Liverpool extend lead as the world’s 10 biggest spenders of 2025 summer transfer window after Isak
Liverpool had spent almost £300m even before a further £125m was finally spent to sign Alexander Isak.
It’s been a record-breaking window for the Premier League champions, underlined by Chelsea’s inability to keep up.
All fees and figures are taken from Transfermarkt. The 20 biggest deals of the summer are here.
10) 🔼 Bayer Leverkusen – £150m
Erik ten Hag has been busy doing Erik ten Hag things, signing 15 permanent players. To Manchester United’s shame, they have not managed to offload any of their unwanted players his way. He must be learning…
9) Atletico Madrid – £151.4m
Diego Simeone rebuilds again, with 10 permanent signings through the door, eight of whom are between the ages of 22 and 27. Alex Baena is the most expensive of the bunch.
8) Manchester City – £179.21m
That’s the price of a Rayan Ait-Nouri from Wolves, a Rayan Cherki from Lyon, a Tijanji Reijnders from AC Milan and a Sverre Nypan from Rosenborg, all of whom feel like possible bargains. James Trafford and Gianluigi Donnarumma can fight it out between themselves.
7) Tottenham Hotspur – £182.4m
Spurs have confirmed their eighth summer signing, Xavi Simons, which takes them into the heady heights of the top six.
6) 🔼 Nottingham Forest – £192.6m
There was always a sense that Evangelos Marinakis was waiting to get Crystal Palace out of the way before sanctioning a heavy spend to Europa-proof Nuno’s squad. Four players have cost more than £30m apiece and Arnaud Kalimuendo wasn’t much less.
5) Manchester United – £230m
The Red Devils are back near the top of this list after making Benjamin Sesko their third major summer signing after Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha. Ruben Amorim wanted two more, but had to settle for one on deadline day.
4) Arsenal – £254.9m
The long-awaited and interminably drawn-out arrival of Viktor Gyokeres nudged Arsenal up towards a £200m summer but has plenty of final-piece-of-the-puzzle vibes. Then came Eberechi Eze for another £60m.
3) 🔼 Newcastle United – £255m
Nick Woltemade and Yoane Wissa have shot Newcastle up to £255m spent this summer and third place on this list.
2) Chelsea – £282.2m
They were the top spenders in the summers of 2024, 2023 and 2022 and were tipped to be up there in 2025 thanks to pre-arranged moves for Estevao, Dario Essugo, Mamadou Sarr and Kendry Paez. Throw in the £30m signing of Liam Delap and the Blues were already making very expensive waves before they signed Joao Pedro for an initial £55m and Jamie Gittens and Jorrel Hato for not much less. And then came Alejandro Garnacho. But still they can’t get near…
1) Liverpool – £414.5m
Florian Wirtz has cost an initial £100m (yes, it could rise to £116m but we’re not worried about add-ons on this particular list) and now have the top two most expensive signings of the summer after confirming the arrival of Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt. Full-backs Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez have joined for £29.5m and £40m respectively, and we have also added the £25m on Giorgi Mamardashvili as that transfer will be counted in this summer’s accounts. Giovanni Leoni edged the champions closer to the £300m mark, while Isak took them past £400m.
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