FIFA report shows English clubs dwarfed rivals with 2022 international spending

The top 10 deals accounted for 12.5 per cent of the overall total spend, FIFA said, while the top 100 deals accounted for almost 50 per cent of it.

The arrival of international stars to like Manchester City’s Erling Haaland last summer contributed to English clubs spending by far the most on international deals in 2022 (Martin Rickett/PA)

The Premier League’s dominance of the international transfer market has been highlighted again in a new FIFA report.

The world governing body’s Global Transfer Report for 2022 found English clubs spent just under 2.2 billion US dollars (£1.78bn) on international deals in the January and summer windows last year, with Italian clubs a distant second with 673.3m US dollars (£543.6m) spent.