Only two weeks to the summer transfer market 2025 in the Premier League will close. And the clubs are on the momentum of a record to buy rookie.
According to data from FootballTransfers.com, Premier League clubs have cost £ 2.26 billion since the transfer window in early June. This figure increased by 12.7% compared to the 1.97 billion pounds of the summer of 2024. The current record was £ 2.36 billion, which was set in the summer transfer period 2023.
With many of the incomplete deals and the future of many players is still unclear when the deadline of 1 September is approaching, almost certainly a new record will be established.
The BBC Sport has further analyzed in spending and comparison with other European tournaments.
Premier League spends more than 4 major prizes combined
As usual, Premier League clubs are still more than foreign rivals. The English Premier League teams have exceeded the total transfer investment of Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and La Liga combined.
Premier League clubs have spent more than 1 billion pound sales sales. The only major tournament in Europe has a net spending as La Liga, where Spanish teams spend more than £ 35 million compared to the proceeds.
Not too surprising when the Premier League became the main driving force to promote sales sales for big tournaments.
The 3 biggest deals of the Premier League this summer come from the Bundesliga: Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool) – £ 100 million, can increase to £ 116 million; Hugo Ekitike (Eintracht Frankfurt to Liverpool) – £ 69 million, can increase to £ 79 million; Benjamin Sesko (RB Leipzig to Man United) – 66.3 million pounds, can increase to £ 73.7 million.
Meanwhile, Serie A is the second most spending tournament after the Premier League. The Italian clubs have spent £ 783 million but still less than the net expenditure of the Premier League, not to mention the total spending.
6 Clubs break the transfer record
This is a special transfer period, when there are two stages of opening. The first phase takes place from 1/6 to 10/6, due to the special registration period of FIFA Club World Cup 2025.
A total of £ 400 million was spent before the market was officially opened, in which Man City spent about £ 108 million to recruit Rayan Cherki, Rayan Ait-Nouri and Tijjani Reijders.
After that, the market reopened on June 16 and will close on September 1. Currently, 6 clubs have broken their transfer record this summer.
Brentford spent up to £ 42.5 million to buy striker Dango Outtara from Bournemouth, while Bournemouth himself spent £ 34.6 million to have French center -back Bafode Diakite.
The rookie Burnley and Sunderland respectively spend 25 million and £ 26 million respectively to buy Lesley Ugochukwu (France) and Habib Diarra (Senegal). Diarra's deal can be up to £ 30 million with surcharges.
Nottingham Forest broke the transfer record twice, first with Dan Ndoye (Bologna), then Omari Hutchison (Ipswich) for £ 37.5 million.
Liverpool recruited Wirtz from Leverkusen for a guarantee fee of £ 100 million, with an additional £ 16 million. If the secondary terms are activated, the deal will become a transfer record in the UK, surpassing 107 million pounds that Chelsea once paid to Benfica to have Enzo Fernandez in 2023.
Of the 20 current Premier League clubs, up to 16 teams have broken the transfer record in the past 4 years. In which Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City and Arsenal both have a record of £ 100 million or more. In the opposite direction, Burnley's record is only 25 million pounds.
Despite spending about 200 million pounds this summer, Man United's record contract is Paul Pogba from Juventus for £ 91 million in 2016.
How to spend compared to top European clubs?
In the last two seasons, all three teams promoted to the Premier League, Burnley, Sheffield United, Luton Town, Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton, relegated immediately after a season.
The relegation becomes more difficult than ever, perhaps also explaining why Sunderland has actively recruited, including former Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka.
According to FootballTransfers.com, the “black cat” currently tops the group in the group of Premier League rookie clubs in terms of the highest spending. Ranked right after Nottingham Forest, the team used to invest strongly after promoting the 2021/22 season.
In La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1, only Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid spent more than 140 million pounds that Sunderland spent on the rookie this summer.
In fact, Atletico is the most spending team outside the Premier League with 153 million pounds, arranged immediately as Real Madrid neighbors with 147 million pounds. However, these figures are still far behind $ 289.5 million that Liverpool has invested in the squad since winning the 2024/25 Premier League championship.
This figure is three times more than PSG. The French team targets £ 90 million since the Champions League 2024/25. In other major tournaments in Europe, Juventus spent £ 103 million, Bayer Leverkusen 100 million, RB Leipzig 98 million and AC Milan 93 million. Barcelona has only spent 22.5 million pounds so far.
The largest contract outside the Premier League is Luis Diaz from Liverpool to Bayern Munich for £ 65.5 million, including surcharges.
And how can the spending level increase?
When the deadline is approaching, the future of striker Alexander Isak (priced at £ 150 million) is still unclear. He is being actively dragged by Liverpool but Newcastle does not want to sell.
In addition, Liverpool is targeting Crystal Palace's center -back Marc Guehi, while Tottenham wants Eberechi Eze, the eagle attack star. Brentford's striker Younge Wissa and the young United's young Alejandro Garnacho can also leave the club, not to mention Nicolas Jackson and Christopher Nkunku on Chelsea.
So after the transfer closing period, the Premier League spending will stop at what number? Will the Premier League spend over the site of £ 2.5 billion?