💰Premier League: English clubs’ crazy transfer market, huge sums 🤯

The Premier League’s turnover is unmatched by any other in Europe (just look at this deal between Manchester City and Puma), and this leads to an increase in the prices of the players involved.

The effect is amplified even more for some English players due to a “list” rule similar to the Italian one (at least 8 registered players must have grown up in the youth academy).

The point is clear: being young and having good seasons in the Premier League increases a player’s value exponentially, perhaps even excessively. Let’s look at some examples.

The player’s value is indisputable: speed, associative ability, finishing, experience, and at the same time only 25 years old. Alexander Isak is among the most established players in the world, but Newcastle’s asking price to sell him is off the charts: €170M according to the BBC.

Liverpool seems willing to go well beyond €130M, and there are reasons for that: for two seasons he has scored over 20 goals in the Premier League, and finding a striker is the Reds’ number one objective. Meeting Newcastle’s demands, however, would mean exceeding the amount spent for Mbappé and coming close to the insane sum PSG paid for Neymar in 2017.

At Chelsea, where the abundance of registered players forces some tough choices, Nicolas Jackson could be among those sold. The Senegalese striker has had inconsistent performances: he scored 17 goals in the Blues’ worst recent season, but stopped at 13 in the next, which was more positive for the team.

Manchester United remains the most interested club, but not the only one: Juventus has also monitored the situation, as revealed by Gianluca Di Marzio. What could hold back the suitors, however, is the very high price: according to the Daily Mail, Chelsea values him at a whopping 100 million pounds.

The Nottingham Forest shop confirms itself as one of the most expensive in the Premier League, and Newcastle has experienced this firsthand. The club has just completed the deal for Anthony Elanga, ready to move to St. James’ Park after two seasons at Nottingham.

Sixty million euros is the cost of the deal for a technical winger, who provided 11 assists in the last league season. Good numbers, absolutely, but they don’t seem to fully justify the high outlay by the Magpies for a player not yet considered top-tier.

Nottingham Forest was one step away from securing another record sale, that of Morgan Gibbs-White to Tottenham. However, the deal sensationally fell through in the last hours due to regulatory issues related to contacts between Spurs and the player (HERE ALL THE DETAILS).

In this case, the price was even higher than that of Elanga, thanks to a release clause set at 70 million euros. An important sale that slipped away at the last moment, which would have guaranteed the club another hefty capital gain but also further doubts about the actual investment compared to technical value.

Soon to turn 23 and already a U21 European champion with England. Coming off a positive season at Manchester City, where Pep Guardiola fielded him 21 times, the young playmaker scored 7 goals, showing quality and personality.

These performances have caused his market value to soar. The English club has set the price at no less than 40 million euros, a figure that could discourage several suitors (including Nottingham according to MailSport), interested but cautious in the face of such a high valuation.

In this case, the valuation seems even more excessive than other recent deals. Born in 2003 and a fresh U21 European champion with England, Omari Hutchinson finished the season with only 3 goals in the Premier League for Ipswich.

Despite unremarkable numbers, according to the BBC, the club reportedly rejected an offer of 35 million pounds from Brentford, asking for at least 50 (just over €55M). A significant amount for a still raw talent, but Ipswich seems determined to get every last cent requested.

And what about Manchester United? After spending a truckload of millions in past transfer windows (and getting it right in very few cases), the Red Devils don’t seem willing to sit back this year either. They acquired Cunha from Wolverhampton for €72 million, a huge sum.

But it doesn’t end there, because according to The Athletic, Old Trafford is ready to go back in for Bryan Mbeumo. After the first offer of 45 million was rejected by Brentford, as well as the second of 55+7.5 in bonuses, United is about to present a third, which will be around €81 million including fixed and bonus amounts.

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