Paul Macdonald

“Premier League clubs have already spent £2.14bn during the summer transfer window, with more than two weeks still remaining before the deadline.”

“That total is already higher than the full summer outlay in 2024 (£1.98bn), 2022 (£1.94bn), 2021 (£1.13bn) and 2020 (£1.32bn), according to figures provided to BBC Sport by Paul Macdonald, founder of…”

“Only 2023 (£2.36bn) and last summer's record £3.14bn currently sit above it.”

“Premier League clubs have spent £2.14bn this summer, compared with £780m in Serie A, £515m in La Liga, £505m in the Bundesliga and £412m in Ligue 1.”

“Chelsea are leading the way, having committed £348m so far this summer, comfortably ahead of every other Premier League club.”

“Tottenham are next, on £228m, with Arsenal and Manchester City both on £151m.”

“Taking the whole of 2026 into account, and including Crystal Palace's signing of Jorgen Strand Larsen in January, 11 of the 20 Premier League clubs have broken their transfer record during the calend…”

“Almost £785m has already been spent on intra-league transfers - players moving between one English top-flight club and another - with eight of the 12 biggest Premier League signings so far this summe…”

“Intra-Premier League spending reached £1.29bn last season, the highest summer figure since 2016.”

“This summer's in-house outlay so far represents almost a third of all Premier League transfer expenditure.”

“The proportion is not unprecedented - 35.9% of spending stayed within the league last season and 37% did so in 2017-18 - but the cash sums involved are now substantially larger.”

“They have already paid £546.5m this summer to recruit players from non-Big Six Premier League clubs. Last season, that figure reached a record £647m, while the Big Six have paid almost £3bn has moved…”

“Chelsea have been the most active club in the Premier League's internal market since 2016-17, spending £867m and receiving £683m in deals with fellow top-flight sides.”

“Premier League clubs have received £1.28bn in transfer fees this summer, leaving the division with a net spend of £856m.”

“Serie A's net spend stands at £320m and La Liga's at £185m, while the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 are currently net sellers.”

“Within England, Chelsea have the biggest negative balance at £209.5m, followed by Arsenal at £111.6m and Manchester City at £92m.”

“Across the past five seasons, their cumulative net spend stands at about £977m, the highest among the clubs examined.”

“Newcastle have received £226m in fees this summer, Aston Villa £199.5m and Nottingham Forest £123m.”

“Villa currently have the biggest positive net balance among those clubs at £109.8m, followed by Newcastle at £88.5m and Forest at £71.8m.”