More Than Half of Teams Shattered Records as Premier League Experiences Most Expensive Summer in History

Following Elliot Anderson's £116 million move to Manchester City and Morgan Rogers' £117 million transfer to Chelsea, the final two days of the transfer window saw even higher figures. Liverpool first paid £106 million for PSG's Bradley Barcola, a fee that could rise to £123 million with add-ons. City then decided to bolster their midfield further, adding Enzo Fernandez from Chelsea alongside Anderson.

The Argentine's £125 million transfer equaled the British record set last year by Alexander Isak's move to Liverpool.

Sandro Tonali's transfer from Newcastle to Tottenham has the potential to become the fifth transfer exceeding £100 million, with an initial fee of £92.5 million, meaning Spurs broke their club record twice in one week. This followed immediately after the arrival of Matheus Fernandes from West Ham for £85 million. Conversely, according to DPA, Newcastle generated £235 million from the sales of Tonali, Bruno Guimaraes, and Anthony Gordon.

Eleven of the twenty Premier League teams paid a club-record fee, with six of them doing so more than once. Newcomers Coventry achieved this four times, with Ghanaian Caleb Yirenkyi pushing their record to £23.1 million.

According to preliminary calculations, total spending surpassed last year's maximum, reaching £3.46 billion. On the final day of the summer transfer window alone, clubs spent £475 million.