English premier league clubs spent a total of £1.47 billion during the summer transfer window, which closed Friday. The total expenditure thus surpassed last summer's previous record, when the £1billion threshold was smashed for the first time, by almost £300m.
According to records gleaned from Sky Sports Friday Morning, Manchester City splashed the most cash this summer, with an outlay of £217.3m - primarily on defensive signings Kyle Walker (£50m), Benjamin Mendy (£49.2m), Danilo (£26.9m) and goalkeeper Ederson (£34.7m) - in addition to midfielders Bernardo Silva (£43m) and Douglas Luiz (£10m).
Chelsea overtook Manchester United as the next biggest spenders on Deadline Day, with last-minute signings Davide Zappacosta (£23m) and Danny Drinkwater (£35m) joining fellow summer acquisitions Antonio Rudiger (£34m), Tiemoue Bakayoko (£40m) and Alvaro Morata (£70m) to total £202m.
United spent £169.5m on blockbuster signings Romelu Lukaku (£90m), Nemanja Matic (£40m) and Victor Lindelof (£39.5m), while Jose Mourinho also re-signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic on a free transfer.
Other spendthrift clubs included Everton (£152.9m), Liverpool (£89.5m) and Tottenham (£61.4m).
In contrast, Stoke spent the least on new acquisitions, with just a £25m outlay, the money going on defender Kevin Wimmer (£18m from Spurs) and making Bruno Martins Indi (£7m from Porto) a permanent member of Mark Hughes' squad.
Lukaku's switch from Everton to United was the most expensive Premier League deal during the window, followed by Morata, Arsenal's Alexandre Lacazette (£52.7m) and City full-backs Walker and Mendy.
A remarkable 12 clubs set respective transfer fee records, including Arsenal, Bournemouth, Brighton, Burnley, Chelsea, Everton, Huddersfield, Liverpool, Southampton, Tottenham, Watford and West Ham.
Chelsea raked in £109m from player departures, including Matic (£40m), Nathan Ake (£20m), Juan Cuadrado (£17m), Asmir Begovic (£10m), Bertrand Traore (£8.8m), Nathaniel Chalobah (£7m) and Christian Atsu (£6.2m).
Manchester City received £83.24m, offloading Kelechi Iheanacho (£25m), Wilfried Bony (£12m), Enas Unal (£12m), Aaron Mooy (£10m), Nolito (£7.9m), Fernando (£5.64m) and Aleksandar Kolarov (£4.5m) - but the sales failed to mitigate their league-topping spending spree.
Other clubs that received above-average funds from selling players included Arsenal (£70.5m), Tottenham (£68m), Swansea (£59m) and Burnley (£48.5m).
Conversely, Bournemouth, Brighton and Crystal Palace did not receive one penny from player sales, while West Brom only collected £2m, followed by Huddersfield (£5.4m) and Watford (£5.8m).




Cash from sales
Despite being among the big spenders this season, Everton received the most income from player sales with £109.75m - primarily from Lukaku's move to Manchester United. The Toffees also offloaded Gerard Deulofeu to Barcelona for £10.5m, Tom Cleverley to Watford for £8m and Gareth Barry switched to West Brom for £1m.