 and Ryan Gravenberch (Bayern Munich to ), that total is set to comfortably exceed £1 billion before the window closes. The two biggest deals in the Premier League have both been for central midfielders: Moises Caicedo's £115 million move from to , and Declan Rice's £105 million transfer from United to . Dominik Szoboszlai, meanwhile, cost a total of £60 million, while paid £65 million to sign Kai Havertz from and spent £55 million on Sandro Tonali. Within the 'big six', , and have all reshaped (or, in 's case, entirely rebuilt) their midfields this summer. have moved to sign two new central players (Nunes and Mateo Kovacic), following the loss of Ilkay Gundogan, and both (Mason Mount, £60 million) and (James Maddison, £45 million) have invested significant amounts in new midfield players. Young talent does not come cheap Between them, Alex Scott (aged 20), James Trafford (20) and Cameron Archer (21) had a total of nine Premier League appearances to their names before the start of this season. Their combined cost to , and this summer? £62.5 million. Romeo Lavia (19), meanwhile, cost a total of £58 million after one season in the Premier League, in which he made 29 appearances. Cole Palmer (21) is set to cost around £45 million – after a grand total of 19 Premier League appearances for (zero goals,){kind=link}
Premier League spending has gone beyond the £2 billion mark
With a busy deadline day still to come, Premier League clubs have already spent more than £2 billion on transfers in this summer window.
It is the first time that spending has gone beyond the £2 billion mark and the enormous outlays are another sign of the division’s remarkable financial strength.
Here, Telegraph Sport provides a full analysis of each club’s transfer window – the buys, the sells and the loans – and ranks each team by total spend, sales and net spend for the window.
How much has your club really spent? How does that compare to similar teams in the division? And what conclusions can be drawn from another wild summer in the transfer market?