ENGLISH clubs dominated the recent January transfer window as spending headed back to pre-pandemic levels, according to Fifa.
Global spending topped £760MILLION – up from £440m just a year ago.
And English clubs forked out a whopping £258m of that, representing more than a THIRD of total transfer fees paid.
Liverpool splashed £33m on Porto’s Luis Diaz in a deal that could rise to £50m depending on performance.
Manchester City added Argentina striker Julian Alvarez from River Plate after triggering his £17m release clause.
And mega-rich Newcastle spent big on the likes of Bruno Guimaraes, who joined in a club-record £43m deal.
The £258m outlay by English clubs is almost three-and-a-half times more than every other club outside Europe COMBINED.
Non-European teams coughed up just £74m for new players in the January window.
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This winter saw a staggering 3,534 deals completed worldwide – up from 2,761 transfers recorded in January 2021.
Fifa’s International Transfer Snapshot 2022 report stated: “Against the continuing backdrop of the pandemic, the number of international transfers of professional players rose by 28% in men’s football (compared to 2021), with 3,534 players on the move globally.”
Italian sides were the highest spenders after England, dropping £84m on new players.
Spanish teams followed with £82m as total European spending reached £685m.
English clubs registered 153 new players during the January window, with Brazil registered 201 and Portugal 194.
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