89.2 million euros) allocated to Queens Park Rangers, red lantern . English league

According to the annual ranking of the Football Money League, established in January 2015 by Deloitte, eight Premier League teams were also among the twenty richest clubs in Europe: Manchester United (2 ^th , with 518 million euros of turnovers at the end of fiscal year 2013-2014), Manchester City (6 ^th 414 million euros), Chelsea (7 ^th , 387.9 million), Arsenal (8 ^th , 359.3 million), Liverpool (9 ^th , 305.9 million), Tottenham (13 ^th , 215.8 million), Newcastle United (19 ^th , 155.1 million) and Everton ( 20 ^th , 144 100 000).

Manchester City blazed

While the UEFA ( UEFA) has lifted its sanctions in the spring as part of the financial fair play (FPF), Manchester City has spent almost 200 million euros during the summer transfer window. After including enlisted Raheem Sterling (as against 69 million, the most expensive English player in history), Nicolas Otamendi (44.6 million) and Fabian Delph (11.5 million), Citizens have paid around 80 million euros to recruit striker Belgian Kevin De Bruyne.

Their rival United was not outdone, enlisting the international Morgan Schneiderlin French against 33 million euros, the Dutch Memphis Depay ( thirty million) and Germany’s Bastian Schweinsteiger (21 million), world champion in July 2014 with Nationalmannschaft. Chelsea (recruitment Spaniard Pedro against 30 million euros) and Liverpool (acquisition of Belgian Benteke for 47 million euros) have also soared.

” The increase in television rights inevitably leads to this inflationary phenomenon says Raffaele Poli. Six Seven clubs on the thirty-two involved in the Champions League can hope to win it. Among them, one will find this season the two Manchester clubs and Chelsea. “Especially as their Spanish, Italian or German rivals have opted for frugality.

Taking advantage of rising Serie A TV rights (945 million euros yearly until 2018) Juventus has it, including enlisted the German Sami Khedira (free) Croatian Mario Mandzukic and (against € 18 million). Bayern Munich, he set his sights on Chile’s Arturo Vidal (against 37 million euros) and the Brazilian Douglas Costa (against 30 million euros).

Non transfer by the Federation International Football (FIFA) until 2016, FC Barcelona will not record until January recruitment against 41 million euros of the Turk Arda Turan. Real Madrid led by Rafael Benitez has, he not wish to invest heavily during the summer transfer window. The leaders of the “Casa Blanca”, however, wanted to draw in their nets the Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea Manchester United. An agreement had been reached against $ 30 million. Or transfer the porter could not be completed before the stroke of midnight. According to the sports newspaper Marca , the documents to finalize the transaction would not arrived in due time on the desk of the Iberian League. They were sent to … one minute past midnight.