Premier League transfer spending reached record levels after Leeds United signed Noah Okafor from AC Milan for £18 million, pushing the window beyond £2.36 billion. Additional potential deals, including Eberechi Eze to Arsenal, could drive total spending toward £3 billion. Top clubs such as Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal led the expenditure, while smaller clubs also invested heavily. Six clubs broke their individual transfer records, including Liverpool's £116 million signing of Florian Wirtz. Promoted sides Burnley and Sunderland set new club records, and Nottingham Forest spent nearly £150 million overall on squad reinforcements.
The Premier League's transfer spending spree has reached record levels with more than a week of trading to go as promoted Leeds United signed AC Milan forward Noah Okafor for a reported 18 million pounds ($24.17m). Okafor's arrival at Elland Road on Thursday, following Bournemouth's signing of Amine Adli from Bayer Leverkusen, pushed the total spend beyond the 2.36 billion pounds ($3.7bn) splashed out in the 2023 summer window, according to FootballTransfers.com.
Several other big-money deals between now and the closing of the window, including the likely sale of Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace to Arsenal, mean spending by the world's most lucrative football league could even hit 3 billion pounds ($4.03bn). While the list of big spenders is topped by the likes of champions Liverpool ($387.8m), Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal, even clubs with smaller resources have been splashing the cash.
Six clubs have broken their transfer records, including Liverpool paying 116 million pounds ($156m) to Bayer Leverkusen for Florian Wirtz. Burnley set a new club record by paying 25 million pounds ($33.5m) for Chelsea midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu, while fellow promoted club Sunderland did the same by signing midfielder Habib Diarra for 26 million pounds ($34.9m) from Strasbourg, part of a 142 million pounds ($190.5m) squad-strengthening drive.
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