Summer transfer spending: Premier League, EFL, WSL, Scottish Premiership, LaLiga, Ligue 1, Serie A and Bundesliga breakdowns
From England's top four divisions to LaLiga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Scottish Premiership and Women’s Super League - we break down how much clubs spent in the 2026 summer transfer market across the continent
Premier League clubs have smashed the transfer spending record after splashing £3.56bn on new signings.
The previous record of £3.19bn, set last summer, was surpassed following another extraordinary window across the top flight.
Clubs also recouped £2.25bn from player sales, contributing to a combined net spend of £1.30bn.
Premier League spending has now exceeded £2bn in each of the last five summer windows, with expenditure accelerating dramatically since 2022/23.
This summer's record outlay is almost three times the amount clubs spent a decade ago, when the 2016/17 total stood at £1.19bn.
The record has been broken despite Premier League clubs also generating another huge sum through sales, underlining the remarkable volume of money moving through the division.
Manchester City spent a league-high £440.3m during the window, followed by Chelsea (£342.4m), Spurs (£334m) and Newcastle (£275.2m).
In terms of net spend, Liverpool topped the table with £219.4m, followed by Ipswich (£190.7m), Spurs (£176m) and Hull (£160.5m).
At the other end of the scale, Chelsea finished the window £67.3m in profit after generating £409.7m from player sales.
Manchester City signed Enzo Fernandez from Chelsea for a joint-Premier League record £125m, matching Alexander Isak's move from Newcastle to Liverpool last summer.
Bradley Barcola (£123m) and Morgan Rogers ( £117m) were also among the window's biggest moves, while Elliot Anderson joined Manchester City for £116m and Sandro Tonali joined Spurs for £100m.
The scale of the market was reflected at the very top end: 20 players moved to Premier League clubs for fees of £50m or more.
Premier League clubs were also active sellers, with several of the summer's biggest transfers involving players moving either between English clubs or overseas.
Hull were the busiest recruiters, completing 17 permanent signings, followed by Ipswich (16), Chelsea (14), Brighton (13) and Coventry (12).
Meanwhile, Brighton , Aston Villa and Crystal Palace shipped a league-high 24 players out on permanent deals, ahead of Ipswich (22).
Championship clubs also set a new summer spending record, with expenditure reaching £301.3m.
That comfortably eclipsed the previous high of £204.2m, set last summer.
However, clubs recouped £506.4m from player sales, meaning the division collectively registered a transfer profit of £205.1m.
Wrexham , Stoke , and Norwich recorded the highest net spends in the division, while West Ham , Burnley and Southampton generated the biggest transfer profits.
The promoted and relegated clubs helped drive some of the largest numbers.
But the division continues to be an important seller of talent: Championship clubs have collectively generated a transfer profit every summer since 2016/17.
You can use the interactive tables below to find every signing and outgoing involving League One clubs this summer.
You can use the interactive tables below to find every signing and outgoing involving League Two clubs this summer.
Premier League clubs have again comfortably outspent their counterparts across Europe's other major domestic leagues.
Serie A clubs spent £846.2m , followed by LaLiga (£615.1m), Bundesliga (£507.6m) and Ligue 1 (£496.2m).
But the picture changes significantly when sales are factored in.
Serie A recorded the highest net spend at £255.3m, while Ligue 1 clubs collectively generated a transfer profit of £600.8m after recouping £1.1bn from player sales.
The contrast with the Premier League is considerable: English top-flight clubs have spent around four times as much as Serie A this summer.
However, Europe's major leagues remain a crucial source of Premier League recruitment, while substantial fees have also flowed in the opposite direction.
Real Madrid have the highest net spend outside the Premier League at £143.8m, followed by Juventus (£118.2m) and Fiorentina (£104.6m).
Yan Diomande is the most expensive signing across Europe's other leading leagues, completing a £107.1m move from RB Leipzig to Real Madrid ( Sky Sports fee: £120m ).
It sums up a wild Transfer Deadline Day that the British transfer record was matched in the final hours of the window. Enzo Fernandez's move from Chelsea to Manchester City completed an extraordinary summer in which spending went stratospheric.
Sky Sports' Adam Bate looks at how it unfolded and where it leaves Premier League clubs and supporters with the window now shut - but everyone still wanting more...
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