Why transfer window could be a tax issue for footballers Sport Business As the end of the transfer window approaches, once again many young international footballers have relocated to England, with considerable salaries now in their pockets. For instance, Chelsea’s pair of teenage summer signings, Jorrel Hato and William Estevao, joined with reported salaries worth a combined £180,000. While these contracts mark the sudden arrival of significant [...]
The Premier League £2.36bn club: £228m worth of signings score at weekend cash is king Summer signings with a value of £228m scored goals at the weekend as the Premier League returned for the first round of games since the transfer window closed on 1 September. Declan Rice (£105m), Dominik Szoboszlai (£60m) and James Maddison (£40m) were among the five goal scorers who had changed clubs this summer. The 20 [...]
Premier League clubs’ January transfer window spending falls for first time since 2012 The amount Premier League teams spent in the January transfer window fell for the first time since 2012, according to football money experts Deloitte. England's top tier clubs spent just £180m on permanent signings, some way off the £430m that was lavishly shelled out last winter. Nearly a third of this window's total outlay was [...]
Harry Redknapp has spent more than Arsenal and Manchester United in January transfer windows February 4, 2015 Harry Redknapp has poured cold water on suggestions he left QPR due to a dispute over transfers, citing an urgent need for knee surgery as the reason behind his shock exit, just one day after the January transfer window closed, yet it's not hard to see why those suggestions arose in the first place. This [...]
January transfer window 2015: How did the Premier League’s activity compare to previous years? February 3, 2015 Was this year’s January transfer window the most boring yet? That was the sentiment in the press today as fans and journalists alike bemoaned the “dudline day” that saw little in the way of shock moves of big name signings. Over £144m was spent by Premier League clubs across the month, who appeared unable or [...]
January transfer window 2015: Every single Premier League move broken down into charts February 3, 2015
January transfer window 2015: All the done deals from Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, City, Liverpool and the rest of the Premier League clubs February 3, 2015
Cuadrado deal takes Chelsea’s transfer spend to highest levels for a decade as player sales reach all-time record February 2, 2015 If you thought Uefa’s financial fair play rules were going to curb Roman Abramovich’s spending at Chelsea, think again. Following the signing of Juan Cuadrado from Fiorentina for £29.4m, the Blues’ total spend on transfer fees for the season has reached £123.3m. Chelsea have not spent as much in a single season for 10 years. [...]
Arsenal transfer spend tops £100m and smashes previous record after Gabriel Paulista signing January 29, 2015 Gabriel Paulista may not be the most significant signing Arsenal will ever make, but the Brazilian centre-back’s arrival in North London has created a little bit of history for his new club. After spending roughly £13m on the 24 year-old, Arsenal’s spending for the season has crossed the £100m mark. Never before have the Gunners [...]
Obscure wage bill rules blamed for January transfers shortage January 22, 2015 An unexpetedly quiet January transfer window could be the first sign of little-known Premier League cost-control regulations starting to bite, according to industry experts. Despite English top-flight clubs being richer than ever before – all 20 are among the top 40 wealthiest in the world, it emerged this week – they have failed to spend [...]