[Sport] The winter market makes it clear: LaLiga, the one that most accuses the crisis of the big five

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The winter transfer market has only confirmed what is an evidence: football in general, and Spanish more than any of the major leagues, is going through an economic crisis. Not even the two giants are saved, with Madrid controlling spending to avoid greater evils and Barça with soaring debt.

LaLiga has barely spent 22 million in this market, the least of the five major championships. He sends the Premier, as almost always, with more than 80 million spent. The 23 million paid by West Ham for Benrahma or the almost 16 that Aston Villa has spent on Sanson stand out. We are talking about two teams that are not from the 'Big six', which makes clear the economic power of the Premier. In addition, Manchester United paid 21 'kilos' for Diallo.

Close to the English league appears Serie A, but the Italian championship must be put an asterisk because a good chunk of the 77 million it has spent is due to the usual financial engineering trade-offs at Juventus. The 'Vecchia Signora' has signed Rovella, from Genoa, for 18 million. In turn, Genoa himself has signed Portanova to Juventus for 10 million and his subsidiary to Petrelli for 8. Between the two, the 18 that Juve paid for Rovella. Juve has made the same move with Marseille, exchanging Tongya for Aké.

Outside of the operations in which Juventus is involved, the 13 million that Parma has paid for Dennis Man, the 11 million for Atalanta for Maehle or the seven for Torino for Sanabria stand out.

Behind the Premier and Serie A is the Bundesliga, with just over 47 million spent. The 20 'kilos' that Leipzig spent in Szoboszlai, the 11 in Leverkusen in Frimpong and the 9 in Moenchengladbach in Koné add up to 40 of those 47.

Ligue 1 also surpasses LaLiga in spending, and that PSG has not gained prominence. It was Monaco, which has signed Krepin Diatta, from Bruges, for 20 million, the team that has made the most expensive signing. The second most expensive hiring has been that of Tongya for Marseille (8 million), in the aforementioned exchange with Juventus.

Behind all those championships is LaLiga, whose most expensive signing has been that of Carlos Fernández, for which Real Sociedad has paid 10 million to Sevilla. The Seville team itself has encouraged the market a bit by hiring Papu Gómez for seven million (5 + 2). After these two operations appear Capoué to Villarreal (two million), Dembélé to Atlético (1.5 million for the transfer), Kubo to Getafe (1.25 million for the transfer) and Solari to Celta (0.5 million) .

 

The Dutch and Turkish league, also above
The most striking thing is that even the Dutch league and the Turkish league are above the Spanish in spending. For very little, but above. Although in the case of the Dutch, it would almost be better to speak exclusively about Ajax, since of the 24.5 million spent, 22.5 correspond to the signing of Haller by the Amsterdam team.

The 298 million of the 2017-2018
The current season in which the least has been spent in LaLiga in the winter market. In this sense, the almost 300 (298, exactly) of the 2017-2018 stand out, driven by the millionaire signing of Coutinho for Barcelona. Last year no less than 151 million were spent on this window.

From the last season, you have to go back to 2016-2017 to find a figure similar to that of this market. On that occasion, 28 million were spent. The pandemic has wreaked havoc on the coffers of the clubs ... and it looks like it will go long.