Premier League clubs spend record £3bil in summer frenzy
Alexander Isak’s British record £125 million (US$169 million) move from Newcastle United to Liverpool on Monday 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 £3 billion 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.
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