Premier League clubs spend £571m in just over one week... making this summer already the fifth-highest-spending transfer window ever
- Transfer spend this summer is already at £571m among top-flight clubs
- The transfer window only opened on July 1 and has over a month still to run
- Romelu Lukaku's £75m move to Manchester United is the biggest deal so far
- The spending record was set last summer, with over £1bn splashed out
- READ: Club-by-club guide to all the 2017 summer moves
Just over one week after the summer transfer window opened, Premier League clubs have splashed a total of £571million, making it already the fifth-highest-spending window ever.
Romelu Lukaku’s £75m switch from Everton to Manchester United and Arsenal’s £53m capture of Alexandre Lacazette have fuelled an early-summer surge in spending since the window opened on July 1.
With the vast majority of the window remaining - it closes on August 31 at 11pm - and plenty of massive deals currently being negotiated, this summer’s spending looks set to challenge the record set last summer, when an incredible £1.165billion was forked out.
Alexandre Lacazette's capture by Arsenal has helped fuel an early-summer spending splurge
Manchester United's £75m deal for Romelu Lukaku is the biggest of the summer so far
Chelsea’s £70m pursuit of Alvaro Morata and the club’s tug-of-war with United over £40m Tiemoue Bakayoko are just two of the potential transfers that could soon push this year's total even higher.
Last year saw the Premier League total spend top £1bn for the first time, thanks to the record £5.1bn television deal. Thirteen of the 20 clubs broke their transfer records, and Paul Pogba became the most expensive footballer ever at £89m.
This year United have again flashed the most cash, with Victor Lindelof joining from Benfica for £30.7m and Lukaku’s big move adding up to a £106m outlay.
Local rivals Manchester City are not far behind on £78m after Bernardo Silva was signed from Monaco for £43m and goalkeeper Ederson was prised from Benfica for £35m.
Arsenal’s deal for Lacazette puts them in third while Liverpool are fourth after bringing in Mohamed Salah from Roma for £39m and nabbing young Chelsea striker Dominic Solanke, whose fee will be settled by a tribunal.
Liverpool have already spent big too with the arrival of Mohamed Salah from Roma
Surprisingly, new boys Huddersfield are fifth on the spending list so far, with the £10m deal for Aaron Mooy being the biggest of their £36m-worth of signings, which also includes Laurent Depoitre, Thomas Ince, Danny Williams, Steve Mounie, Scott Malone and Mathias Jorgensen.
Bournemouth have already laid out over £30m, with Nathan Ake (£20m) and Asmir Begovic (£10m) arriving from Chelsea, plus the free transfer of Jermain Defoe.
Yet four clubs have yet to spend a thing so far, with fans of Crystal Palace, Stoke, Tottenham and West Ham still waiting for their first new signings of the summer.
Chelsea, meanwhile, have paid Roma £31m for Antonio Rudiger, but have a net spend of minus £34m, having sold the likes of Juan Cuadrado (to Juventus for £17m), Begovic, Ake, Christian Atsu (Newcastle, £6.2m), Solanke, and Bertrand Traore (Lyon £8.8m), while releasing captain John Terry.
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