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Across transfer window
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English Premier League clubs smashed their record for spending in one single transfer window this summer, with an eye watering €3.59 billion invested into new signings. The importance of Premier League proven players was clearly prioritised with English top-flight clubs regularly buying off each other across the summer. Liverpool broke the division’s transfer record when they finally completed the signing of Alexander Isak on deadline day for €145 million.
Arne Slot’s men completed the three biggest deals in the Premier League with Florian Wirtz arriving for an initial €125m and Hugo Ekitiké for €95m. Interestingly, eight Premier League clubs have already broken their transfer record for an entire season in the summer window. While some players could still leave Premier League clubs for Türkiye or Saudi Arabia before their deadline days, we’ve analysed which squads gained and lost the most market value across the summer transfer window, using Transfermarkt’s famed market values.
Which Premier League clubs gained and lost the most market value across the transfer window?
Firstly, we’ve categorised the summer transfer window as from June 1st to September 2nd, to include the temporary window for the Club World Cup. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Liverpool’s squad’s market value has increased the most (+€254m) of any Premier League club across the window. Arsenal had the highest spend of any English top-flight club and they rank second with an increase of €225m. Chelsea had the highest transfer income of any club in the world this summer and they rank third, with the total market value of their squad increasing by €169m.
As the graphic above illustrates, Sunderland rank sixth but they had the biggest percentage change in market value (68.4%), increasing from €172.65m to €290.7m. Brighton lost the most market value across the window, dropping by €94m million but this isn’t totally surprising. The Seagulls’ transfer strategy revolves around identifying young talents, who are likely to soar in value as they develop and they sold some top stars like João Pedro. Wolves lost Matheus Cunha and Rayan Aït-Nouri and rank second bottom, while Aston Villa sit third bottom.
