Chelsea, Manchester City and Aston Villa biggest spenders, but Leeds also high in net rankings; Wolves almost balance books; Fulham turn to loans; Burnley least active in window.

How much did Premier League clubs spend on transfers during the first round of the summer window? We crunch the numbers…

Premier League clubs have splashed around £1.25bn on 107 permanent signings during the summer transfer window – but how much did your team spend? The total expenditure was £150m shy of last summer’s total and produced an £894m net spend after teams recouped around £355m on player sales.

There will be an additional domestic window between Premier League and EFL clubs from October 5-16, so those sums are expected to shift slightly. Chelsea made the most expensive acquisition during the main window, with Kai Havertz costing £75.8m from Bayer Leverkusen, while Ben Chilwell (£50m) and Timo Werner (£45m) were also among the most pricey additions.

Three Manchester City recruits notably dented the club’s coffers: Ruben Dias (£65m), Nathan Ake (£41m) and Ferran Torres (£37m). On the red side of Manchester, Donny van de Beek’s £39m fee ranked as the eighth most expensive. Liverpool splashed a hefty £45m on prising Diogo Jota from Wolves, while Nuno Espirito Santos’ side reinvested that income and more on Nelson Semedo (£36.8m) and Fabio Silva (£35m).

Arsenal triggered Thomas Partey’s £45m release fee on Deadline Day, with another 34 players signed for Premier League clubs with fees of £10m or more, only 21 cost seven-digit sums or less and 42 were picked up on a free transfer.

Source: Skysport.news