Bayern chief Dreesen slams Premier League’s record spending | OneFootball

Following Uli Hoeneß, Jan-Christian Dreesen has also sharply criticized the transfer madness in Europe. The CEO of FC Bayern expressed his views in a conversation with Sky regarding the record sums of the Premier League and warned of a dangerous development in international football.

The 20 English top-tier clubs invested almost 3.5 billion euros in new players in the summer of 2025 – a new high that surpassed the previous record by a whopping 750 million. Even after deducting revenue from sales, there remained a deficit of around 1.4 billion euros. Figures that make the Bundesliga look small in comparison: here, the total volume was just under 856 million euros.

Uli Hoeneß had already called the madness "completely crazy" and warned that fans might eventually turn away. Now, Jan-Christian Dreesen has echoed the same sentiment.

"Sums we couldn't have imagined"

In the interview with Sky, the Bayern CEO made it clear that the sums are hardly comprehensible even for a club like FC Bayern. "The transfer business has undoubtedly become more complicated. We are seeing sums that we couldn't have imagined recently – especially the English clubs, which have done things this year that we first need to understand," explained the 57-year-old.

Dreesen pointed to the enormous purchasing power of Premier League clubs, which are financially far ahead due to lucrative TV contracts and investor funds. For Bundesliga clubs, this means that they are increasingly hitting limits in terms of salaries and transfer fees.

The CEO also made it clear that Bayern will continue to stick to its strategy. Instead of entering the competition for astronomical sums, they want to operate sustainably. Although Munich invested heavily this summer – including in Luis Díaz, Jonathan Tah, and Nicolas Jackson – their total expenditures of under 100 million euros were far behind the top figures of the Premier League.

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