Less than a month to go before the winter football transfer window will open in Europe. We await a lot of transfers again, regardless of their costs. One thing that should not be underestimated is the fact of how much each club spent already in summer. Which clubs are even able to spent again in winter? To evaluate that, we take a look at the previous football transfer window in summer 2020.
As part of the COVID-19 pandemic, the football summer transfer window 2020/21 turned out as a particularly special one: The previous season ended late in most leagues and the transfer window in Europe was open until October. But the buying and selling behaviour of the clubs within the transfer market has also changed. This series takes a closer look at the transfer deals in the top leagues in Europe as we continue with the English Premier League.
Methodology
First of all, we will need to clarify which statistics we will focus on. We consider all relevant information in terms of departures, arrivals, income and expenditure of each club.
In this analysis, we will take a close look at the number of arrivals and departures from different clubs. In addition, the data analysis will show how much each individual club has spent on these arrivals and earned on departures (always in million euros). In the end, we will be able to take balance by comparing income and expenditure.
Arrivals & Departures
We start with a comparison between arrivals and departures at each club. How many players are new at the club and how many players left the club? This also includes players who came back from a loan or who are currently on a loan.
It is quite interesting to see that financially strong clubs like Manchester City and Chelsea FC, followed by Brighton & Hove Albion and Fulham, had the most arrivals during the summer transfer window. Most arrivals went to Chelsea (39).
The same clubs are also the clubs with the most departures in terms of saving wages: Chelsea FC (22), Manchester City (21), Fulham (19) and Brighton & Hove Albion (18).
Other financially strong clubs like Manchester United (13 arrivals) and Arsenal London (15 arrivals) were not as active as the smaller clubs but reinforced selectively. Most teams had more arrivals than departures.
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