Sunderland spent more money on transfer than Real Madrid? EPL Crazy Transfer Market...How much did you spend

Aug 19, 2025

Sunderland spent more money on transfer than Real Madrid? EPL Crazy Transfer Market...How much did you spend
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A new record is expected to be born in the English Premier League (EPL) summer transfer market this year.

The BBC quoted Football Transfer dotcom data on the 19th (Korea time) saying that the transfer fee spent by each team in the EPL has been £2.26 billion (about KRW 4.2406 trillion) so far since the opening of the transfer market, up 12.7% from last summer (1.97 billion pounds, about KRW 3.7152 trillion)." The all-time EPL record was 2.36 billion pounds (about 4.4283 trillion won) in the summer of 2023. 'With more deals expected to be done before the September 1 deadline, new records are also expected to be used,' it added. The BBC predicted that the total transfer fee expenditure would be more than 2.5 billion pounds (about 4.6884 trillion won).

EPL, which is considered the best market in the world, also spent a lot of money. This summer, Florian Birtz moved from Leverkusen to Liverpool for up to £11600 (about KRW 217.6 billion), and Hugo Ekitike moved his team from Frankfurt to Liverpool for up to £79 million (about KRW 148.2 billion). Manchester United also invested 73.7 million pounds (about 138.2 billion won) in recruiting Benjamin Sesco.




Sunderland spent more money on transfer than Real Madrid? EPL Crazy Transfer Market...How much did you spend
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The BBC pointed out that `EPL teams spend more on transfer fees than all of the German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A, and Spain's Primera Liga.' He also explained that 16 of the 20 Premier League teams have broken transfer fee records over the past four years, and Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Arsenal have set transfer fee records of more than £100 million during this period.

Analysts say that massive investment is linked to survival. BBC said 'In the last two seasons, the Championship (Second Division) promotion team was immediately relegated. Sunderland spent 140 million pounds (about 262.6 billion won) in transfer fees ahead of this season. Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are the only teams in Europe that have spent more than Sunderland. "Atletico Madrid then spent £153 million (about KRW 287 billion) this summer, the highest transfer fee in European leagues other than the EPL, followed by Real Madrid with £147 million (about KRW 275.7 billion). Paris Saint-Germain, who won the European Champions League, spent only 90 million pounds (about 168.8 billion won). FC Barcelona only spent 22.5 million pounds (about 42.2 billion won).





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.