Record summer splurge

Premier League clubs splashed a record-breaking £2.44bn on new signings during the summer window - edging the previous high of £2.14bn set last year. Clubs also generated a record-breaking £1.36bn from player sales.

The overall net spend weighed in at £1.07bn - the second-highest figure in history, behind last season's £1.29bn.

The figure is also more than twice the amount spent by any other Premier League club this summer and takes the Blues' spending splurge under Todd Boehly to £1.036bn since his takeover last year.

Does the so-called 'Big Six' still exist? This summer's spending chart suggests it does.

Manchester City rank second with a £216.3m outlay, followed by Tottenham (£212.3m), Arsenal (£208m), Manchester United (£183.5m) and Liverpool (£165.4m) - but Newcastle's (£130m) newfound wealth under their Saudi owners sees Eddie Howe's side shore up seventh spot.

At the other end of the scale, newly-promoted Luton were the most frugal club with just £9.5m invested in new players, while a host of clubs also registered comparatively modest totals, including Everton (£38.7m), Burnley (£48.6m), Crystal Palace (£50m), Brentford (£54m), Sheffield United (£54.2m), Wolves (£56.3m) and Fulham (£60.7m).

Which players cost the most?

Defensive midfielders were all the rage again during this window, with Chelsea breaking the British transfer record to land Moises Caicedo from Brighton for £115m - smashing the Blues' previous record of £106.8m for Endo Fernandez last summer.

Declan Rice temporarily became the most expensive signing of the window after Arsenal shelled out £105m to sign the former West Ham captain, while Manchester City spent £77.6m on RB Leipzig centre-back Josko Gvardiol.

Manchester United's new frontman Rasmus Hojlund cost a cool £72m from Atalanta, while Kai Havertz (Chelsea to Arsenal for £65m), Mason Mount (Chelsea to Manchester United for £60m) and Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig to Liverpool for £60m) were the only other players to cost in excess of £60m.

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Who sold the most?

Chelsea might have spent heavily but the Blues also recouped a record-breaking £237.3m from player sales - with Havertz and Mount contributing £125m alone to that figure. Mateo Kovacic (£30m), Christian Pulisic (£18.8m), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (£18.5m), Kalidou Koulibaly (£17m), Edouard Mendy (£16m), Ethan Ampadu (£7m) and Callum Hudson-Odoi (£5m) also departed Stamford Bridge for notable sums.

Brighton registered another window in the black after raking in £198.7m from sales, most notably selling key midfielders Caicedo and Alexis Mac Allister (£55m to Liverpool), and out-of-favour goalkeeper Robert Sanchez (£25m to Chelsea).

Manchester City (£147.8m), West Ham (£143.7m), Wolves (£137m) and Tottenham (£110m) all replenished their coffers by £100m or more, followed by Arsenal (£79m), Everton (£59.7m), Liverpool (£53m), Manchester United (£48m), Nottingham Forest (£47.5m), Fulham (£45m), Aston Villa (£32m), Sheffield United (£20m) and Burnley (£2m).

Five clubs failed to bring in any funds from disclosed fees: Newcastle, Bournemouth, Brentford, Crystal Palace and Luton.

Net spend

So, how does all that buying and selling translate in the final net-spending chart? Unsurprisingly, Chelsea recorded a league-high £197.2m net spend - with their monstrous spree offset by their record-breaking income from sales.

Manchester United (£135.5m), Newcastle (£130m) and Arsenal (£129m) and are split by a hair's breadth down to fourth spot, while ambitious Bournemouth (£117.3m) rank fifth - ahead of Liverpool (£112.4m), Tottenham (£102.3m), Manchester City (£68.5m) and Aston Villa (£65m).

Conversely, only four clubs registered profit from transfer deals this summer - with Brighton (-£114.6m net spend) leading the way, followed closely by Wolves (-£80.7m), West Ham (-£21.2m) and Everton (-£21m).