The transfer window should have been opening on July 1.
Instead, three of Europe’s top five leagues are scrambling to finish their seasons, while France’s was declared done and Germany’s completed having restarted earlier than everyone else.
We will get our usual months of madness where the rumour mill spins wildly, it’s just going to be a bit later in the year than normal.
Not that you’d know given Chelsea have already managed to purchase Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech for a combined total of £84m.
It’s clear the Blues will be the exception, rather than the rule in the next window with many, including Premier League champions Liverpool, unable to spend big due the financial impact of coronavirus.
The seemingly exponential rise of transfer fees since the turn of the millennium may well be curbed, for the time being, but which clubs have spent the most since 2000/01?
For it’s 20th anniversary, the awesome stats website transfermarkt have taken a look.
*All data correct on June 30, 2020
