This Wanna Argument looks at the arguments about the inflated value of the UK football market. This page considers how much of the higher revenue stays in the game.

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Football, Finance and the Future: A Bubble About to Burst?

Higher revenues - Do they stay in the game?

The following table shows that transfer spending has risen over the late 1990s, by nearly 40% in the two seasons shown (between 1997-98 and 98-99.)

	(£ million) 1997 - 98	(£ million) 1998 - 99
English clubs' spend on transfers	227.9	316.9
Transfer money going abroad	70	142.2
Premiership spend on transfers from Nationwide Football League	1.5	27.5

This data also indicates that, of the total expenditure by English professional clubs on transfers, 45% was devoted to bringing foreign players into the country.

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