Deadline day transfers: Premier League clubs spend record £2.3bn as Chelsea, Liverpool, Man United and Tottenham all do late business

Premier League clubs spent a record £2.36billion in the summer transfer window as it closed on Friday with a flurry of late deals.

Brighton, Burnley, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham were among top-flight clubs who all got late deals done.

Man City were involved in two of the biggest deals of deadline day, signing Matheus Nunes from Wolves for £53m and selling Cole Palmer to Chelsea for £45m.

Tottenham spent big in the closing minutes of the window by landing Brennan Johnson from Forest in a deal worth up to £47.5million.

Forest were the busiest club on deadline day as they wasted no time investing the Johnson cash.

Defender Nuno Tavares arrived on loan from Arsenal, Argentina midfielder Nicolas Dominguez joined from Bologna with Remo Freuler going the other way, while winger Callum Hudson-Odoi and goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos were signed from Chelsea and Benfica respectively.

Ibrahim Sangare arrived at the City Ground on a five-year deal from PSV and former Liverpool striker Divock Origi joined on loan from AC Milan.

Liverpool – who have rejected a £150m offer for Mohamed Salah from Saudi Arabia Pro League side Al-Ittihad – and Manchester United both added to their midfield departments, with Netherlands international Ryan Gravenberch sealing a £35m move to Anfield from Bayern Munich.

United signed Sofyan Amrabat from Fiorentina on loan, while they also landed Turkey international goalkeeper Altay Bayindir from Fenerbahce, left-back Sergoo Reguilon on loan from Tottenham until June 2024 and Jonny Evans on a one-year deal.

United also offloaded Mason Greenwood to Getafe on a season-long loan having announced last month he would not play for the club again.

Wolves spent some of the Nunes money from Man City on midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, who joined on a five-year deal from Strasbourg.

Crystal Palace bolstered their defence with the addition of Arsenal’s Rob Holding and midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga also left the Gunners to make a season-long switch to Luton.

Brighton signed Ansu Fati on a season-long loan from Barcelona, with Belgium midfielder Mike Tresor making a similar move from Genk to Burnley.

Everton, meanwhile, sold Alex Iwobi to Fulham for £22m and loaned Neal Maupay to Brentford.

Bournemouth signed winger Luis Sinisterra on a season-long loan from Leeds, while forward Jaidon Anthony moved the other way.

Analysis from Deloitte showed the 2023 summer window exceeded the previous record outlay from Premier League clubs of £1.92bn, set only last summer, by almost £440m.

England’s top flight has spent almost as much as the other members of Europe’s ‘big five’ leagues – LaLiga in Spain, Italy’s Serie A, the French Ligue 1 and Germany’s Bundesliga – combined this summer.

But a new challenge has emerged with the Saudi Pro League attracting the likes of Neymar, Karim Benzema and Riyad Mahrez to follow Cristiano Ronaldo’s January move to Al Nassr.

The fees and wages on offer in Saudi Arabia are eye-watering with Liverpool rejecting a £150m deadline-day bid from Al-Ittihad for attacking talisman Salah, and they could yet come back in with their window open until next week.

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Headlines from deadline day:

• EVERY PREMIER LEAGUE DONE DEAL
• Mason Greenwood joins Spanish side Getafe on loan
• Tottenham bring in Brennan Johnson from Nottingham Forest
• Liverpool announce signing of Ryan Gravenberch from Bayern Munich
• Manchester United unveil loan arrival of Sofyan Amrabat as fourth deadline day signing
• Chelsea announce Cole Palmer signing from Man City as Todd Boehly smashes through £1billion barrier
• Man City announce signing of Matheus Nunes from Wolves
• Joao Palhinha’s move to Bayern Munich collapses
• Brighton sign Ansu Fati from Barcelona on loan
• Jonny Evans pens one-year deal back at Manchester United
• Liverpool reject £150million bid for Mo Salah from Al Ittihad
• Conor Gallagher to stay at Chelsea amid Tottenham interest
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