When its transfer window closed this week, English premier league clubs had spent a record-breaking £630m.
To put this sum in context, a new App – You VS Professional Footballers – allows anyone to compare his or her salary with that of the galacticos.
For example, former English premiership player Carlos Tevez, need work just 186 hours to earn a police officer’s annual take home pay.
Source: Ross McGuinness, Metro, Friday 30th August 2013.