Football: Premier League could feel the pinch as pandemic continues - Di Marzio

Transfer expert Di Marzio says big-spending Chelsea had 'bullets in the barrel and decided to shoot them now.' Di Marzio: “The Premier League boasts bigger budgets than other countries’ clubs so they can afford, at least this year, to invest so much. Manchester United haven't invested a lot in recent years and Chelsea had the market blocked for two seasons, so they had some bullets in the barrel and decided to shoot them now. Again, the EPL is the only rich market. Then if we keep playing behind closed doors and merchandising drops and COVID goes on like this, I guess even the English clubs will feel the pinch of it eventually, but we hope that this situation will come to an end.”