LIVERPOOL may have splashed the cash like never before, but they still spent less money than title rivals Arsenal.
The champions spent a whopping £426MILLION this summer, twice breaking the British transfer record as they strengthened an already incredible squad.
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The deadline day arrival of Alexander Isak from Newcastle set a record for the Premier League, as Liverpool forked out an eye watering £130MILLION to finally get their man after a drawn out saga.
That deal broke a record already set by the Anfield outfit earlier in the window, when they agreed a deal worth £116m (Initial £100m with add-ons) with Bayer Leverkusen for new midfielder Florian Wirtz.
Add to that the arrivals of Hugo Ekitike (£69m), Milos Kerkez (£40m), Jeremie Frimpong (£29.5m), Giovanni Leoni (£26m), Giorgi Mamardashvili (£30m) and Armin Pecsi (£1.5m) and you would expect Liverpool to be the league’s biggest spenders.
But as a result to their incredible selling ability, it’s actually Arsenal that have spent the most cash this summer when you weigh up the league’s net spends.
Liverpool’s outgoings totalled an impressive £205m – thanks to the sales of the likes of Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Jarell Quansah – meaning they have spent only £221m when it comes to net spend.
Meanwhile Arsenal, who brought in £241.8m worth of signings, only managed to shift on £16.7m in outgoings.
That means they lead the league in net spend, having seen a balance of £225.1m added to their accounting books.
Mikel Arteta‘s side have been miserable sellers in the market in recent years, failing to shift on their unwanted players for sizeable sums.
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Players like Kieran Tierney, Jorginho and Takehiro Tomiyasu all left for free or were released this summer, while Oleksandr Zinchenko and Reiss Nelson could only secure loan moves.
The Gunners would have had more incoming cash had it not been for their £23.5m deal for Jakub Kiwior being an initial loan with an obligation to buy – meaning those funds will be registered on next season’s accounts.
Round up of all the football player transfers as deadline closes
Should Arsenal want some tips on how to sell, they only need to take a look down the road at London neighbours Chelsea.
The Blues have incredibly managed to end up with a net spend PROFIT of £17.7m despite spending over £260m on new signings this summer.
That’s because Todd Boehly and his Clearlake Capital pals have run a masterclass in player trading, shifting on a whopping £280.7m in deadwood during the window.
Those sales included the likes of Christopher Nkuku to AC Milan (£36m), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to Everton (£26m) and Noni Madueke to Arsenal (£48m)
Nobody has earned more cash than Bournemouth, though.
The Cherries are £92.8m up after the sales of Dean Huijsen, Milos Kerkez, Dango Ouattara and Illia Zabarnyi.
Meanwhile Man Utd are in a similar boat to Arsenal, splashing £215m on their shiny new arrivals and making just £61.7m of that back in player sales.
The Red Devils, like the Gunners, were forced to use the loan market to try and move players on instead of securing permanent exits for high-wage players.
Jadon Sancho‘s deadline day loan to Aston Villa and Marcus Rashford‘s potentially temporary switch to Barcelona are the perfect examples of the struggle the United board faced during the window.
Newcastle managed a net spend of just over £84m for their spending spree, in no small part thanks to the £130m they banked for the sale of Isak to Liverpool.
While Tottenham’s late move to sign Xavi Simons made them the fourth highest net spenders of the season, forking out £110.5m in cash this summer.
In total, Premier League clubs came close to breaking £3BILLION in gross spend during the window.
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A LOOK AT EVERY PREM CLUB’S INS AND OUTS…
Arsenal
In
- Kepa Arrizabalaga – Chelsea, £5m
- Martin Zubimendi – Real Sociedad, £51m
- Christian Norgaard – Brentford, £10m
- Noni Madueke – Chelsea, £48m
- Cristhian Mosquera – Valencia, £13m
- Viktor Gyokeres – Sporting, £54.8m
- Eberechi Eze – Crystal Palace, £60m
- Piero Hincapie – Bayer Leverkusen, loan
Out
- Jorginho – Flamengo, free
- Kieran Tierney – Celtic, free
- Nuno Taveres – Lazio, £4.2m
- Marquinhos – Cruzeiro, £2.5m
- Takehiro Tomiyasu – released
- Thomas Partey – released
- Ismael Kabia – Shrewsbury, loan
- Albert Sambi Lokonga – Hamburg, £10m
- Fabio Vieira – Hamburg, loan
- Jakob Kiwior – Porto, loan
- Oleksandr Zinchenko – Nottingham Forest, loan
- Reiss Nelson – Brentford, loan
- Lucas Martin Nygaard – Brabrand IF, loan
Aston Villa
In
- Yasin Ozcan – Kasimpasa, £7m
- Zepiqueno Redmond – Feyenoord, free
- Marco Bizot – Brest, £3m
- Modou Keba Cisse – LASK, £4m
- Evann Guessand – Nice, £30m
- Victor Lindelof – unattached, free
- Jadon Sancho – Man Utd, loan
- Harvey Elliott – Liverpool, loan
Out
- Modou Keba Cisse – LASK, loan
- Enzo Barrenechea – Benfica, loan
- Robin Olsen – released
- Rico Richards – Port Vale, undisclosed
- Josh Feeney – Huddersfield, loan
- Kaine Kesler Hayden – Coventry, £3.5m
- Philippe Coutinho – Vasco de Gama, undisclosed
- Kortney Hause – released
- Oliwier Zych – Rakow Czestochowa, loan
- Kosta Nedeljkovic – RB Leipzig, loan
- Louie Barry – Sheffield United, loan
- Joe Gauci – Port Vale, loan
- Jacob Ramsey – Newcastle, £43m
- Lewis Dobbin – Preston, loan
- Alex Moreno – Girona, undisclosed
- Samuel Iling-Junior – West Brom, loan
- Zepiqueno Redmond – Huddersfield, loan
Bournemouth
In
- Bafode Diakite – Lille, £35m
- Djordje Petrovic – Chelsea, £25m
- Adrien Truffert – Rennes, £14.4m
- Ben Gannon Doak – Liverpool, £25m
- Amine Adli – Bayer Leverkusen, £25m
- Veljko Milosavljevic – Red Star Belgrade, undisclosed
- Alex Jimenez – AC Milan, loan
Out
- Illia Zabarnyi – PSG, £54.5m
- Milos Kerkez – Liverpool, £40m
- Dean Huijsen – Real Madrid, £50m
- Jaidon Anthony – Burnley, £10m
- Mark Travers – Everton, £4m
- Daniel Jebbison – Preston, loan
- Max Aarons – Rangers, loan
- Joe Rothwell – Rangers, undisclosed
- Neto – Botafogo, undisclosed
- Dango Ouattara – Brentford, £42m
- Alex Paulsen – Lechia Gdansk, loan
- Ben Winterburn – Barnet, loan
Brentford
In
- Michael Kayode – Fiorentina, £14m
- Romelle Donovan – Birmingham, undisclosed
- Caoimhin Kelleher – Liverpool, £18m
- Antoni Milambo – Feyenoord, £18.8m
- Jordan Henderson – Ajax, free
- Dango Ouattara – Bournemouth, £42m
- Reiss Nelson – Arsenal, loan
Out
- Bryan Mbeumo – Man Utd, £71m
- Christian Norgaard – Arsenal, £15m
- Mark Flekken – Bayer Leverkusen, £11m
- Ben Mee – released
- Tony Yogane – Dundee, loan
- Mads Roerslev – Southampton, undisclosed
- Yoane Wissa – Newcastle, £55m
Brighton
In
- Maxim De Cuyper – Club Brugge, £17.3m
- Olivier Boscagli – PSV Eindhoven, free
- Diego Coppola – Hellas Verona, £9m
- Tom Watson – Sunderland, £10m
- Yoon Doyoung – Daejeon Hana Citizen, undisclosed
- Charalampos Kostoulas – Olympiacos, £31.4m
- Nils Ramming – Eintracht Frankfurt, £725k
Out
- Evan Ferguson – Roma, loan
- Simon Adingra – Sunderland, £20.5m
- Joao Pedro – Chelsea, £60m
- Pervis Estupinan – AC Milan, £17.4m
- James Beadle – Birmingham, loan
- Valentin Barco – Strasbourg, undisclosed
- Odel Offiah – Preston, £1.5m
- Ibrahim Osman – Auxerre, loan
- Mark O’Mahony – Reading, loan
- Amario Cozier-Duberry – Bolton, loan
- Kjell Scherpen – Union Saint-Gilloise, undisclosed
- Eiran Cashin – Birmingham, loan
- Kamari Doyle – Reading, loan
- Malick Yalcouye – Swansea, loan
- Abdallah Sima – Lens, £4m
- Tariq Lamptey – Fiorentina, £6m
- Igor Julio – West Ham, loan
Burnley
In
- Kyle Walker – Man City, £5m
- Loum Tchaouna – Lazio, £12m
- Axel Tuanzebe – Ipswich, free
- Quilindschy Hartman – Feyenoord, undisclosed
- Bashir Humphreys – Chelsea, £10m
- Jaidon Anthony – Bournemouth, £8m
- Marcus Edwards – Sporting CP, £8.5m
- Zian Flemming – Millwall, £7m
- Max Weiss – Karlsruher, £4.2m
- Jacob Bruun Larsen – Stuttgart, undisclosed
- Lesley Ugochukwu – Chelsea, undisclosed
- Martin Dubravka – Newcastle, undisclosed
- Armando Broja – Chelsea, undisclosed
Out
- James Trafford – Man City, £31m
- Josh Brownhill – released
- Nathan Redmond – released
- Jonjo Shelvey – released
- CJ Egan-Riley – Marseille, free
- Andreas Hountondji – St. Pauli, loan
- Han-Noah Massengo – Augsburg, undisclosed
- Joe Westley – Dundee, undisclosed
- Luca Koleosho – Espanyol, loan
Chelsea
In
- Jamie Gittens – Dortmund, £48.5m
- Joao Pedro – Brighton, £60m
- Liam Delap – Ipswich, £30m
- Jorrel Hato – Ajax, £37m
- Estevao Willian – Palmeiras, £29m
- Dario Essugo – Sporting, £18m
- Mamadou Sarr – RC Strasbourg, £12m
- Kendry Paez – Independiente del Valle, £17.3m
- Alejandro Garnacho – Man Utd, £40m
- Facundo Buonanotte – Brighton, loan
Out
- Kendry Paez – Strasbourg, loan
- Djordje Petrovic – Bournemouth, £25m
- Bashir Humphreys – Burnley, £10m
- Dylan Williams – Burton, undisclosed
- Marcus Bettinelli – Man City, £2m
- Kepa Arrizabalaga – Arsenal, £5m
- Teddy Sharman-Lowe – Bolton, loan
- Mathis Amougou – Strasbourg, £12.5m
- Zak Sturge – Millwall, undisclosed
- Noni Madueke – Arsenal, £48m
- Caleb Wiley – Watford, loan
- Mike Penders – RC Strasbourg, loan
- Joao Felix – Al Nassr, £26.2m
- Ishe Samuels-Smith – Strasbourg, £6.9m
- Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall – Everton, £26m
- Mamadou Sarr – Strasbourg, loan
- Leo Castledine – Huddersfield, loan
- Lesley Ugochukwu – Burnley, £23m
- Armando Broja – Burnley, £15m
- Renato Veiga – Villarreal, £26m
- Carney Chukwuemeka – Dortmund, £24m
- Alfie Gilchrist – West Brom, £2m
- Christopher Nkunku – AC Milan, £36m
- Alex Matos – Sheffield United, undisclosed
- Ben Chilwell – Strasbourg, undisclosed
- Nicolas Jackson – Bayern Munich, loan
Crystal Palace
In
- Walter Benitez – PSV Eindhoven, free
- Borna Sosa – Ajax, £3m
- Yeremy Pino – Villarreal, £26m
- Jaydee Canvot – Toulouse, undisclosed
- Christantus Uche – Getafe, £17.3m
Out
- Eberechi Eze – Arsenal, £67.5m
- Rob Holding – Colorado Rapids, free
- Joel Ward – released
- Jeffrey Schlupp – Norwich, free
- Louie Moulden – released
- Owen Goodman – Huddersfield, loan
- Joe Whitworth – Exeter, loan
- Danny Imray – Blackpool, loan
- David Ozoh – Derby, loan
- Malcolm Ebiowei – Blackpool, undisclosed
Everton
In
- Charly Alcaraz – Flamengo, £12m
- Thierno Barry – Villarreal, £27m
- Mark Travers – Bournemouth, £4m
- Adam Aznou – Bayern Munich, £10m
- Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall – Chelsea, £29m
- Jack Grealish – Man City, loan
- Tom King – Wolves, undisclosed
- Tyler Dibling – Southampton, £42m
- Merlin Rohl – Freiburg, loan
Out
- Neal Maupay – Marseille, undisclosed
- Jenson Metcalfe – Bradford, undisclosed
- Matthew Apter – Cardiff, free
- Asmir Begovic – Leicester, free
- Luke Butterfield – Chesterfield, free
- Mason Holgate – Al-Gharafa, free
- Zan-Luk Leban – NK Celje, free
- Joao Virginia – Sporting CP, free
- Ashley Young – Ipswich, free
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin – Leeds, free
- Billy Crellin – released
- Abdoulaye Doucoure – released
- Youssef Chermiti – Rangers, £10m
- Harrison Armstrong – Preston, loan
Fulham
In
- Benjamin Lecomte – Montpellier, undisclosed
- Kevin – Shakhtar, £34.6m
- Samuel Chukwueze – AC Milan, £21.7m
Out
- Andreas Pereira – Palmeiras, £8.7m
- Carlos Vinicius – released
- Willian – released
- Luca Ashby-Hammond – released
- Callum Osmand – Celtic, released
- Steven Benda – Millwall, loan
- Harvey Araujo – Colchester, loan
- Martial Godo – Strasbourg, undisclosed
Leeds
In
- Anton Stach – Hoffenheim, £17.4m
- Sebastiaan Bornauw – Wolfsburg, £5.1m
- Lukas Nmecha – Wolfsburg, free
- Jaka Bijol – Udinese, £15m
- Gabriel Gudmundsson – Lille, £10m
- Sean Longstaff – Newcastle, £12m
- Lucas Perri – Lyon, £15.6m
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin – Everton, free
- Noah Okafor – AC Milan, £18m
- James Justin – Leicester, £10m
Out
- Josuha Guilavogui – released
- Joe Snowdon – Swindon, free
- Junior Firpo – released
- Max Wober – Werder Bremen, loan
- Mateo Joseph – Mallorca, loan
- Patrick Bamford – released
- Sam Greenwood – Pogon Szczecin, undisclosed
Liverpool
In
- Milos Kerkez – Bournemouth, £40m
- Florian Wirtz – Bayer Leverkusen, £100m
- Jeremie Frimpong – Bayer Leverkusen, £29.5m
- Giorgi Mamardashvili – Valencia, £30m
- Hugo Ekitike – Eintracht Frankfurt, £69m
- Armin Pecsi – Puskas Akademia, £1.5m
- Freddie Woodman – Preston, free
- Giovanni Leoni – Parma, £26m
- Alexander Isak – Newcastle, £130m
Out
- Darwin Nunez – Al Hilal, £46m
- Trent Alexander-Arnold – Real Madrid, £8m
- Caoimhin Kelleher – Brentford, £12.5m
- Jarell Quansah – Bayer Leverkusen, £35m
- Luis Diaz – Bayern Munich, £65.5m
- Tyler Morton – Lyon, £15m
- Nat Phillips – West Brom, £3m
- Ben Gannon Doak – Bournemouth, £20m
- Vitezslav Jaros – Ajax, loan
- Owen Beck – Derby, loan
- Luca Stephenson – Dundee United, loan
- Lewis Koumas – Birmingham City, loan
- Harvey Elliott – Aston Villa, loan
Man City
In
- Tijjani Reijnders – AC Milan, £46.5m
- Rayan Ait Nouri – Wolves, £32.2m
- Marcus Bettinelli – Chelsea, £2m
- Rayan Cherki – Lyon, £30.4m
- Sverre Nypan – Rosenborg, £12m
- James Trafford – Burnley, £27m
- Gianluigi Donnarumma – PSG, £26m
Out
- Kevin De Bruyne – released, Napoli
- Jacob Wright – Norwich, £2.3m
- Scott Carson – released
- Kyle Walker – Burnley, £5m
- Divin Mubama – Stoke City, loan
- Maximo Perrone – Como, £13m
- Jahmai Simpson-Pusey – Celtic, loan
- Vitor Reis – Girona, loan
- Max Alleyne – Watford, loan
- Jack Grealish – Everton, loan
- James McAtee – Nottingham Forest, £30m
- Claudio Echeverri – Bayer Leverkusen, loan
- Callum Doyle – Wrexham, £7.5m
- Issa Kabore – Wrexham, loan
- Ederson – Fenerbahce, £12.1m
- Yan Couto – Borussia Dortmund, £21m
- Kayky – FC Bahia, undisclosed
- Finley Burns – Reading, loan
- Sverre Nypan – Middlesbrough, loan
- Juma Bah – Nice, loan
- Ederson – Fenerbahce, £11m
- Manuel Akanji – Inter Milan, loan
Man Utd
In
- Bryan Mbeumo – Brentford, £65m
- Matheus Cunha – Wolves, £62.5m
- Diego Leon – Cerro Porteno, £7m
- Benjamin Sesko – RB Leipzig, £66m
- Senne Lammens – Royal Antwerp, £18.2m
- Enzo Kaya-Biyik – Le Havre, free
Out
- Alejandro Garnacho – Chelsea, £40m
- Christian Eriksen – released
- Jonny Evans – retired
- Victor Lindelof – released
- Elyh Harrison – Shrewsbury, loan
- Marcus Rashford – Barcelona, loan
- Radek Vitek – Bristol City, loan
- Ethan Wheatley – Northampton Town, loan
- Jack Moorhouse – Leyton Orient, loan
- Toby Collyer – West Brom, loan
- Ethan Williams – Falkirk, loan
- Rasmus Hojlund – Napoli, loan
- Antony – Real Betis, £21.7m
- Harry Amass – Sheffield Wednesday, loan
- Jadon Sancho – Arsenal, loan
Newcastle United
In
- Anthony Elanga – Nottingham Forest, £55m
- Antonio Cordero – Malaga, free
- Aaron Ramsdale – Southampton, loan
- Malick Thiaw – AC Milan, £35m
- Jacob Ramsey – Aston Villa, £40m
- Nick Woltemade – Stuttgart, £69m
- Yoane Wissa – Brentford, £50m
Out
- Lloyd Kelly – Juventus, £20m
- Jamal Lewis – released
- Callum Wilson – West Ham, free
- Sean Longstaff – Leeds, £12m
- Martin Dubravka – Burnley, £2m
- Odysseas Vlachodimos – Sevilla, loan
- Matt Targett – Middlesbrough, loan
- Isaac Hayden – QPR, free
- Garang Kuol – Sparta Prague, £500k
- Alexander Isak – Liverpool, £130m
Nottingham Forest
In
- Dan Ndoye – Bologna, £34m
- Igor Jesus – Botafogo, £10m
- Cherif Yaya – Rio Ave, undisclosed
- Jair Cunha – Botafogo, undisclosed
- Angus Gunn – Norwich, free
- Omari Hutchinson – Ipswich, £37.5m
- James McAtee – Man City, £30m
- Arnaud Kalimuendo – Rennes, £25m
- Douglas Luiz – Juventus, loan with obligation to buy
- Nicolo Savona – Juventus, £11.25m
- Cuiabano – Botafogo, undisclosed
- Dilane Bakwa – Strasbourg, £34.7m
- Oleksandr Zinchenko – Arsenal, loan
Out
- Anthony Elanga – Newcastle, £55m
- Harry Toffolo – released
- Jack Perkins – Northampton, undisclosed
- Andrew Omobamidele – Strasbourg, undisclosed
- Tyler Bindon – Sheffield United, loan
- Ramon Sosa – Palmeiras, undisclosed
- Ben Perry – Colchester, undisclosed
- Lewis O’Brien – Wrexham, undisclosed
- Matt Turner – Lyon, £6.5m
- Emmanuel Dennis – contract mutually terminated
Sunderland
In
- Granit Xhaka – Bayer Leverkusen, £17.3m
- Simon Adingra – Brighton, £20.5m
- Habib Diarra – Strasbourg, £30m
- Enzo Le Fee – Roma, £20m
- Noah Sadiki – Union Saint-Gilloise, £17.5m
- Reinildo Mandava – Atletico Madrid, free
- Chemsdine Talbi – Club Brugge, £19m
- Robin Roefs – NEC Nijmegen, £11.5m
- Marc Guiu – Chelsea, loan
- Omar Alderete – Getafe, undisclosed
- Lutsharel Geertruida – RB Leipzig, loan
- Brian Brobbey – Ajax, £21.3m
- Bertrand Traore – Ajax, £2.5m
Out
- Tommy Watson – Brighton, £10m
- Jobe Bellingham – Borussia Dortmund, £32m
- Nathan Bishop – AFC Wimbledon, undisclosed
- Adil Aouchiche – Aberdeen, loan
- Jordan Seelt – Wolfsburg, loan
Tottenham Hotspur
In
- Kevin Danso – RC Lens, £21m
- Luka Vuskovic – Hajduk Split, £12m
- Mathys Tel – Bayern Munich, £30m
- Kota Takai – Kawasaki Frontale, £5m
- Mohammed Kudus – West Ham, £55m
- Joao Palhinha – Bayern Munich, loan
- Xavi Simons – RB Leipzig, £52m
- Randal Kolo Muani – PSG, loan
Out
- Heung-Min Son – LAFC, £19.5m
- Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg – Marseille, £17m
- Mikey Moore – Rangers, loan
- Fraser Forster – released
- Sergio Reguilon – released
- Alfie Whiteman – released
- Damola Ajayi – Doncaster Rovers, loan
- Alejo Veliz – Rosario Central, loan
- Josh Keeley – Luton, £1m
- Alfie Dorrington – Aberdeen, loan
- Tyrese Hall – Notts County, loan
- Bryan Gil – Girona, £5m
- Manor Solomon – Villarreal, loan
- Jaden Williams – Colchester, free
West Ham
In
- Jean-Clair Todibo – Nice, £35m
- El Hadji Malick Diouf – Slavia Prague, £19m
- Daniel Cummings – Celtic, free
- Kyle Walker-Peters – Southampton, free
- Callum Wilson – Newcastle, free
- Mads Hermansen – Leicester City, £18m
- Mateus Fernandes – Southampton, £42m
- Soungoutou Magassa – Monaco, £17.3m
- Igor Julio – Brighton, loan
Out
- Mohammed Kudus – Tottenham, £55m
- Edson Alvarez – Fenerbahce, loan
- Patrick Kelly – Barnsley, undisclosed
- Sean Moore – Shelbourne, undisclosed
- Aaron Cresswell – Stoke, free
- Vladimir Coufal – Hoffenheim, free
- Kamarai Swyer – Northampton, free
- Michail Antonio – released
- Lukasz Fabianski – released
- Danny Ings – Sheffield United, free
- Kurt Zouma – released
- Michael Forbes – Northampton, loan
- Gideon Kodua – Luton, loan
- Mason Terry – Braintree, loan
- Emerson Palmieri – Marseille, undisclosed
- Maxwel Cornet – Genoa, loan
- Nayef Aguerd – Marsielle – £21m
Wolverhampton Wanderers
In
- Fer Lopez – Celta, £21.3m
- Jorgen Strand Larsen – Celta Vigo, undisclosed
- Jhon Arias – Fluminense, £15m
- David Moller Wolfe – AZ Alkmaar, £10m
- Ladislav Krejci – Girona, loan
- Tolu Arokodare – Genk, £23.4m
Out
- Matheus Cunha – Man Utd, £62.5m
- Rayan Ait Nouri – Man City, £36.3m
- Goncalo Guedes – Real Sociedad, £5.2m
- Nelson Semedo – released
- Tommy Doyle – Birmingham, loan
- Nasser Djiga – Rangers, loan
- Boubacar Traore – Metz, loan
- Pablo Sarabia – released, Al-Arabi
- Craig Dawson – released
- Chem Campbell – Stevenage, free
- Chiquinho – Alverca, undisclosed
- Tom King – Everton, undisclosed
- Fabio Silva – Borussia Dortmund, £22.8m
