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How does the 2015 summer transfer window compare with seasons past?

How does the 2015 summer transfer window compare with seasons past?

The Premier League rather unsurprisingly out-performed its counter-parts in the rest of Europe when it came to splashing the cash once again this summer.

 

 

As has now become the usual case among the best European leagues modern football has to offer, the Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga and Ligue 1 all failed to reach the same lofty heights of expenditure the English top-flight seemingly manages to produce with ease year after year.

 

Whether or not such wild transfer activity will actually turn out to be a good thing for the English game remains truly up for debate, though. First team opportunities for young, home-grown players are becoming more and more of a rarity with every passing season, in light of the ever-growing influx of foreign talent readily making its way to the Premier League.

 

However, the undeniable excitement usually generated by last minute transfer deals and big money deadline-day movement nevertheless provides fans of the English top-flight with a sense of immediate sensation that isn’t easily replicated.

 

So then, in light of the recent closure of the ever-complicated football transfer period, just how well does the 2015 summer window ultimately compare with seasons past?

 

Well, even though a fair amount of deals were admittedly completed throughout the course of the summer, this season’s often over-hyped transfer deadline-day seemingly failed to live up to everybody’s general expectations. The days when Liverpool would spend a small fortune on Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll combined, with Robinho and Dimitar Berbatov making their way to either side of Manchester respectively, seem to have been left by the wayside for now.

 

Unless you happen to be a fan of West Ham United specifically, this week’s transfer deadline-day was a bit of a non-event by all accounts. The Hammers however signed no less than four different players this Tuesday, with Alex Song, Victor Moses, Nikica Jelavic and Michail Antonio each adding to the already impressive ranks built by Slaven Bilic over the summer. The signing of Dimitri Payet in particular represents a very shrewd move from the plucky east-enders.

 

However, whilst Payet’s £10 million move to Upton Park arguably represents one of the smartest deals of the entire summer, West Ham weren’t the only ‘smaller’ Premier League club to make massive progress of the transfer front.

 

With Georginio Wijnaldum completing his switch to Newcastle, Yohan Cabaye moving to Crystal Palace, Andre Ayew joining up with the Swans and Xherdan Shaqiri somehow becoming a Stoke City player this summer – the Premier League undoubtedly has a whole bunch of impressive new talent to add among the mix this season.

 

Whilst England’s European hopefuls therefore made some really promising signings this summer, the Premier League’s so-called elite sides hardly managed to improve their ranks considerably this window in the cold light of day. Although Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United each spent a fair amount of money without developing their overall starting XI’s all that dramatically in recent weeks, Arsenal fans simply have to consider themselves the overall losers of the bunch.

 

Barcelona – with an influential transfer embargo placed over the club this summer – still managed to sign more players than Arsene Wenger’s side ahead of the new campaign. The Gunners remain the only team in Europe’s top five leagues to fail to sign an outfield player throughout the course of the summer transfer window. Whilst Petr Cech will likely prove a hit at the Emirates in fairness, there’s no doubt that Arsenal could have spent more than £11 million this summer if they really wanted to.

 

However, whilst their nearest title rivals seemingly went about their business rather sheepishly in the 2015 summer window, Manchester City undoubtedly have to go down as the Premier League’s biggest spenders once again this year. In splashing out over £100 million on Kevin de Bruyne and Raheem Sterling alone, Manuel Pellegrini’s side have again displayed their uncanny ability to possess more money than sense within the grand scheme of things.

 

When you also consider the signing of Nicolas Otamendi to add to the ranks at the Etihad as well this season, Manchester City’s Chilean manager will simply have to face the chopping block this campaign if his side fail to win the title and/or make meaningful progress within the Champions League.

 

With this term’s promoted sides also adding to their respective squads rather efficiently this summer – it seems the Premier League will pay witness to a fresh injection from all angles throughout 2015/16 – from the title contenders at the very top, to those sides just happy to avoid the threat of relegation languishing near the bottom.

 

Either way, the new campaign is likely to prove a very exciting one with all the new faces on board, even if this summer wasn’t quite as eventful as many had previously hoped for.

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