Premier League clubs have spent more than \u00a31bn on transfers in a season for the first time, new figures reveal.<\/p>\n
A record \u00a3965m was spent in 2014-15, but that figure has already been beaten, with clubs having until 23:00 GMT on Monday to sign further players.<\/p>\n
The 20 clubs have already spent \u00a3130m in the January transfer window alone, with Newcastle spending \u00a329m.<\/p>\n
They have signed Jonjo Shelvey, Andros Townsend and Henri Saivet, and bid \u00a321m for West Brom striker Saido Berahino.<\/p>\n
Dan Jones, partner in the Sports Business Group at Deloitte, said: “We’ve seen Premier League clubs again use the January window to invest significantly in playing talent.<\/p>\n
“With a day left, the total gross spending this season has already reached \u00a31bn for the first time.”<\/p>\n
Premier League spending since 2003-04<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n – Premier League clubs have spent more than \u00a31bn on transfers in a season for the first time, new figures reveal. A record \u00a3965m was spent in 2014-15, but that figure has already been beaten, with clubs having until 23:00 GMT on Monday to sign further players. The 20 clubs have already spent \u00a3130m in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=186220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=186220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=186220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=186220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
\n \nSeason<\/th>\n Summer transfer window<\/th>\n January transfer window<\/th>\n Total<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n \n*2015-16 January transfer window figures as at 09:00 GMT on 1 February<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n \n 2003-04<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a3215m<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a350m<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a3265m<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2004-05<\/td>\n \u00a3215m<\/td>\n \u00a350m<\/td>\n \u00a3265m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2005-06<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a3235m<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a370m<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a3305m<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2006-07<\/td>\n \u00a3260m<\/td>\n \u00a360m<\/td>\n \u00a3320m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2007-08<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a3470m<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a3175m<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a3645m<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2008-09<\/td>\n \u00a3500m<\/td>\n \u00a3170m<\/td>\n \u00a3670m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2009-10<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a3450m<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a330m<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a3480m<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2010-11<\/td>\n \u00a3365m<\/td>\n \u00a3225m<\/td>\n \u00a3590m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2011-12<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a3485m<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a360m<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a3545m<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2012-13<\/td>\n \u00a3490m<\/td>\n \u00a3120m<\/td>\n \u00a3610m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2013-14<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a3630m<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a3130m<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a3760m<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2014-15<\/td>\n \u00a3835m<\/td>\n \u00a3130m<\/td>\n \u00a3965m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2015-16<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a3870m<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a3130m so far<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a31bn so far<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nBy: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"