A late flurry of
deadline-day signings took Premier League spending for the summer up to
£1.41bn, just short of the £1.43bn record set in 2017, according to Deloitte.
Deadline day spending
alone by English top-flight clubs was £170m - but on just 18 deals, the joint
fewest number of transfers on the last day of the summer window since 2009.
Everton's £34m signing of
forward Alex Iwobi from
Arsenal was the biggest incoming Premier League deal, while the largest
transfer saw Romelu Lukaku leave
Manchester United for Inter Milan for £74m - a loss of £1m on the fee they paid
Everton.
Arsenal were the biggest
spenders in England during the window, splashing out £155m. On deadline day,
they bought £25m Celtic left-back Kieran Tierney and
£8m Chelsea centre-back David Luiz.
Tottenham recruited Real
Betis midfielder Giovani lo Celso on
loan and signed Fulham winger Ryan Sessegnon for £25m. Their pursuit of
Juventus forward Paulo Dybala was one of the big stories earlier in the day
but the deal fell
through.
Watford spent a club
record, reported to be £25m, on Rennes winger Ismaila Sarr and
Leicester bought Sampdoria's attacking midfielder Dennis Praetfor
a reported £18m.
Three former England
internationals made moves - Burnley signing Chelsea midfielder Danny Drinkwater and
Manchester City bringing in Derby goalkeeper Scott Carson, both
on loan, while Newcastle re-signed free agent striker Andy Carroll.
What
deals happened in the summer?
Eleven of the 20 Premier
League clubs broke their transfer record this summer, with Sheffield United
smashing theirs four times. Arsenal, Aston Villa, Leicester (twice), Manchester
City, Newcastle, Southampton, Tottenham, Watford - on deadline day - West Ham
and Wolves are the other 10.
Harry Maguire's £80m
switch from Leicester to Manchester United was the biggest Premier League
signing of the summer, followed by Arsenal's £72m purchase of Lille winger
Nicolas Pepe.
Champions Manchester City
bought Atletico Madrid midfielder Rodri for £62.8m and Juventus right-back Joao
Cancelo for £60m.
Spurs spent £53.8m on
Lyon midfielder Tanguy Ndombele - their first first-team signing since January
2018.
Villa spent £125m, the
second promoted club to hit nine figures after Fulham, who did so last summer,
only to be relegated in April.
The other biggest
transfers were Manchester United right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£50m from
Crystal Palace), West Ham striker Sebastien Haller (£45m from Eintracht
Frankfurt), Newcastle striker Joelinton (£40m from Hoffenheim) and Leicester
midfielder Youri Tielemans (reported £40m from Monaco).
Chelsea also spent £40m
on Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic despite having a transfer embargo. The
Croat was already there on loan, so Frank Lampard's side were allowed to sign
him permanently as he was already registered. Their sale of Eden Hazard to Real
for a fee of £89m, which could rise to £150m, was one of the biggest deals in
the world.
The 10 biggest signings by Premier League clubs this summer
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