Being 'forced by the Premier League', where are the top 4 clubs buying players?
The Premier League is leading the “food chain” transfer thanks to the great spending ability, allowing them to buy the best talents from the remaining 4 prizes. In this context, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 must turn to buy players to smaller markets or from domestic players.
Germany bought domestic and French people targeting players from England
The Premier League spending power has brought this tournament to the top of the food chain, allowing all their clubs to gather the best talents from the top European tournaments, before the richest teams in England continue to “harvest” them.
But football is not only the Premier League. The top European prizes must also operate in the transfer market, and this summer, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and La Liga have signed contracts together with more than 400 players (excluding loan). And the number is still increasing.
The largest market of each tournament is domestic, then the remaining four markets in the “Top 5” group: England, Spain, Germany, Italy and France. However, there are still notable links between a number of tournaments and other markets.
Except for Germany, France and England, the Bundesliga clubs in recent years have focused on buying players from the Netherlands and Austria. Since 2020, 5% and 4% of Bundesliga's summer rookies respectively (excluding loan) come from the Netherlands and Austrian tournaments.
But with Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt and many other teams, “the homeland is still the place where the heart belongs”. In the last summer, the Bundesliga clubs prioritized buying players from right in the tournament, second class (2. Bundesliga)