Spending by Saudi Arabia Pro League clubs tops £700mPremier League clubs spend £1.6bn on overseas deals alone
A record sum of almost £6bn was spent on international transfer deals this summer, with spending by clubs from Saudi Arabia topping £700m.
The outlay by clubs in the Pro League was second only to the Premier League, whose teams spent just under £1.6bn on overseas deals alone, according to Fifa’s International Transfer Snapshot which was published on Friday.
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