EPL clubs spend record £3 billion in summer transfer frenzy

The 20 clubs have spent £650 million more in this window than the previous highest summer spend in 2023

Alexander Isak's British record £125 million ($169 million) move from Newcastle United to Liverpool on Monday (September 1, 2025) completed an eye-watering summer of English Premier League spending.

The Swedish striker's move, along with several other big-money deadline day deals such as Newcastle's £55 million swoop for Brentford striker Yoane Wissa meant the cumulative spend for the world's richest football league during the transfer window reached three billion pounds for the first time.

Gross spending for the Premier League this season is already the highest ever, exceeding the £2.7 billion spent in the 2022-23 season, and the January window is still to come.

The 20 clubs have spent £650 million more in this window than the previous highest summer spend in 2023.

• Alexander Isak: From Newcastle to Liverpool (£125 million)
• Florian Wirtz: From Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool (£100 million and £16 million in potential bonuses)
• Benjamin Sesko: From RB Leipzig to Manchester United (€76.5 million)
• Bryan Mbeumo: From Brentford to Manchester United (£71 million)
• Hugo Ekitike: From Eintracht Frankfurt to Liverpool (£69 million)
• Nick Woltemade: From Stuttgart to Newcastle (£69 million)
• Eberechi Eze: From Crystal Palace to Arsenal (£68 million)
• Matheus Cunha: From Wolverhampton Wanderers to Manchester United (£62.5 million, as per a Reuters source)
• Xavi Simons: From RB Leipzig to Tottenham (€60 million)
• Martin Zubimendi: From Real Sociedad to Arsenal (€60 million)
• Joao Pedro: From Brighton & Hove Albion to Chelsea (£60 million)
• Tijjani Reijnders: From AC Milan to Manchester City (€55 million, as per a Reuters source)
• Yoane Wissa: From Brentford to Newcastle (£55 million)
• Viktor Gyokeres: From Sporting to Arsenal (£55 million plus around £8 million in add-ons )
• Mohammed Kudus: From West Ham United to Tottenham Hotspur (£55 million)
• Jamie Gittens: From Borussia Dortmund to Chelsea (£55 million)
• Tyler Dibling: From Southampton to Everton (£42 million)
• Rayan Cherki: From Olympique Lyonnais to Manchester City (€40 million)
• Alejandro Garnacho: From Manchester United to Chelsea (£40 million)
• Jacob Ramsey: From Aston Villa to Newcastle United (£40 million)
• Milos Kerkez: From Bournemouth to Liverpool (£40 million)
• Jeremie Frimpong: From Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool (€35 million)
• Evann Guessand: From Nice to Aston Villa (€35 million)
• Bafode Diakite: From Lille to Bournemouth (£34.6 million)
• Rayan Ait-Nouri: From Wolverhampton Wanderers to Manchester City (£33.7 million)
• Liam Delap: From Ipswich Town to Chelsea (£30 million)
• Arnaud Kalimuendo: From Stade Rennais to Nottingham Forest (£26 million)
• Mamadou Sarr: From Strasbourg to Chelsea (€14 million)
• Christian Norgaard: From Brentford to Arsenal (£10 million)

It has not all been one-way traffic with clubs also recouping some of their outlay in sales but the £1.2 billion net spend is also the highest ever — a 114% increase on the previous summer and 13% higher than the previous record in 2022, according to Deloitte.

"A third record-breaking summer of Premier League spending in four years sends a strong signal that, despite subdued spending across the rest of the continent, clubs have no plans to slow down their investment in the on-pitch product," Tim Bridge, lead partner in the Deloitte Sports Business Group said.