The English Premier League is perhaps one of the most watched leagues in the entire world. Why? Because that's where all of the money is nowdays, and money buys you talented players, which leads to high quality football and a lot of viewers interest.
Looking at this season, the sum on transfers looks bigger than ever, and there's still time until the window closes.
Arsenal has a few undisclosed transfers, but the one listed publicly is A.Lacazette who came from Lyon for €53 million. Considering that Wenger usually does not spend a lot of money on transfers or much money on one single transfer, this is quite big of a purchase.
Arsenal won their first match this season, and is currently 5th in the table with odds to finish in top 4 @ 1.83 with bet365.
Chelsea's list looks a lot bigger with 3 disclosed transfers: Álvaro Morata from Real Madrid for € 65 million, T. Bakayoko from Monaco for € 40 million and A. Rüdiger from Roma for € 35 million. A €140 million spent so far, and Chelsea shows that they are serious about another title this season and better performance in Champions League.
Chelsea surprisingly lost their first match this season, at home against Burnley and is currently taking the 14th spot in the table with odds to place in top 4 @ 1.66 with bet365.
Liverpool meanwhile have not set their eye on big players, spending only a total of € 51 million: Mohamed Salah for € 42 million from Roma and A. Robertson from Hull City for € 9 million. Liverpool drew their first match, a surprising 3:3 against Watford, taking the 9th spot in the league with odds to place in top 4 @ 2.10.
Manchester City as usual tops the charts in terms of money spent, but so far it hasn't really paid off despite the 2 tittles and occasional cup trophies. A total of €272.5 million spent so far: B. Mendy from Monaco for € 57.5 million, Danilo from Real Madrid for € 30.0 million, Douglas Luiz from Vasco for € 12 million, K. Walker from Tottenham for € 51 million, Bernardo Silva from Monaco for € 50 million,Ederson Moraes from Benfica for € 40 million, Gabriel Jesus from Palmeiras for € 32 million.
It's pretty logical for the list to grow even more, knowing City and their habit of overspending for transfers.
The team managed to win their first match and is currently 3rd in the table with odds to place in top 4 @ 1.11, a favorite to win this season's title with odds @ 2.25
City's rivals Manchester United have also spend quite a lot of money so far, reaching the number: € 164.4 million: N. Matić from Chelsea for € 44.7 million, R. Lukaku from Everton for € 84.7 million,V. Lindelöf from Benfica for € 35 million. Despite the rough seasons after the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson, Mourinho has found the right strategy and the team managed to win the Europa League and get a chance to play in Champions League next season.
Despite the loss to Real Madrid for the Uefa Supercup, played a few weeks ago, the team has a high morale and managed to win their first match in the Premier League, topping the table and having odds to place in top 4 this season @ 1.20 and winning the league @ 3.75.
Tottenham have a few transfers listed but so far nothing has been disclosed as sum, so there's nothing to look at. The team won their first match and is placed 4th in the table so far, with odds to place in top 4 @ 1.66 and win the league @ 9.00 by bet365.
The 9.00 seems a bit surprising as the Spurs came close two seasons ago, when they finished 2nd after Leicester City.
This concludes the Part 1 of the review. The Top 4 teams and those that are usually around those spots have been included here.
Part 2 and 3 and so on will include the rest, starting from the ones who usually place in the middle until the ones who usually struggle to survive or barely make the cut, as well as the newcomers. Visit Part 2 by clicking here
