This was the austere closing of the market: Atlético loses Thomas and Barça is left without Eric García and Depay

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«It has been difficult to close deals.

The

has been brutal and most clubs have had many problems to square the salary limits.

There are negotiations that have failed by a few thousand euros.

I had never experienced anything like this.

A Spanish representative who has First and Second players in his portfolio summarizes in this way the transfer market that came to an end last midnight, the most austere for Spanish football since 2012. From a First Division club, on account of a rumor From the last minute on a zero-cost player, the answer was blunt: 'I wish we could pay him.

And even if we could, we would have to release three players to meet the limit.

Impossible".

This has been the day to day of most Spanish clubs during the latest market in history, closed on October 5.

The economic joys of recent years have been transformed, due to the pandemic, in dramatic strains.

Among the 20 Primera clubs they have spent

, a figure that represents 31% of the total investment last summer, which rose to 1,330 million euros, the highest in the history of Spanish football, according to data from Transfermarkt.

And the figure has a trick, since it includes the signing of

, which was actually a trick with Juventus in which Barcelona made money, and that of Morata for Atlético, agreed in January 2019 with Chelsea.

Discounting these two operations, the investment has been 296 million, 22% of what was spent the previous summer.

They are the two most expensive signings in this market and the third, the Barcelona player Trincao, was agreed before the pandemic.

Significant.

Dembélé does not come out

Taking the five major European leagues with reference, none has experienced a contraction in spending similar to that of the Spanish, estimated at 78%, without taking into account Pjanic and Morata.

The Premier League (14%), the Bundesliga (58%), Serie A (37%) and Ligue 1 (39%) have also tightened their belts, but much less than the League.

The radical abstinence of Real Madrid in the market explains to a large extent the great setback in investment by the whole of Spanish football, since the white club has not spent a single euro, something unprecedented in the last 30 years, while last summer invested 350 million euros.

Valencia, another of the usual agitators of the Spanish market, has gone from spending 75 kilos a year ago to zero.

Barcelona, ​​Atlético, Sevilla and Betis have also drastically reduced their investment.

The most outstanding operation on the last day of the market was the departure of midfielder

to Arsenal, after payment of his buyout clause of 50 million euros.

As there is no harm that does not come, the operation allowed Atlético to register Lucas Torreira and will enjoy extra time to make another incorporation.

Mollejo (Getafe) and Nehuén (Granada) are on loan.

Sevilla completed their squad with winger Idrissi and central defender Rekik and loaned Pozo and Bryan Gil to Eibar.

Barça, for their part, were not able to reach an agreement with City to sign Eric García, nor did they release Dembélé, an essential requirement to sign Depay, who remains in Lyon.

He did get rid of

.

Valencia also did not specify any incorporation and closes the market without a single new face.

One of the star last-minute operations, Llorente's return to Athletic, did not bear fruit either.

Outside of Spain, the most notable movements on the last market day were the arrival at Bayern de

;

the signings of Cavani and Alex Telles for Manchester United;

Chiesa's for Juventus;

and the arrival of Danilo Pereira to PSG.

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