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Premier League clubs are spending huge sums on English players, and there is nothing surprising about it: the market is simply responding to supply and demand
The £135 million Manchester City invested in Elliot Anderson is not exactly madness, even if it is difficult to see it as anything else.
Italy continues to export very few players, especially compared to the other great powers of world football
Recognising that we are a mediocre and obsolete football system must be the first step toward truly starting again.
Hearts are still in the running to win an incredible national title, and a (good) part of the credit goes to a new market model based on algorithms.
The credit goes to the new co-owner Tony Bloom, who already managed Brighton and Union Saint-Gilloise and has implemented a scouting model based on advanced statistics.
Manchester City already has the new Haaland: his name is Dell, he is a 17-year-old Brazilian and is growing within the vast network of the City Football Group.
For now, Bahia, one of the clubs in the conglomerate, is nurturing him, but the future is already written: he will move to Europe and be tested at all levels.
Real Madrid has a big market problem: players do not want to leave the club, making it very difficult to sell them.
In the last three seasons, the blanco club has earned only 25 million euros from sales. But in reality, this is a trend that has existed for longer and will continue.
Manchester United is close to returning to the Champions League, but in case of qualification, there would be some issues with the salaries of loaned players.
With the achievement of the goal, a clause widely used at Old Trafford automatically raises the salaries of players. Even those who are temporarily at other clubs.
And if Tottenham’s crisis were also linked to a transfer market based on the wrong data?
Only a total blackout at the root could explain a surreal verdict: the Spurs in the relegation zone.
Lens has become PSG’s rival for the Ligue 1 title, but continues to spend little to honor the working-class and mining roots of its fans.
For the club, keeping the accounts in order is as important as the pact with its community: amid unemployment and low wages, Thauvin's Lens wants to be "also a socio-economic model," in addition to being a sports one.
For some time now Premier League clubs have been doing their transfer business mostly among themselves, because they are too rich for the rest of Europe
And at the same time the spending towards the continent is decreasing, by now relegated to a satellite of the English supremacy.
Tom Brady is not only one of the co-owners of Birmingham City, but now he also helps with the transfer business
The former NFL star has an aura that allows him to convince a potential signing with a simple phone call: Carlos Vicente recounted it, the English club's new signing (who chose to move from the Liga to the Championship).