Premier League clubs spent nearly £350 million on deadline day of the 2025/26 summer transfer window, sending the total spending beyond the £3 billion mark.
English champions Liverpool contributed the most to the total, spending a record £446.5 million until 7:00 PM BST on September 1, 2025.
Alexander Isak became their latest addition, as he joined on deadline day for a British record fee of £125 million.
After Isak’s arrival, Liverpool are 11/8 with football betting sites to win the Premier League title in 2025/26.
Premier League Clubs Spent £3.17 Billion in Summer Transfer Window
The 2025/26 summer transfer window was massive for Premier League clubs. They spent a record-shattering £3.17 billion on new players, cruising past the record of £2.5 billion set in the 2023/24 season.
The transfer window also saw English clubs earn a record £1.8 billion from sales, breaking the 2024/25 record of £1.5 billion. While Liverpool set the record for most spending with £446.5 million, Chelsea earned a league-topping £314 million from selling their assets. The Blues spent £296 million on new players this summer, meaning they finished the season with a net spend of -£18 million.
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— Liverpool FC USA (@LFCUSA) September 1, 2025
Arsenal, meanwhile, had the highest net spending in the Premier League. The Gunners spent £267 million on reinforcements and earned only £10 million from sales, finishing with a £257 million net spend.
Premier League Summer Transfer Window 2025/26 Stats
- Premier League clubs spent £3.17 billion in the 2025/26 summer transfer window
- Liverpool spent a league-topping £446.5 million
- Chelsea earned the most from player sales at £314 million
- Arsenal topped the chart for net spending at £257 million
- Bournemouth had the lowest net spending at -£66 million
- Alexander Isak became the most expensive British transfer, joining Liverpool for £125 million
- Newcastle United earned the most from a single transfer, selling Isak to Liverpool
- The three most expensive signings went to Liverpool – Isak (£125 million), Florian Wirtz (£116.6 million), and Hugo Ekitike (£79 million)
- Luis Diaz was the most expensive departure from the Premier League – he joined Bayern Munich for £65.5 million
- Newly promoted Burnley were the busiest recruiters, signing 13 players permanently
- Nottingham Forest sold a league-topping 26 players
Highest Spenders – Gross
| Rank | Club | Spent |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | £447m |
| 2 | Chelsea | £297m |
| 3 | Arsenal | £267m |
| 4 | Newcastle | £256m |
| 5 | Man Utd | £232m |
| 6 | Sunderland | £183m |
| 7 | N. Forest | £182m |
| 8 | Spurs | £171m |
| 9 | Man City | £160m |
| 10 | Bournemouth | £137m |
Highest Spenders – Net
| Rank | Club | Net Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | £257m |
| 2 | Liverpool | £218m |
| 3 | Man Utd | £171m |
| 4 | Spurs | £154m |
| 5 | Sunderland | £141m |
| 6 | Everton | £114m |
| 7 | Leeds | £103m |
| 8 | N. Forest | £101m |
| 9 | Newcastle | £99m |
| 10 | West Ham | £76m |
Highest Sellers – Gross
| Rank | Club | Sold |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea | £314m |
| 2 | Bournemouth | £203m |
| 3 | Liverpool | £228m |
| 4 | Brentford | £152m |
| 5 | Brighton | £128m |
| 6 | Wolves | £127m |
| 7 | Newcastle | £157m |
| 8 | Man City | £84m |
| 9 | N. Forest | £82m |
| 10 | C. Palace | £68m |
Most Expensive Premier League Transfers – 2025/26
| Rank | Player | To | From | Fee (£m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Isak | Liverpool | Newcastle | £125.0m |
| 2 | Florian Wirtz | Liverpool | Bayer Leverkusen | £116.5m |
| 3 | Hugo Ekitike | Liverpool | Eintracht Frankfurt | £79.0m |
| 4 | Benjamin Sesko | Man Utd | RB Leipzig | £73.7m |
| 5 | Bryan Mbeumo | Man Utd | Brentford | £71.0m |
| 6 | Nick Woltemade | Newcastle | Stuttgart | £69.0m |
| 7 | Eberechi Eze | Arsenal | Crystal Palace | £67.5m |
| 8 | Viktor Gyokeres | Arsenal | Sporting CP | £63.5m |
| 9 | Matheus Cunha | Man Utd | Wolves | £62.5m |
| 10 | Joao Pedro | Chelsea | Brighton | £60.0m |
Most Expensive Transfers in Premier League History
Liverpool broke the British transfer record twice over the course of the 2025/26 summer transfer window.
They first signed Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen for £116.6 million before breaking that record with a £125 million deal for Alexander Isak. Wirtz is still finding his feet in the Premier League. After a couple of underwhelming performances, he saw his FPL price drop ahead of Gameweek 3.
Thanks to the Reds, here is how the table looks for the most expensive British transfers of all time:
| Player | To | From | Season | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Isak | Liverpool | Newcastle | 2025/26 | £125.0m |
| Florian Wirtz | Liverpool | Bayer Leverkusen | 2025/26 | £116.5m |
| Moises Caicedo | Chelsea | Brighton | 2023/24 | £115.0m |
| Enzo Fernández | Chelsea | Benfica | 2022/23 | £106.8m |
| Declan Rice | Arsenal | West Ham | 2023/24 | £105.0m |
| Jack Grealish | Man City | Aston Villa | 2021/22 | £100.0m |
| Romelu Lukaku | Chelsea | Inter Milan | 2021/22 | £97.5m |
| Paul Pogba | Man Utd | Juventus | 2016/17 | £93.3m |
| Romelu Lukaku | Man Utd | Everton | 2017/18 | £90.0m |
| Mykhailo Mudryk | Chelsea | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2022/23 | £88.5m |
