Her groups Premier League They spent more money than ever on buying new players in a summer transfer season that broke every record and established the economic domination of English football against its European competitors, according to Bloomberg.

According to Deloitte, the Premier League 20 clubs spent a total of more than £ 3 billion ($ 4 billion), breaking the £ 2.4 billion record two years ago.

Led by Liverpool champion, transfers frenzy continues despite the rules adopted to ensure that clubs do not put themselves in financial risk. Indeed, most Premier League teams are damaged and expenditure is partially funded by sales. Both Liverpool and Chelsea, in particular, balanced high costs with expensive player sales.

Liverpool completed a strong transfer period with Alexander Isak’s market for Newcastle on the last day of the transfer season, paying record amount. According to transfermarkt.co.uk, until the closure of the transfer period Monday, 15 teams bought each individual players totaling more than € 100m ($ 117m).

“The third year record in the Premier League in four years sends a strong message that, despite limited spending on the rest of the European field, clubs have no intention of slowing their investment in the field,” said Tim Bridge, head of Deloitte Sports Business Group.

Some of the teams have tried to strengthen their roster in order to be more likely to stay in the league. All three teams promoted from the second division of the championship were immediately relegated last season. Sunderland, for example, spent 188m euros.

English football finances have surpassed the championships of other European countries, mainly due to revenue from television broadcasts, especially in world markets. Sales of the Premier League games abroad amount to € 2.1 billion in total, exceeding the 1.4 billion euros in the leagues of Spain, Germany, Italy and France together, according to Enders Analysis.

In comparison, Ligue 1 teams in France have been hit by a significant reduction in television revenue due to the termination of the contract with the Streaming Dazn platform. According to data from transfermarkt.co.uk, they spent € 559 ​​million. Only three teams spent more on players than they won from sales.

In Italy, Serie A teams spent € 1.13 billion, while those of the Spanish La Liga spent a total of 608m euros and the German Bundesliga teams spent 775m euros.