Comparison of winter transfers: Chelsea spent more than the Spanish, Italian, French and German leagues

The winter transfer period is over in most European countries. Traditionally, the Premier League has spent the most, with one club even spending more than the top four leagues. And yes, it’s Chelsea who have smashed all records.

This winter transfer window is unprecedented in football. Chelsea shelled out €330 million in one month, for a total of €611 million in the season. In doing so, it completely smashed the record of Barcelona, who spent €380 million in the 2018/19 season.

With no club competing with Chelsea in the winter transfer window, the Blues have to look for comparisons with entire leagues.

Indeed, the entire French Ligue 1 spent €127 million. Even less the Bundesliga, whose teams paid 68 million euros in transfers. And the very worst are La Liga and Serie A, which spent just €32 million on transfers in January.

The entire Premier League together spent €829 million in January. Of that, Chelsea took care of 360 million euros. In second place is Southampton, who spent €63 million. Third is Arsenal, who brought in €60 million worth of reinforcements. Next we find Bournemouth, who spent €56 million.

In Ligue 1, the biggest spenders were Marseille, who spent €40 million on reinforcements. In the Bundesliga, it is Borussia Dortmund, which sent €13.5 million for two players. In La Liga it is Espanyol Barcelona, which spent €13 million.

In Serie A, the biggest spenders were Fiorentina, who spent €12.5 million on transfers in January. The vast majority of teams did not buy anyone at all.

The signings are nice, but Chelsea will have to figure out how to stack all the reinforcements into the lineup. After all, it’s still true that money doesn’t mean success, and those who wanted to buy their way to trophies through frenzied shopping never really worked out.

Source: Transfermarkt