JAKARTA Chelsea's decision to buy Enzo Fernandez from Benfica broke the transfer record in the Premier League.
It is impossible to deny the fact that the Premier League UK is one of the most popular competitions under the sky. The high popularity automatically makes the contestants harvest huge. The income obtained from broadcasting rights, sponsorship, costume sales of players, and others, makes many clubs in England's highest caste have fat pockets. This is reflected in the amount of money they invest in the transfer market.
In this winter transfer window, Premier League clubs reportedly spent a total of 763 million euros (IDR 12.4 trillion). That figure is tens of times compared to La Liga Spain which only spent a total of 20 million euros.
The following are the five most expensive transfers in the English Premier League:
Benfica signed Enzo from River Plate last summer for just 10 million euros. However, he immediately became an important player for the Portuguese giant in no time.
The performance at Benfica made him brought coach Lionel Scaloni into the Argentina national team squad for Qatar's 2022 World Cup. In that event he was named the Best Young Player Competition along with Argentina's success in lifting trophies.
What he made in the Middle East made elite European clubs start chasing him in the January transfer market yesterday. At first, it seemed impossible to persuade him to move.
However, Chelsea was then willing to activate the release clause of 121 million euros (Rp1.9 trillion) while making Enzo the most expensive signing in Premier League history.
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Defending Premier League champions Manchester City made their most expensive signing of all time while securing Grealish's services from Aston Villa in the 2021 summer transfer window.
The report at the time claimed City had to pay 117.5 million euros to take Grealish to the Etihad. Grealish started an unsatisfactory season, but now he is starting to find his rhythm.
His expertise on the pitch saw him included in one of the best attacking midfielders in the Premier League today. He seems destined to play for one of the biggest clubs in Europe.
The price of this Belgium international player immediately skyrocketed after he successfully led Inter Milan to the Serie A title in the 2020/2021 season to end Juventus' dominance.
Chelsea, who were looking for a striker at the time, immediately targeted their former player as the main target. Their efforts then paid off with a transfer value of 113 million euros which broke the club's purchase record at the time.
He started the season well, but the former Manchester United striker's performance dropped drastically during the campaign for the remainder of the season. He was then loaned to Inter Milan last summer.
In addition to performance, he was removed from Stamford Bridge due to a controversial interview with Sky Sports at the end of December 2021. The interview made him even more disliked by loyal supporters of the Blues.
Manchester United let Paul Pogba leave as a free agent in 2012. The France international later joined Italian giant Juventus before returning to Old Trafford four years later.
A slick performance in Italy made United, then managed by Jose Mourinho, have to spend 105 million euros to regain their academy products.
Unfortunately, Pogba had a bad time at Manchester United on his second chance. He then left the club last summer as a free agent for the second time.
Manchester United (MU) brought in Antony last summer to solve the problem in the far-right sector. The Brazilian was brought in by Erik ten Hag who had just taken over as coach of the Red Devils.
MU's attempt to get Antony from Ajax went a bit tough. The reason is, the Dutch club did not want to let their players leave the club at a low price.
Therefore, the club based at Old Trafford had to spend 95 million euros to sign the player who is currently 22 years old.
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