International transfers: English clubs have the most negative balance (-€4.3bn) since 2017 (CIES)

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With a total deficit of €4.35bn (€6.922bn expenditure/€2.572bn income), English clubs have the most negative international transfer balance since July 2017, according to the CIES Football Observatory's "Weekly Post" published on 14/03/2022.

Italy is in second place among the Top 10 countries with the largest deficit, with a negative balance of...

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