Prime Time Sport's Transfer Review found that UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations have "finally made an impact on the transfer window as clubs accept they can only invest what they have generated in revenue," according to GOAL. Real Madrid (€113M) ($146.4M), Barcelona (€79M) ($102.3M), Atlético (€77M) ($99.7M), Chelsea (€94M) ($121.8M), Liverpool (€92M) ($119M) and Man City (€62.2M) ($80.6M) all recouped "record figures for player income." This in turn "allowed for a record level of expenditure" by Barcelona, Atlético, Chelsea and Liverpool, while the likes of Ligue 1 clubs Paris St. Germain and Monaco, which "are backed by wealthy owners, had to reign in their spending due to the limited revenue generated in Ligue 1." Player expenditure in the Premier League "was up 41% on the previous year
and is double the closest rival." La Liga clubs spent a total of
€500M ($648M). The EPL "continues to have the lowest percentage of
homegrown players with only 33% of all squads eligible to represent
England." La Liga, however, is the highest ranked, "with 61% of their players able to play for the national team." The average cost of national players in England rose to €4M ($5.2M) compared to
€400,000 ($518,132) in Spain, where "only 4.2% of transfer money was used to bring in
Spanish players" (GOAL, 9/8).
