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Player transfers: Guidelines for restoring balance

By Eric van Puyvelde | 08 February 2013

The number of player transfers in European football more than tripled between 1995 and 2011 and the amounts spent by clubs on transfer fees increased seven-fold. However, most of this money is concentrated on a small number of clubs that have the largest revenues or are backed by wealthy investors....

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