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Hey big spenders - Liverpool lead top-four domination of £1bn deals

By Daily Sports Nigeria on July 29, 2025

It has already been a transfer window like no other.

Premier League clubs have until 1 September to strengthen their squads and there have been huge deals every few days, with more still to come.

Arsenal are on the verge of completing the signing of Sporting striker Victor Gyokeres for £63.5m, while his Sweden team-mate Alexander Isak revealed on Thursday he is considering leaving Newcastle.

The 25-year-old forward could cost as much as £150m, with reigning champions Liverpool, who are the top spenders so far this summer, still maintaining an interest.

The Reds have already signed German international Florian Wirtz for a potential British record transfer of £116m and France forward Hugo Ekitike for an initial £69m fee, which could rise to £79m.

Data from Transfermarkt, external shows Premier League clubs have spent £1.63bn (1.87bn euros) on players since the transfer window first opened at the start of June.

Last season's top four make up five of the biggest spenders this season, with Manchester United - looking to make up ground after finishing 15th - the outlier.

Of the total figure, just over £1bn has come from six teams, the traditional so-called 'big six' in the Premier League era - Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham.

Liverpool, who won the league by 10 points last season, are top of the list with £269m spent so far this summer. That includes the purchases of Wirtz and Ekitike, as well as Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkez for £40.8m and right-back Jeremie Frimpong, who cost almost £35m from Bayer Leverkusen.

It has been a contrast to the 2024-25 campaign, when the Anfield outfit's only major signings were goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili and forward Federico Chiesa, who joined for a combined total of less than £40m.

Chelsea, fourth in the Premier League last season, have spent the second highest total this summer, with just over £212m. Their biggest moves have been a deal worth £60m for Brighton forward Joao Pedro, left-winger Jamie Gittens from Borussia Dortmund for £56m, and Ipswich Town striker Liam Delap for £30m.

Arsenal have been runners-up in each of the past three seasons and they would also pass the £200m mark with the arrival of Gyokeres, having already spent £137m. Their major purchases have included Spain midfielder Martin Zubimendi for £60m from Real Sociedad and Chelsea winger Noni Madueke for just under £50m.

Manchester City finished third last year and did their business early in the summer, with about £127m spent, largely on the trio of midfielder Tijjani Reijnders from AC Milan, left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri from Wolves and French attacker Rayan Cherki from Lyon.

Manchester United suffered their worst campaign in the Premier League era when they came 15th. They are the only side outside last season's top four to have spent more than Manchester City this summer, but most of their £133.5m outlay has been on two forwards - Cameroon international Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford and Brazilian Matheus Cunha from Wolves.

Tottenham finished 17th in the table, but salvaged a disappointing season by winning the Europa League - beating Manchester United in the final - although it was not enough to avoid manager Ange Postecoglou getting the sack.

Spurs have since spent £122.5m under new boss Thomas Frank, with almost half of that in one transfer - the £55m purchase of midfielder Mohammed Kudus from West Ham, while it cost £30m to turn attacker Mathys Tel's loan from Bayern Munich into a permanent deal.

Source BBC Sports

Posted July 29, 2025