Adam Crafton

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Was this the summer the Premier League ate itself? · 3 Sep 2026 podcast

Quite a big rivalry with Leeds and Chelsea though, wasn't there?

are doing.

I I I I would say also, I I'd make two points which I think would give some hope as well to European clubs in terms so first of all I would say I think this trend that we're seeing of Premier League clubs spending on Premier League players

I think it's possible that is a trend that reverses and it will be based very much on how it will either be reinforced or completely ripped up based on how this season goes.

You know, if everyone who's been signed for the Premier League is fantastic, it'll continue to happen.

If it doesn't really work, you know, if you're Tottenham, who have signed ten players this summer all from the Premier League, and you go on and have a another

14th, 15th, 16th, 17th place finish, sorry, then they're not going to do the same next time around.

You know, Man United, I think, between twenty twenty and twenty twenty five signed one outfield player from the Premier League.

So they clearly made a conclusion that our problem is we're taking too many risks outside of our internal Premier League market.

So we're going to flip back, we're going to sign Embermo, Cunha,

Three central midfielders this summer, all from the Premier League.

If they have a bad season, I imagine they'll flip back and start spending outside the Premier League again.

So I I do think it's possible the trend reverses.

And I think the other thing is, although the Premier League revenues are so much higher than many European clubs and they are s spending this money, they aren't retaining this money.

You know, the the the money is coming in and it's coming out.

They're not they're not

healthier really as you know on the profit and loss sheet at the end of at the end of the financial year.

So one of the hopes I would give to these European clubs is Premier League clubs seem quite stupid at times.

They make bad decisions.

You know they they they are making strange decisions.

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