Italian clubs spent just €50m in the January transfer window, with the English Premier League spending almost 10 times that.
Last night Napoli saw a big move for Matteo Politano collapse, and that would really have been the only big money deal this month.
According to Gazzetta dello Sport, €50m was spent by Serie A clubs in total this window, with La Repubblica reporting just a €20m net spend.
Italian clubs spent just €50m in the January transfer window, with the English Premier League spending almost 10 times that.
Last night Napoli saw a big move for Matteo Politano collapse, and that would really have been the only big money deal this month.
According to Gazzetta dello Sport, €50m was spent by Serie A clubs in total this window, with La Repubblica reporting just a €20m net spend.
Juventus, Inter, Roma, Lazio, Milan and Napoli all failed to do any expensive business, with the Nerazzurri taking Lisandro Lopez and Rafinha on loan.
The Giallorossi, meanwhile, did a last minute loan with obligation to buy deal for Jonathan Silva after losing Emerson Palmieri to Chelsea, while their city rivals signed Martin Caceres from Lazio.
This stands in marked contrast to the Premier League, with Deloitte reporting that English clubs spent €492.5m this month alone.
Virgil van Dijk joined Liverpool for €85m, with Arsenal spending €63m on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Manchester City paying Aymeric Laporte’s €65m release clause.
Between the summer and January transfer windows, Premier League clubs have spent over €2bn.
La Liga was just behind the Premier League in terms of money spent, with €271m, but much of that was made up by Philippe Coutinho’s €160m move from Liverpool to Barcelona.