Man City fuel record spending

LONDON: Premier League clubs spent a record 160 million pounds ($230 million) in the January transfer window, business advisory firm Deloitte said on Tuesday.

Spending that defied the credit crunch was done mainly by Manchester City (more than 50 million pounds) and Tottenham Hotspur (45 million).

These two struggling big clubs together accounted for more than half of the total as they look to play their way into the elite and vie for Champions League places.