Saudi Pro League Clubs have overtaken La Liga clubs to make it to the top 5 biggest spenders in the 22/23 transfer window.
The SPL transfer window opened on July 1 and closes on September 20, with more high-profile players set to join.
The 2023 summer transfer window has seen big-name players such as Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Kalidou Koulibaly, and even Steven Gerrard all move to clubs in Saudi Arabia for lucrative offers – and more will follow.
Their transfer window is still open until September 20 and they are not finished from the market yet.
Kylian Mbappe recently turned down a massive £700 Million to join the Saudi Pro League and that could have pushed them up to 2nd place, just behind the Premier League.
Despite La Liga being one of the biggest leagues in Europe, they don’t really spend in the market and most recently, the SPL have overtaken them in the top 5 spenders.
On Futballnews today, we are going to look at the first five biggest spenders in the 2022/2023 summer transfer window so far.
Premier League – £1.34 Billion
The English Premier League have always been known as the big money spenders in Europe’s top five leagues.
The 2023-24 summer window opens its doors on Saturday, June 10, and won’t close until 11pm GMT on Friday, September 1.
| League | Money Spent | |
| 1 | Premier League | £1.34 Billion |
| 2 | Serie A | £520.9 Million |
| 3 | Ligue 1 | £456 Million |
| 4 | Bundesliga | £448.2 Million |
| 5 | Saudi Pro League | £300.6 Million |
| 6 | La Liga | £249.8 Million |
The 2022 summer transfer window saw the Premier League spend a world-record amount on new signings. The January 2023 transfer window proved to be just as exciting in the Premier League, given the incredible wealth football’s richest league boasts.
The Premier League outspent the rest of Europe, spending more than double on its own than the rest of Europe’s big five leagues combined.
Some of the players that have been signed so far in the Premier League this summer include:
- Kai Havertz – Arsenal, £65m
- Declan Rice – Arsenal, £105m
- Jurrien Timber – Arsenal, £38m
- Pau Torres – Aston Villa, £33m
- Romain Faivre – Bournemouth, £12.8m
- Justin Kluivert – Bournemouth, £9.5m
- Hamed Traore – Bournemouth, £20m
- Nathan Collins – Brentford, £23m
- Mark Flekken – Brentford, £11m
- Kevin Schade – Brentford, £20m
- Bart Verbruggen – Brighton, £16.3m
- Igor Julio – Brighton, £14.5m
- James Trafford – Burnley, £19m
- Nicolas Jackson – Chelsea, £30.1m
- Christopher Nkunku – Chelsea, £52m
- Kendry Paez – Chelsea, £17.27m
- Raul Jimenez – Fulham, £5.5m
- Calvin Bassey – Fulham, £18.2m
- Alexis Mac Allister – Liverpool, £35m
- Dominik Szoboslai – Liverpool, £60m
- Mateo Kovacic – Man City, £30m
- Mason Mount – Manchester United, £60m
- Andre Onana – Manchester United, £47.2m
- Harvey Barnes – Newcastle, £39m
- Sandro Tonali – Newcastle, £55m
- Dejan Kulusevski – Tottenham, £25.6m
- James Maddison – Tottenham, £40m
- Guglielmo Vicario – Tottenham, £17.2m
Serie A – £520.9 Million
The Italian Serie A has always been conservative in terms of big spending in the market, but this time, they aren’t taking several seats back as always.
The league has seen several interesting arrivals and departures in recent times, and this year will be no different despite the introduction of the Saudi Pro League in the market.
Some of the players that have been signed so far in the Italian Serie A this summer include:
- Ruben Loftus-Cheek – AC Milan, £16m
- Christian Pulisic – AC Milan £20m
- Vanja Vlahovic – Atalanta, £500k
- Sam Beukema – Bologna, £9.5m
- Stefan Posch – Bologna, £5m
- Nikola Moro – Bologna, £2.50m
- Kristjan Asllani – Inter Milan, £10m
- Francesco Acerbi – Inter Milan, £3.5m
- Timothy Weah – Juventus, £10.30m
- Arkadiusz Milik – Juventus, £6.30m
- Moise Kean – Juventus, £30m
- Manuel Locatelli – Juventus, £30m
- Manuel Cancellieri – Lazio, £7.96m
- Diego Gonzalez – Lazio, £1m
Ligue 1 – £456 Million
Ligue 1 is one of the most exciting leagues in Europe.
Several clubs in the French top flight choose to focus on developing their youth players, inevitably leading to bigger teams sniffing around to land the country’s top talent.
Some of the players that have been signed so far in the French Ligue 1 this summer include:
- Andy Diouf – Lens, £15m
- Angelo Fulgini – Lens, £7.20m
- Clinton Mata – Lyon, £5m
- Ruslan Malinovskyi – Marseille, £10m
- Geoffrey Kondogbia – Marseille, £8m
- Terem Moffi – Nice, £22m
- Manuel Ugarte – PSG, £60m
- Hugo Ekitike – PSG, £28.50m
- Lee Kang-in – PSG, £20m
- Ludovic Blas – Rennes, £15m
- Ibrahim Cissoko – Toulouse, £3m
Bundesliga – £448.2 Million
Bayern Munich kicked off the 2022/23 transfer window by signing Min-Jae Kim, Konrad Laimer, and Raphael Guerreiro, while Borussia Dortmund have strengthened their sqaud with Ramy Bensebaini.
Bayer Leverkusen have been busy also by bringing in Granit Xhaka and Jonas Hofmann.
And now also, Naby Keita has returned to Germany with Werder Bremen.
Here, we bring you some of the players that have been signed so far in the Bundesliga this summer:
- Granit Xhaka – Bayer Leverkusen, £25m
- Arthur – Bayer Leverkusen, £7m
- Min-jae Kim – Bayern Munich, £50m
- Raphael Guerreiro – Bayern Munich, £20m
- Willian Pacho – Eintracht Frankfurt, £9m
- Hugo Larsson – Eintracht Frankfurt, £8m
- Junior Dina Ebimbe – Eintracht Frankfurt, £6.5m
- Junior Amadu – Freiburg, £9.50m
- Julian Weigl – Monchengladbach, £8m
- Christoph Baumgartner – RB Leipzig, £24m
- Benjamin Sesko – RB Leipzig, £24m
- Nicolas Seiwald – RB Leipzig, £20m
- Serhou Guirassy – Stuttgart, £9m
- Diogo Leite – Union Berlin, £7.5m
- Cedric Zesiger – Wolfsburg, £5m
Saudi Pro League – £300.6 Million
The Saudi Pro League has been the most surprising inclusion in this list as it has been up and running in the transfer market lately.
The 2023 summer transfer window has seen big-name players such as Ruben Neves, Karim Benzema, and Roberto Firmino all move to clubs in Saudia Arabia for lucrative offers – and more will follow.
Their transfer window opened on July 1 and closes on September 20, with more high-profile players set to join.
Here, we bring you some of the players that have been signed so far in the Saudi Pro League this summer including:
- Riyad Mahrez – Al-Ahli, £30m
- Roberto Firmino – Al-Ahli, Free Transfer
- Edouard Mendy – Al-Ahli, £16m
- Karim Benzema – Al Ittihad, Free Transfer
- N’Golo Kante – Al Ittihad, Free Transfer
- Jota – Al Ittihad, £25m
- Ruben Neves – Al Hilal, £47m
- Kalidou Koulibaly – Al Hilal, £17m
- Sergej Milinkovic-Savic – Al Hilal, £34m
- Jordan Henderson – Al-Ettifaq, £12m
- Cristiano Ronaldo – Al-Nassr, Free Transfer
- Marcelo Brozovic – Al-Nassr, £15m
