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Premier League transfers
break record
Total Premier League transfer fees spent
in this year’s January window have hit an
all-time high of £160m according to an
early study by business advisory group
Deloitte.
The amount spent has surpassed last
year’s £150 m, the survey concluded.
Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur
have been the two biggest spenders with
City spending more than £50m during the
transfer window, and Tottenham around
£45 m.
The Deloitte survey added that the total
spending by Premier League teams in the
January window had ‘again far exceeded
that in other European leagues’.
FIFA wants limits on
foreign players
World football (soccer) governing body
FIFA is to discuss plans with the European
Commission to limit the number of foreign
players at football clubs. FIFA would like
to stop clubs fielding more than five non-
nationals in their starting teams. FIFA’s
‘6+5’ rule was approved by 155 of the
organisation’s member nations last year.
The key aim of the rule is the creation and
assurance of sporting competition. The
EU has indicated that this would be illegal
although a report by the Institute for
European Affairs (INEA), commissioned
by FIFA, says the plans do not fall foul
of EU regulations. A FIFA spokesman said
the report would form the basis of a new
round of talks with the EU.
First Stadium Completed
for World Cup
The first of 10 stadia for the South African
World Cup has been completed. The
Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria is one
of 4 that will be used in the Confederations
Cup this June. Three other venues for
the Confederations Cup are nearing
completion with the other six venues
expected to be completed by the end of
this year. FIFA has refuted allegations that
insurers have held off providing stadium
and event cancellation cover in case the
stadia were not completed on time.
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