Transfer window report card: Club-by-club rating for every Premier League side's summer business after incredible £1.4bn was splashed out

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The most expensive transfer window in history has finally closed with Premier League fans around the world debating whether their club has been winners or losers.

A staggering £1.4billion was spent by the 20 top-flight clubs with 14 of them breaking their transfer records, from Chelsea to Huddersfield. But there were plenty of tears too, most notably from Arsene Wenger, Antonio Conte and Pep Guardiola who missed out on long-term targets in the final hours on deadline day.

Sportsmail assesses the window for each club and delivers our report card.

Alexis Sanchez was subject of a lengthy transfer saga between Arsenal and Manchester City

ARSENAL

A late £92million bid for Monaco's Thomas Lemar smacked of either desperation or showmanship. Either way, it didn't come off and Alexis Sanchez couldn't go to Manchester City as a result. 

Arsene Wenger can point to signing £53m striker Alexandre Lacazette and hard-man Sead Kolasinac but neither started Arsenal's last game at Liverpool. He also lost Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to Liverpool.

Report Rating: D

Thomas Lemar was linked with a deadline-day move to the Gunners which didn't come off

BOURNEMOUTH

Eddie Howe added youth in £20m Chelsea defender Nathan Ake and experience with Asmir Begovic and Jermain Defoe heading to the south coast. 

The option to turn Jack Wilshere's loan move into a permanent deal wasn't taken up and the fact the Cherries were quiet on deadline day despite interest in Demarai Gray suggests they are aware of financial fair play.

Report Rating: C

Nathan Ake was brought back to Bournemouth by Eddie Howe from Chelsea

BRIGHTON

The newly-promoted side were busy with 13 new signings but unluckily for Chris Hughton he missed out other key targets Raphael Dwamena, Tammy Abraham and Stefano Denswil. 

Brighton signed two top-class goalkeepers in Mathew Ryan and Tim Krul but they will be reliant on £16m winger Jose Izquierdo providing goals as well as assists

Report Rating: C 

Jose Izquierdo was the marquee signing for Brighton after they splashed out £16m

BURNLEY

None of Sean Dyche's seven signings came from overseas clubs as the Burnley manager stuck to tried and trusted methods. 

Record signing Chris Wood started well with a goal at Spurs but he'll have big shoes to fill with Andre Gray leaving for Watford. Michael Keane was another big departure but the Clarets will feel Jon Walters, Phil Bardsley and others have the necessary knowhow

Report rating: C

Chris Wood made a fine start to his Burnley career with a late equaliser against Tottenham

CHELSEA

An alarmingly mixed window. Alvaro Morata and Tiemoue Bakayoko look great additions in particular, while Danny Drinkwater was signed right at the death. 

But the squad looks unbalanced and Conte can not be happy that striker targets Romelu Lukaku and Fernando Llorente ended up elsewhere in a summer he also lost Dominic Solanke and Tammy Abraham.

Report rating: C

Alvaro Morata was the main outlay for Chelsea although it was a mixed window overall 

CRYSTAL PALACE

Never has one club's future depended so much on one player with Palace spending almost their entire budget on Liverpool's £26m defender Mamadou Sakho, a Selhurst Park cult hero after helping them avoid relegation on loan last season. 

Frank de Boer's only other cash signing was Ajax defender Jairo Riedewald. At least the Eagles didn't lose anyone, including Wilfried Zaha.

Report rating: E

Mamadou Sakho's signing on deadline day was one of just two cash signings for the Eagles

EVERTON

Ronald Koeman would have liked one additional striker but overall he's got to be happy after a transfer window which saw Jordan Pickford, Michael Keane, Davy Klaasen, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Sandro Ramirez and Wayne Rooney arrive at Goodison Park. 

A lot of the money was recouped by selling Romelu Lukaku but Ross Barkley stays after the mysterious collapse of his move to Chelsea

Report rating: B

Gylfi Sigurdsson was a major signing for Everton but they lost Romelu Lukaku

HUDDERSFIELD

Manager David Wagner acted boldly on his strategy of bringing in hungry and talented players rather than going for experience. Of his 12 signings, only Tom Ince and goalkeeper Robert Green had played in the Premier League. 

The advantage of early dealings was underlined by the Terriers having a great start with three clean sheets and £12m striker Steve Mounie among the goals.

Report rating: B

Steve Mounie has made a fine start to life in the Premier League with unbeaten Huddersfield

LEICESTER CITY

Craig Shakespeare strengthened at both ends of the pitch with Harry Maguire, Aleksandr Dragovic and Kelechi Iheanacho, and kept his main men Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez. 

The only downside was losing one of his key Premier League title stalwarts Danny Drinkwater to Chelsea on deadline day. Without the distraction of Europe this season, Shakespeare will see this as a top-eight squad

Report rating: B

Riyad Mahrez remained with Leicester despite speculation linking him with a move away 

LIVERPOOL

Philippe Coutinho's transfer request dominated the summer at Anfield and their pursuit of Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk backfired badly. 

On the positive side, Jurgen Klopp broke their transfer record on winger Mo Salah, who has started well, and the German boss beat Chelsea to sign Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on deadline day. Reds fans will be concerned about lack of defensive recruits.

Report rating: C

Philippe Coutinho's possible move to Barcelona did not come to fruition this summer

MANCHESTER CITY

Pep Guardiola will have been delighted with his window until the final 24 hours having signed Bernardo Silva, Benjamin Mendy, Kyle Walker, Danilo and Benfica goalkeeper Ederson to make City the Premier League's biggest spenders. 

But it went sour late on with neither Alexis Sanchez nor Jonny Evans landed. He'll have to make do with Eliaquim Mangala as his defensive cover instead.

Report rating: C

Manchester City were efficient in their early business as they signed Bernardo Silva

MANCHESTER UNITED

Jose Mourinho was able to put on his dressing-gown and slippers for deadline day with key targets Romelu Lukaku, Nemanja Matic and Victor Lindelof already landed and Zlatan Ibrahimovic re-signed. 

He will also be relieved that Rooney's departure to Everton was handled sensitively and without rancour. United's early business has helped them to a 100 per cent start.

Report rating: B

Romelu Lukaku was a key target landed by Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford this summer

NEWCASTLE UNITED

Mike Ashley hardly endeared himself to Rafa Benitez with a very modest summer outlay. 

While many clubs broke the bank, Newcastle's record signing remains Michael Owen dating back to 2005. Benitez has new young blood in Christian Atsu and Jacob Murphy, while Joselu is an under-rated centre-forward. But the Toon Army will have wanted a lot more.

Report rating: E

Rafa Benitez will be disappointed by the lack of transfer activity by Newcastle 

SOUTHAMPTON

Saints made their point by resisting pressure to sell Virgil van Dijk and it's important he is assimilated back into the squad quickly. 

Midfielder Mario Lemina arrived from Italy for a club record £16m and Polish defender Jan Bednarek was also added, with Jay Rodriguez offloaded to West Brom. A sensible window in which the club shed their sell-sell-sell image.

Report rating: C

Virgil van Dijk was the main story for Southampton but they held on to their defender

STOKE CITY

Stoke didn't want to sell Marko Arnautovic and received a decent £23m fee which they helped put towards Kevin Wimmer, Bruno Indi Martins, Darren Fletcher and a loan move for Jese.

Mark Hughes will feel he's got a better-balanced squad now and did well to get Giannelli Imbula, Bojan, Glenn Whelan and Philipp Wollscheid away.

Report rating: C

The signing of Darren Fletcher on a free was one of the more shrewd deals of the window

SWANSEA CITY

While other clubs have spent fortunes, Swansea have been able to turn a profit of £31m, the best balance sheet of the window. 

They got top price for Sigurdsson and Llorente and replaced them with Abraham, Wilfried Bony and Renato Sanches, who has signed on loan from Bayern Munich with a big reputation after helping Portugal win Euro 2016

Report rating: B

Wilfried Bony was one of Swansea's major signings and the club even turned a profit

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Chairman Daniel Levy will be satisfied that after being the last club to enter the market, he's given Mauricio Pochettino three key acqusitions; £42m defender Davinson Sanchez, Llorente and PSG right-back Serge Aurier who will replace Walker at less than half the price.

Most importantly, the feared brain drain didn't happen and Harry Kane and Dele Alli remain.

Report rating: C

Davinson Sanchez cost Tottenham £42m from Ajax and was one of three acquisitions 

WATFORD

Marco Silva has given the Hornets a whole new feelgood factor and there has been a nice balance between overseas recruits (Richarlison, Marvin Zeegelaar) with British players (Nathaniel Chalobah, Andre Gray). 

After a bright start to the season, nobody is tipping Watford to go down and club captain Troy Deeney also stayed despite a link with Everton.

Report rating: B

Nathaniel Chalobah was one of  a number of English signings made by Marco Silva

WEST BROM

The purse strings were loosened for Tony Pulis by the club's Chinese owners and he'll be delighted with his work after a disappointing start to the window when Fletcher left for Stoke.

Fletcher was subsequently replaced by Gareth Barry but it's the signings of Rodriguez, Kieran Gibbs, Ahmed Hegazi, Oliver Burke and PSG midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak that whet the appetite

Report rating: A

Grzegorz Krychowiak joined West Brom from PSG and comes to The Hawthorns with pedigree

WEST HAM

Slaven Bilic went for experience in this window and the jury is still out whether the policy will work. Arnautovic blotted his copybook with a red card in his second game while Joe Hart and Pablo Zabaleta have missed the protection that injured midfielders Manuel Lanzini and Cheikhou Kouyate would have provided.

New striker Javier Hernandez has started well despite the team losing their first three games and Bilic still has Diafra Sakho as an option, despite the player's freelance medical with Rennes.

Report rating: C

Marko Arnautovic was one of the major West Ham signings but saw red in his second game