Biggest spenders? Most signings? The ultimate transfer-window breakdown

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Adam Millington

BBC Sport journalist

The transportation model for convention clubs successful England and Scotland has closed, pinch a full summertime outlay by Premier League teams of much than £1.96bn.

According to information from Football Transfers,, external nan Premier League walk was much than double that of its nearest rival - Italy's Serie A.

Eight clubs from England's apical formation collapsed their transportation records, but wherever was nan champion business done? What were nan biggest deals? And who hardly spent a penny?

How did transportation deadline time unfold?

Well 2 of nan astir eye-catching deals were really announced successful nan early hours of nan time after deadline day.

After Chelsea winger Raheem Sterling joined Arsenal connected a season-long loan, nan Blues confirmed nan signing of Manchester United's Jadon Sancho connected a akin arrangement.

Both transfers needed woody sheets - which extended nan 11pm deadline by different 2 hours - to beryllium signed, pinch fans near waiting agelong into nan nighttime for confirmation.

England striker Ivan Toney was besides a precocious mover - completing a £40m move from Brentford to Saudi Pro League broadside Al-Ahli.

Before allowing Sancho to leave, Manchester United splashed retired nan highest interest connected nan time - signing Paris St-Germain and Uruguay midfielder Manuel Ugarte for an first £42.1m, which could emergence to £50.5m aft add-ons.

That made it 1 in, 1 retired successful cardinal midfield for United aft Scotland world Scott McTominay's move to Serie A broadside Napoli for £25.7m was besides confirmed.

Elsewhere, forward Eddie Nketiah joined Crystal Palace from Arsenal successful a woody worthy successful nan region of £30m but Chelsea were incapable to get a striker signing of their ain done arsenic a move for Napoli striker Victor Osimhen fell through.

Early successful nan day, Arsenal besides sold goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale to Southampton for £25m.

How overmuch person nan title challengers spent?

Champions Manchester City had nan lowest nett walk of immoderate Premier League nine successful nan transportation model - really turning successful a £115.8m profit.

They spent £21.4m connected Brazil winger Savinho, but trading players specified arsenic guardant Julian Alvarez and defenders Joao Cancelo and Taylor Harwood-Bellis made it a profitable window.

In fact, nary of nan past season's apical 3 featured prominently erstwhile it came to nett spend.

Arsenal spent £93.9m - including £38.4m connected Italy defender Riccardo Calafiori and £27.4m apiece for Spanish duo David Raya and Mikel Merino - but sold £76.8m worthy of players, starring to a nett walk of £17.7m.

Liverpool bought midfielder Federico Chiesa and goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili but trading players specified arsenic Fabio Carvalho, Sepp van den Berg and Bobby Clark meant they made a £14.4m profit.

City, of course, person won 4 successive Premier League titles. They look 115 charges – which they contradict – of alleged breaches of nan league's financial rules.

Another engaged model for Chelsea

This was different action-packed transportation model for Chelsea, whose full outlay since Todd Boehly became proprietor successful May 2022 has risen to much than £1.3bn.

They did offload much players (12) than they bought (10) but successful spending much than £203m they vanished pinch a nett walk of £46.5m - much than 12 different Premier League clubs.

Among their income were a £35.6m woody for Conor Gallagher pinch Atletico Madrid, Ian Maatsen's £38m move to Aston Villa and Romelu Lukaku joining Napoli for £28.2m.

The figures do not see Belgian goalkeeper Mike Penders, who will subordinate Chelsea adjacent summertime for a interest successful nan region of £17m, aliases £29m Brazilian Estevao Willian, who besides subordinate adjacent season.

Brighton spell large arsenic respective clubs break records

Brighton had nan highest nett walk successful nan Premier League - £153.6m from an outlay of £195.7m.

They paid a nine grounds £39.9m for Leeds' Georginio Rutter, £29.9m for Newcastle's Yankuba Minteh, and much than £25m for each of Ferdi Kadioglu, Brajan Gruda, Mats Wieffer and Ibrahim Osman.

Selling Billy Gilmour for £12m connected deadline day, arsenic good arsenic Denis Undav for £22m earlier successful nan window, brought immoderate money in.

Newly promoted Ipswich had nan adjacent highest nett walk - £107.6m.

Brighton were not nan only nine to break their transportation record, either.

Bournemouth recruited striker Evanilson for an first £31.7m, Brentford signed Igor Thiago for £30m and Fulham brought successful Arsenal's Emile Smith-Rowe for an first £27m.

Aston Villa, Ipswich, Nottingham Forest and Tottenham besides collapsed their records.

The 3 promoted teams each splashed immoderate of their Premier League rate to effort to amended their chances of staying up.

Ipswich and Southampton person some spent much than £100m, while Leicester paid retired much than £75m.

Ipswich spent £109m connected 10 players - 7 of whom are from Premier League clubs including Chelsea's Omari Hutchinson, who joined for £20m aft a successful loan.

Southampton's signings, which included nan deadline-day presence of Ramsdale, were from a wider assortment of divisions.

Leicester, meanwhile, recruited exclusively from apical divisions - pinch 4 of their 7 signings from nan Premier League and 1 from each of nan Italian, Portuguese and Belgian leagues.

Meanwhile... £10m for a striker successful League One?

Away from nan Premier League, Birmingham smashed nan League One grounds pinch nan signing of Fulham striker Jay Stansfield connected deadline time for much than £10m.

The erstwhile grounds for a transportation successful England's 3rd tier was Sunderland's £4m signing of Will Grigg from Wigan Athletic successful 2019.

It meant Birmingham pushed their full spending to £30m - an unprecedented fig for League One.

Stansfield, 21, returns to St Andrew's aft scoring 12 goals connected indebtedness astatine Birmingham past play and winning their Player of nan Year award.

He really scored for Fulham arsenic they hit Birmingham successful midweek - but now switches broadside successful a connection move.

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