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Manchester United top the charts for football's Covid big-spenders, splashing out £187MILLION net on transfers during the pandemic, with Chelsea second on £176m in new study showing Premier League's refusal to slow down

European clubs have failed to keep up with their Premier League counterparts in terms of transfer spending during the pandemic a report has found, with Manchester United topping the charts with a net spend of £187million in the past three windows.

A new CIES Football Observatory study has detailed how Premier League clubs have spent lavishly on new players in comparison to those in LaLiga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga, despite the coronavirus pandemic crippling their revenues.

In total, the English top flight net spent just over £1.