The Ligue de Footballeurs Professionnels released their report for the January transfer window. It was not a surprise as Paris Saint-Germain were the big spenders this winter. However, Ligue 2 side AS Monaco were the second most active French club
The winter transfer window closed its doors a few days back and now it’s time for the analysis. Today, the Ligue de Footballeurs Professionnels (LFP) presented their assessment of the winter transfer window.
The assessment was positive thanks to Paris Saint-Germain who signed four players this January. However, it was a Ligue 2 club that actually turned out to be the second most active French club this January.
In total (Ligue 1 and Ligue 2), there was an increase of 15% over last January and there were 141 transfers recorded.
Despite Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco’s propensity to sign players from all parts of Europe except for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899, the Franco-French market was still considerably active. There were 43 comings and goings off which 17 were transfers and 26 were loan moves.
Last year, this number was 32 while in 2010, it was 31 – a significant improvement.
The amounts exchanged were 20.5 million Euros which is 7.1 million Euros more than last year and 4.5 more than 2010.
Foreign arrivals
The most significant improvement was the arrival of new players in France. 51 players have arrived in French Ligue 1 and 2 this winter while 36 have said au Revoir to Ligue 1 and Ligue 2.
In total, clubs spent 36 million Euros on new players while 13 million Euros were received for selling players this winter.
With new ownerships, Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco were the biggest players in France this fall. Combined together, PSG and AS Monaco spent 19.5 and 18.5 million Euros respectively on new players. This represents 67 % of the amounts paid by all Ligue
1 and Ligue 2 clubs.
In total, Ligue 1 and 2 spent 56.5 million Euros on new players. However, there was a lot of activity in the transfer window this January and it is expected that the amounts could be beaten in next January’s transfer window.
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