Regularly, the winter market serves to make up for some drop in equipment, but there is still an investment. How did the teams that spent the most in recent seasons fare?
Before recapitulating the most recent cases, it should be noted that the club that invested the most in the most recent winter market was West Ham, with an expenditure of 26.4 MDE. Although it is an important figure, it remains far below its predecessors, this due to the pandemic that plagues the world and has left important losses in sports in general.
He is currently in sixth place in the Premier League, tied on points with Chelsea. The Hammers seek to sneak into European positions, which would also represent a significant income for the institution.
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A season ago, Hertha Berlin spent € 77 million on just four footballers. They were close to the relegation places but managed to maintain the category and climb to the ‘half table’ after achieving six wins and four draws in the Bundesliga.
For the 2018-19 campaign we have to travel to Asia, where Guangzhou Evergrande spent 80 and a half million euros. He highlighted the reappearance of Paulinho in Chinese football, for which they paid more than 40 million, this for the club to take the title of the Chinese Super League after 24 victories, three draws and four defeats.
We move to early 2018 to look at the biggest investment in the winter market in recent years. Barcelona spent 156. 8 million euros and it should be noted that they only ‘sold’ just over six million. Philippe Coutinho took almost the entire amount invested but, unfortunately, he was one of the most disappointing recent signings. However, the Blaugrana club won the Spanish league, cup and super cup title.
For the beginning of 2017, there was also an Asian representative as the one who spent the most in the winter market. The Hebei China Fortune spent just over 77 million euros. Here it should be noted that the vast majority hired local soccer players. Unfortunately they left empty-handed, as they did not win any title after their investment and were even left out of the Asian Champions positions in the league tournament.
West Ham’s path is an enigma but without a doubt the fans can be excited about a place in the Europa League, at least. In the previous campaign they were five points behind relegation in the Premier League and have not been in European places since 2016.
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