{"id":12779,"date":"2024-01-25T22:06:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T22:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/transfer-news-premier-league-clubs-not-spending-in-january-2024-window\/"},"modified":"2024-01-25T22:06:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T22:06:10","slug":"transfer-news-premier-league-clubs-not-spending-in-january-2024-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/transfer-news-premier-league-clubs-not-spending-in-january-2024-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer news: Premier League clubs not spending in January 2024 window"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Chelsea’s January 2023 deadline-day capture of 22-year-old Enzo Fernandez for \u00a3107m smashed the British transfer record – previously the \u00a3100m Manchester City paid for Jack Grealish in 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Has the Premier League spending bubble burst?<\/span><\/p>\n

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The past three transfer windows – January 2023 and the summers of 2022 and 2023 – have each set new Premier League spending records, with \u00a3100m players being traded and Chelsea dominating the headlines.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But with one week to go until transfer deadline day on Thursday, 1 February, just <\/span>nine players have been signed<\/span><\/a> by Premier League clubs, of which only four have been permanent deals, while disclosed fees amount to <\/span>\u00a332.9m<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the same stage of the <\/span>winter transfer window in 2023<\/span><\/a>, there had been 26 signings made by Premier League clubs, of which 21 deals were permanent. <\/span><\/p>\n

Of the fees that were disclosed, top-flight clubs spent at least <\/span>\u00a3352.2m<\/strong>, before add-ons, by this stage last year, with seven days to go.<\/span><\/p>\n

Top-flight clubs would go on to <\/span>spend a record-breaking \u00a3815m<\/span><\/a> in last season’s January window. That included Chelsea’s \u00a3107m deal for Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez, from Benfica.<\/span><\/p>\n

More than \u00a3275m was spent on deadline day alone, while, according to financial services firm Deloitte, the total spending of Premier League clubs last January was 90% more than the previous winter record of \u00a3430m, set in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

That January window followed two record-breaking summer windows, with <\/span>\u00a32.3bn<\/span><\/a> spent in 2023 surpassing the <\/span>\u00a31.9bn<\/span><\/a> spent in July and August 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

Are Premier League financial charges a factor?<\/h3>\n

Charges hanging over Nottingham Forest and Everton at present – for <\/span>alleged breaches of the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules (PSR)<\/span><\/a> in their 2022-23 finances – may have sharpened minds.<\/span><\/p>\n

No club will want to risk a 10-point deduction like Everton are appealing against for a previous breach in their <\/span>accounts up to 2021-22.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

BBC Sport’s Alex Howell reports that Chelsea, with a \u00a31bn outlay since the Clearlake ownership group took over the club in May 2022, are <\/span>more likely to sell<\/span><\/a> in this window than buy to balance the books.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Newcastle, despite being one of the richest clubs in the world through their Saudi Public Investment Fund backers, <\/span>posted a \u00a373m loss for the 2022-23 season<\/span><\/a> and players such as <\/span>Kieran Trippier<\/span><\/a>, Callum Wilson and Miguel Almiron are linked with moves away from Tyneside this month.<\/span><\/p>\n

Premier League’s January moves<\/h3>\n

Sheffield United<\/strong> kicked things off on 5 January with the loan signing of Villarreal’s Chile striker <\/span>Ben Brereton Diaz<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tottenham<\/strong> moved early to complete the two most eye-catching deals of the window so far, bringing in 21-year-old Romania defender <\/span>Radu Dragusin<\/span><\/a> from Italian side Genoa for \u00a325m and Germany striker <\/span>Timo Werner<\/span><\/a> on loan from RB Leipzig until the end of the season – the 27-year-old’s move includes an option to be made permanent in the summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both <\/span>Burnley<\/strong> and <\/span>Brentford<\/strong> brought in a player on loan from a Premier League rival, with Ivory Coast striker <\/span>David Datro Fofana<\/span><\/a> making the switch from Chelsea to Turf Moor and Tottenham’s Spanish defender <\/span>Sergio Reguilon<\/span><\/a> ending a short spell at Manchester United to fill in for the Bees’ injured left-back Rico Henry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reading vice-captain <\/span>Tom Holmes<\/span><\/a>, 23, made the leap from League One to <\/span>Luton Town<\/strong> for an undisclosed fee, though the defender has returned to the Royals on loan. <\/span><\/p>\n

Brighton<\/strong>, meanwhile, signed two teenage prospects – Romania winger <\/span>Adrian Mazilu<\/span><\/a>, 18, completed his move from FCV Farul after originally agreeing a deal last summer, although he subsequently joined Vitesse Arnhem on loan, while 19-year-old Argentine winger\/full-back <\/span>Valentin Barco<\/span><\/a> arrived at Amex Stadium from Boca Juniors on a four-and-a-half-year contract for a fee of \u00a37.8m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, <\/span>Aston Villa<\/strong> signed Serbian defender <\/span>Kosta Nedeljkovic<\/span><\/a> from Red Star Belgrade for an undisclosed fee, but the 18-year-old will remain with Red Star until the end of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n