The league has now spent more than £1bn in each of the last 10 summers and football experts say there is little sign of the trend slowing
Premier League clubs have set a spending record of more than £3bn in the 2025 summer transfer window.
The new record surpasses the previous high of £2.36bn set in 2023, according to analysis from Deloitte.
The record-breaking window closed with Liverpool’s £125m move for Newcastle striker Alexander Isak, a deal that pushed overall spending past the £3bn mark. The English top-flight also spent more than the rest of Europe’s top five leagues combined.
Liverpool led the way with over £400m invested, the biggest single-window spend by any Premier League club in history. Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle all made outlays of more than £200m as the contestants for the top five positions in the league looked to strengthen for the season ahead.
Deloitte said the surge in spending reflects both the strength of the league’s finances and the pressure to qualify for European competition.
Tim Lunn, director in Deloitte’s Sports Business Group, said the business from the clubs showed a “significant desire to improve and get into those coveted European spots”.
The rise comes in the first year of a new four-year domestic television rights deal, which will see revenue rise from the £5bn of 2022-25 to £6.7bn from 2025 to 2029.
Six English clubs are also involved in the Champions League this season, meaning the additional broadcast income has given clubs more freedom to spend.
The Premier League has now passed the £1bn threshold in each of the last 10 summers. With broadcast deals locked in, commercial revenues continuing to rise, and competition even fiercer among the clubs, Lunn sees little sign of the trend slowing.
“If you look at it in totality, there’s more revenue coming into those clubs than ever before,” Lunn said. “Some of the factors, you would imagine they’ll be set to continue.”
Tim Bridge, lead partner in the Deloitte Sports Business Group, said: “A third record-breaking summer of Premier League spending in four years sends a strong signal that clubs have no plans to slow down their investment.
“With more English teams than ever competing in European competitions, Premier League clubs are looking to attract the best talent and further cement the league as the most competitive in world football.”
