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Torres and Carroll deals benefit British economy
A day after £134m was spent in the transfer market, a one day record unlikely to be broken, and the newspapers are full of stories like the Telegraphs take on a new style of austerity Britain or the Guardians poll on whether Premier League spending is out of control. It’s a fair point, especially when the largest transfer outside of England was a “meagre” £12m, eclipsed by at least half a dozen purchases in our top flight (lets not forget about Bent, who is looking astonishing value or Dzeko who must be wondering what all the fuss was about) but it does leave out one interesting and not entirely football related issue. By and large, this transfer window has seen a large influx of money into this country and money that comes into the … Read entire article »
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