After a record summer of spending, English clubs had a combined deficit of ￡379m。 English clubs spent ￡579m on players from overseas, with ￡200m of talent going from England to clubs abroad。 But the deficit is more than covered by money from overseas television and foreign sponsorship rights, said Barclays。 This amounted to over ￡1bn a year, according to the report, Barclays Football Balance of Trade。 Chris Lee, head of professional sports banking at Barclays, said: "While English football has run up the biggest trade deficit in world football transfers, the overall income it generates far outstrips the cost of importing players from overseas。 "Matches from England's premier league are beamed to around 211 countries across the globe, and overseas corporates want to be part of what is regarded by many as the best football league in the world," he said。 The report said that television rights to countries outside England were more than ￡744m a year, and sponsorships from overseas businesses will contribute more than ￡343m in the 2014/15 season。 However, the report says that the sponsorship total could be much more, as some amounts are not disclosed。 Spain was England's biggest football trading partner in the summer transfer window, and Spain continues to hold the largest share of the global export market at 35%。 France moved from being one of the biggest net importers of football talent in the summer 2013/14 transfer window, spending ￡247m, to being the third biggest exporter in 2014/15, leaving it with a budget surplus of ￡86.6m for the 2014/15 summer。 Despite winning the football World Cup in the summer, the German Bundesliga had not seen a demand for players that can match their own import levels. The Bundesliga had the second highest football trade deficit globally for the 2014/15 summer transfer window。 In contrast Argentina, beaten by Germany in the final, had a surplus of ￡26.9m, ranking the country third overall for net transfer income in the 2014/15 summer window。 Brazil has also enjoyed a surplus from foreign trade so far this year at ￡19.9m although far lower than its 2013/14 summer transfer window surplus of ￡161.2m。 據英國廣播公司網站報道，巴克萊銀行(Barclays)的一份報告透露，英超的轉會赤字冠絕全球。在夏季創紀錄的開銷之後，英超俱樂部的轉會赤字達到3.79億英鎊。 英超俱樂部在引入球員方面總共花費5.79億英鎊，轉出球員方面收入2億英鎊。 但巴克萊的報告顯示，來自電視轉播權及外國贊助商方面的收入遠遠超過了這個赤字。 據巴克萊足球貿易平衡的報告顯示，今年這些方面的收入達到了10億英鎊。 巴克萊職業體育運動銀行的負責人克里斯·李(Chris Lee)表示：“雖然英超的轉會赤字冠絕全球，但它的總收入遠多於引入球員方面的開銷。” “英超的比賽在全世界211個國家播出，外國的公司都想成爲這個被很多人視作全世界最出色聯賽的一份子，”他說道。 該報告稱向外國出售轉播權的收入達到了每年7.44億英鎊，來自外國贊助商的贊助費在2014/15賽季將超過3.43億英鎊。 該報告還透露，因爲一些項目並未被計入，實際的贊助費可能會更多。 西班牙是英格蘭2014夏季轉會市場的最大合作伙伴。在球員轉出方面，西班牙繼續佔據全球第一，佔全球市場的35%。 2013/14夏季轉會期，法國成爲淨引入球員投入最大的國家之一，總共花費2.47億英鎊。但在2014/15賽季他們成爲了全球第三大轉出球員市場，他們2014/15夏的預算盈餘達到了8660萬英鎊。 儘管今年夏天贏得了世界盃，德甲的引入球員與轉出的規模並不等同。2014/15賽季的夏季轉會窗期間，德國的轉會赤字全球第二。 相比之下，在決賽中被德國擊敗的阿根廷則有2690萬英鎊的轉會順差，轉會淨收入在2014/15夏季轉會期排名全球第三。 巴西今年到目前爲止也有轉會順差，總計1990萬英鎊，但相比2013/14賽季的1.61億則要低得多。
