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Premier League Clubs Shatter Summer Spending Record | Football News
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Premier League Clubs Shatter Summer Spending Record | Football News

[ad_1] Premier League clubs have shattered their record for summer transfer window spending, according to analysis from sports finance experts Deloitte. Gross spending by the 20 Premier League teams stood at 1.5 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) on Thursday, surpassing the 2017 record of 1.43 billion pounds spent by English clubs in the close-season window. It is also more than the 1.44 billion pounds spent in the whole of last season. With a week to go until the window shuts on September 1, the all-time record for an entire Premier League season, 1.86 billion pounds from 2017-18, could be beaten in the current summer window alone."The record levels of spending that we've seen in this summer transfer window so far provides a sign that the business models of Premier League clubs are reboundin...
League Cup Draw: Manchester City To Face Chelsea, Manchester United Take On Aston Villa | Football News
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League Cup Draw: Manchester City To Face Chelsea, Manchester United Take On Aston Villa | Football News

[ad_1] Manchester City are unbeaten after three matches in the Premier League.© AFPManchester City will face Chelsea in the pick of English League Cup ties after the draw for the third round was made Wednesday. It is one of six all-Premier League clashes in the last 32 along with Manchester United v Aston Villa. In the others, Arsenal face Brighton, Nottingham Forest take on Tottenham, Wolves host Leeds while Everton travel to Bournemouth.Big-spending Newcastle survived a shock when they had to come from a goal down to defeat fourth-tier Tranmere 2-1 in the League Cup second round on Wednesday.Leeds put out third division Barnsley 3-1 with Colombian international Luis Sinisterra scoring his first goal for the Premier League side since his 22.5 million pound move from Feyenoord.Brighton e...