Premier League clubs accounted for a third of all transfer spending in 2022 with Manchester United splashing the most money and Liverpool's move for Darwin Nunez the highest individual fee Antony's transfer to Manchester United contributed heavily to them being the world's biggest spenders English football clubs spent a staggering £1.78BILLION on transfers in 2022 - and that accounted for a THIRD of the world’s total outlay in the two windows. FIFA have published their annual Global Transfer Report and, once again, it is the English clubs - led by the ??s big spenders - who dominate.
French clubs were the biggest beneficiaries of a spending splurge led by the Premier League, raking in almost £600million from transfer fees.
Of the entire amount spent by clubs across the world, 12.5 percent was accounted for by the top ten player transfer fees. Six of the top ten fees were commanded by players coming into the Premier League.