SCOUT· 61%41m·2026-09-03·SportsWas this the summer the Premier League ate itself?
This summer the Premier League smashed the record for spending within the division, with £1.7bn worth of transfers between Premier League clubs alone. Kate Mason is joined by Adam Crafton, Matt Slater and Rob Green to get into what this means for football here in the UK and why player prices are so high. Plus, Tim…
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“It's getting bonkers. If Ipswich Town had spent another £4 million this summer, they would have outspent Real Madrid, Hull outspent PSG, Coventry outspent Bayern, and Brighton and Barcelona spent roughly the same.”
“What happened to Ayo? We miss him 😢”
“So long as American viewership keeps setting records the Prem will have the cash to continue to dominate Europe. But there's a tipping point where the overseas market is comparable to the domestic market because there's more of them. When y…”
“How much money actually changes hands though? Villa and and Chelsea have done 250 million business each BOTH ways - 500 million total in the last few years. Most likely 20/30 million actual money has been traded. Stinks of the Inter / AC Mi…”
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