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Is transfer spending finally normal? Why a $100m player might be a thing of the past

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The Premier League's net spend went down by 40% in the last transfer window.

Manchester City could lose as much as 369 million ($ 450 m) this year and still be compliant with PSR .

Liverpool , Bayern Munich and Liverpool are keeping their cards to the chest.

Real Madrid insist they won't be hitting the market this January .

According to Transfermarkt, there have been 16 transfers of over 100 m in history.

There was a time when you could roll the dice on a pricey transfer, knowing that even if you got it wrong and had to shift the player for a loss you'd still find a taker and could swallow the hit.

PSG will be lucky to get more than half of what they paid for Randal Kolo Muani , whom they paid 80 m to sign from Frankfurt just 18 months ago .

Dortmund paid 30 m to acquire Donyell Malen from PSV Eindhoven as a 22-year-old in 2021 .

Just 3 years later , he joined Aston Villa for 25m.