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FIFA TMS: Clubs spend £1.3bn more on player wages than transfer fees

FIFA Transfer Matching System (TMS) released a Big 5 report today and it suggests England are the big spenders in the transfer market. They are joined by France, Germany, Italy and Spain as the other top four countries to splash the cash in signing players.

In this year’s special report, it includes the official figures of the worldwide transfers. Since 2013, 57 percent of the money spent is on the players’ wages, while the remaining 41 and two percent is on transfer fee and agent’s commission.

Manchester City and Manchester United have splashed the cash in the recently concluded summer transfer window, while Arsene Wenger has made sure Arsenal do not spend heavily, despite having a budget at their disposal.