Premier League transfer spending has increased practically every season with more money being pumped into the league through sponsors, TV deals and partnerships. Teams have access to bigger coffers of money which makes for higher spending in hopes of raising the level of quality of their team. The spending this year by EPL teams in the transfer window has been reflective of the huge amount of money they have access to.
EPL clubs have spent above £500m in the transfer window this summer alone. To put that in perspective, it just falls short of last year's transfer spending in both windows by £335m.
Las season, clubs spent a total amount of £835 million which is currently the highest ever in the history of the EPL but with the new TV deal kicking in, experts told the BBC that the record is likely to be broken this season. The deal with BT Sports is worth £897 million for the clubs and is kicking in this season which also means an increased number of games on Friday nights as well.
Here’s a graph on the EPL clubs’ transfer spending since 2004:
Angel Di Maria completes move to PSG
Bayern sign Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal
Real Madrid legend Iker Casillas confirms emotional departure
Manchester United sign Schneiderlin and Schweinsteiger
Barcelona confirm signing of Arda Turan
PREMIER LEAGUE
Arsenal
Ins: Petr Cech (£10m, Chelsea)
Outs: Semi Ajayi (Free, Cardiff), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Loan, Ipswich), Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill (Free, Swindon), Lukas Podolski (£1.8m, Galatasaray), Abou Diaby (Free, Marseille), Ryo Miyaichi (Free, St. Pauli), Carl Jenkinson (Loan, West Ham), Yaya Sanogo (Loan, Ajax), Wojciech Szczesny (Loan, Roma), Jon Toral (Loan, Birmingham), Isaac Hayden (Loan, Hull City), Daniel Crowley (Loan, Barnsley), Chuba Akpom (Loan, Hull), Serge Gnabry (Loan, West Brom), Emiliano Martinez (Loan, Wolves), Josh Vickers (Loan, Swansea)
Aston Villa
Ins: Scott Sinclair (Undisclosed, Manchester City), Micah Richards (Free, Manchester City), Mark Bunn (Free, Norwich), Idrissa Gueye (Undisclosed, Lille), Jordan Amavi (Undisclosed, Nice), Jordan Ayew (Undisclosed, Lorient), Jose Angel Crespo (Undisclosed, Cordoba), Jordan Veretout (Undisclosed, Nantes), Rudy Gestede (Undisclosed, Blackburn), Adama Traore (£7m, Barcelona)
Outs: Matthew Lowton (Undisclosed, Burnley), Yacouba Sylla (Free, Rennes), Andreas Weimann (Undisclosed, Derby), Enda Stevens (Free, Portsmouth), Darren Bent (Free, Derby), Shay Given (Free, Stoke City), Fabian Delph (£8m, Manchester City), Christian Benteke (£32.5m, Liverpool), Aly Cissokho (Loan, Porto)
Bournemouth
Ins: Christian Atsu (Loan, Chelsea), Joshua King (Free, Blackburn), Adam Federici (Free, Reading), Artur Boruc (Free, Southampton), Tyrone Mings (Undisclosed, Ipswich), Sylvain Distin (Free, Everton), Filippo Costa (Loan, Chievo), Lee Tomlin (£3m, Middlesbrough), Max Gradel (Undisclosed, St. Etienne)
Outs: Josh McQuoid (Free, Luton), Ryan Fraser (Loan, Ipswich), Brett Pittman (Undisclosed, Ipswich)
Chelsea
Ins: Nathan (Undisclosed, Atletico Paranaense), Radamel Falcao (Loan, AS Monaco), Asmir Begovic (£8m, Stoke City), Danilo Pantic (Undisclosed, Partizan Belgrade), Baba Rahman (Undisclosed, Augsburg)
Outs: Christian Atsu (Loan, Bournemouth), Petr Cech (£10m, Arsenal), Lewis Baker (Loan, Vitesse Arnhem), Gael Kakuta (Undisclosed, Sevilla), Mario Pasalic (Loan, Monaco), Thorgan Hazard (£5.8m, Borussia Monchengladbach), Josh McEachran (£750,000, Brentford), Marco van Ginkel (Loan, Stoke City), Tomas Kalas (Loan, Middlesbrough), Jordan Houghton (Loan, Gillingham), Kenneth Omeruo (Loan, Kasimpasa), Patrick Bamford (Loan, Crystal Palace), Danilo Pantic (Loan, Vitesse Arnhem), Didier Drogba (Free, Montreal Impact), Felipe Luis (Undisclosed, Atletico Madrid), Mohamed Salah (Loan, Roma), Oriol Romeu (£5m, Southampton), Nathan Ake (Loan, Watford)
Crystal Palace
Ins: Yohan Cabaye (£10m, Paris Saint-Germain), Patrick Bamford (Loan, Chelsea), Alex McCarthy (Undisclosed, QPR), Connor Wickham (£7m, Sunderland), Bakary Sako (Free, Wolves)
Outs: Jack Hunt (Loan, Sheff Wednesday), Shola Ameobi (Released), Lewis Price (Free, Sheffield Wednesday), Hiram Boateng (Loan, Plymouth), Ryan Inniss (Loan, Port Vale), Jerome Binnom-Williams (Loan, Burton), Chris Kettings (LOan, Stevenage)
Everton
Ins: Gerard Deulofeu (£4.3m, Barcelona), Tom Cleverley (Free, Manchester United), Mason Holgate (Undisclosed, Barnsley)
Outs: George Green (Free, Oldham), Sylvain Distin (Free, Bournemouth), Jonjoe Kenny (Loan, Wigan), Francisco Junior (Loan, Wigan), Luke Garbutt (Loan, Fulham), Chris Long (Undisclosed, Burnley), Antolin Alcaraz (Free, Las Palmas), John Lundstram (Free, Oxford)
Leicester City
Ins: Shinji Okazaki (Undisclosed, Mainz – subject to work permit), Robert Huth (Undisclosed, Stoke City), Christian Fuchs (Free, Schalke), N’Golo Kante (Undisclosed, Caen), Yohan Benalouane (Undisclosed, Atalanta)
Outs: Tom Hopper (Free, Scunthorpe), Adam Smith (Free, Northampton), Paul Gallagher (Free, Preston), Chris Woods (Undisclosed, Leeds), Matthew Upson (Released), Kieran Kennedy (Free, Motherwell), Matthew Upson (Free, MK Dons), Paul Konchesky (Loan, QPR), Esteban Cambiasso (Free, Olympiakos), Ben Hamer (Loan, Bristol City), David Nugent (Undisclosed, Middlesbrough)
Liverpool
Ins: Roberto Firmino (£29m, Hoffenheim), Joe Gomez (£3.5m, Charlton), Adam Bogdan (Free, Liverpool), Danny Ings (To Be Completed, Burnley), James Milner (Free, Manchester City), Nathaniel Clyne (£12.5m, Southampton), Christian Benteke (£32.5m, Aston Villa)
Outs: Danny Ward (Loan, Aberdeen), Steven Gerrard (Free, LA Galaxy), Brad Jones (Free, Bradford), Sebastian Coates (£2m, Sunderland), Luis Alberto (Loan, Deportivo La Coruna), Jordan Williams (Loan, Swindon), Lloyd Jones (Loan, Blackpool), Kevin Stewart (Loan, Swindon), Glen Johnson (Free, Stoke City), Raheem Sterling (£44m – potentially £49m, Manchester City), Andre Wisdom (Loan, Norwich), Rickie Lambert (Undisclosed, West Brom), Lawrence Vigouroux (Loan, Swindon), Sheyi Ojo (Loan, Wolves)
Manchester City
Ins: Enes Unal (Undisclosed, Bursaspor), Raheem Sterling (£44m – potentially £49m, Liverpool), Fabian Delph (£8m, Aston Villa), Patrick Roberts (Undisclosed, Fulham)
Outs: Scott Sinclair (Undisclosed, Aston Villa), Micah Richards (Free, Aston Villa), James Milner (Free, Liverpool), Dedryck Boyata (£1.5m, Celtic), Matija Nastasic (Free, Schalke), Karim Rekik (Undisclosed, Marseille), Alvaro Negredo (Free, Valencia), John Guidetti (Free, Celta Vigo), Stevan Jovetic (Undisclosed, Inter Milan), Enes Unal (Loan, Genk), Jules Ncham (Loan, Genoa), Edin Dzeko (Loan, Roma)
Manchester United
Ins: Memphis Depay (£31m, PSV Eindhoven), Matteo Darmian (£12.7m, Torino), Bastian Schweinsteiger (£14.4m, Bayern Munich), Morgan Schneiderlin (£25m, Southampton), Sergio Romero (Free, Sampdoria)
Outs: Tom Cleverley (Free, Everton), Tom Thorpe (Free, Rotherham), Ben Amos (Free, Bolton), Saidy Janko (Compensation, Celtic), Nani (£4.25m, Fenerbahce), Robin van Persie (Undisclosed, Fenerbahce), Rafael (Undisclosed, Lyon), Angel Di Maria (£44.3m, Paris Saint-Germain)
Newcastle
Ins: Georginio Wijnaldum (£14.5m, PSV Eindhoven), Aleksandar Mitrovic (£13m, Anderlecht), Chancel Mbemba (Undisclosed, Anderlecht), Ivan Toney (Undisclosed, Northampton)
Outs: Remie Streete (Free, Port Vale), Jonas Gutierrez (Released), Ryan Taylor (Free, Hull City), Sammy Ameobi (Loan, Cardiff), Adam Armstrong (Loan, Coventry), Freddie Woodman (Loan, Crawley)
Norwich
Ins: Graham Dorrans (Undisclosed, West Brom), Youssouf Mulumbu (Free, West Brom), Andre Wisdom (Loan, Liverpool), Robbie Brady (£7m, Hull City), Jake Kean (Free, Blackburn)
Outs: Cameron McGeehan (Undisclosed, Luton), Mark Bunn (Free, Aston Villa), Jacob Murphy (Loan, Coventry), Javier Garrido (Free, Las Palmas)
Southampton
Ins: Maarten Stekelenburg (Loan, Fulham), Cedric Soares (£4.7m, Sporting Lisbon), Juanmi (£5m, Malaga), Cuco Martina (Undisclosed, FC Twente), Jordy Clasie (£8m, Feyenoord), Steven Caulker (Loan, QPR), Oriol Romeu (£5m, Chelsea)
Outs: Artur Boruc (Free, Bournemouth), Cody Cropper (Free, MK Dons), Nathaniel Clyne (£12.5m, Liverpool), Morgan Schneiderlin (£25m, Manchester United), Sam Gallagher (Loan, MK Dons), Jack Stephes (Loan, Middlesbrough)
Stoke City
Ins: Jakob Haugaard (Undisclosed, FC Midtjylland), Philipp Wollscheid (Undisclosed, Bayer Leverkusen), Joselu (£5.75m, Hannover), Shay Given (Free, Aston Villa), Glen Johnson (Free, Liverpool), Moha El Ouriachi (Undisclosed, Barcelona), Ibrahim Afellay (Free, Barcelona), Xherdan Shaqiri (£12m, Inter Milan)
Outs: Robert Huth (Undisclosed, Leicester City), Wilson Palacios (Released), Steven Nzonzi (£7m, Sevilla), Asmir Begovic (£8m, Chelsea)
Sunderland
Ins: Sebastian Coates (£2m, Liverpool), Jermaine Lens (£8m, Dynamo Kiev), Younes Kaboul (Undisclosed, Tottenham), Yann M’Vila (Loan, Rubin Kazan)
Outs: El Hadji Ba (Undisclosed, Charlton), Santiago Vergini (Loan, Getafe), Jordan Pickford (Loan, Preston), Connor Wickham (£7m, Crystal Palace)
Swansea
Ins: Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Undisclosed, Heerenveen), Franch Tabanou (Undisclosed, St Etienne), Andre Ayew (Free, Marseille), Eder (Undisclosed, Sporting Braga), Josh Vickers (Loan, Arsenal)
Outs: Jazz Richards (Undisclosed, Fulham), David Cornell (Free, Oldham), Modou Barrow (Loan, Blackburn)
Tottenham
Ins: Kevin Wimmer (Undisclosed, Cologne), Kieran Trippier (Undisclosed, Burnley), Toby Alderweireld (Undisclosed, Atletico Madrid), Clinton N’Jie (Undisclosed, Lyon)
Outs: Alexander McQueen (Free, Carlisle), Paulinho (£9.9m, Guangzhou Evergrande), Jordan Archer (Free, Millwall), Lewis Holtby (Undisclosed, Hamburg), Brad Friedel (Retired), Etienne Capoue (Undisclosed, Watford), Grant Ward (Loan, Rotherham), Younes Kaboul (Undisclosed, Sunderland), Benjamin Stambouli (£6m, Paris Saint-Germain), Cristian Ceballos (Free, Charlton), Vlad Chiriches (Undisclosed, Napoli), Connor Ogilvie (Loan, Stevenage), Shaquile Coulthirst (Loan, Wigan), Roberto Soldado (Undisclosed, Villarreal)
Watford
Ins: Giedrius Arlauskis (Free, Steaua Bucharest), Sebastian Prodl (Free, Werder Bremen), Matej Vydra (Undisclosed, Udinese), Jose Holebas (Undisclosed, Roma), Etienne Capoue (Undisclosed, Tottenham), Valon Behrami (Undisclosed, Hamburg), Jose Jurado (Undisclosed, Spartak Moscow), Miguel Britos (Free, Napoli), Steven Berghuis (£4.6m, AZ Alkmaar), Nathan Ake (Loan, Chelsea), Alessandro Diamanti (Loan, Guangzhou Evergrande)
Outs: Jonathan Bond (Undisclosed, Reading), Uche Ikpeazu (Loan, Port Vale), Juanfran (Loan, Deportivo La Coruna), Diego Fabbrini (Loan, Middlesbrough)
West Brom
Ins: James McClean (£1.5m, Wigan), James Chester (£8m, Hull City), Rickie Lambert (Undisclosed, Liverpool), Serge Gnabry (Loan, Arsenal), Salomon Rondon (£12m, Zenit St Petersburg)
Outs: Graham Dorrans (Undisclosed, Norwich), Alex Jones (Free, Birmingham), Kemar Roofe (Undisclosed, Oxford), Donervon Daniels (Free, Wigan), Jason Davidson (Free, Huddersfield), Youssouf Mulumbu (Free, Norwich), Chris Baird (Free, Derby), Bradley Garmston (Free, Gillingham), Wesley Atkinson (Free, Notts County)
West Ham
Ins: Darren Randolph (Free, Birmingham), Dmitri Payet (Undisclosed, Marseille), Pedro Obiang (Undisclosed, Sampdoria), Angelo Ogbonna (£10m, Juventus), Carl Jenkinson (Loan, Arsenal), Manuel Lanzini (Loan, Al Jazira)
Outs: Dan Potts (Free, Luton), Paul McCallum (Free, Leyton Orient), Carlton Cole (Released), Nene (Released), Guy Demel (Released), Ravel Morrison (Free, Lazio), Stewart Downing (£5.5m, Middlesbrough), Jussi Jaaskelainen (Free, Wigan)
LA LIGA
Atletico Madrid
Ins: Jackson Martinez (£24.8m, Atletico Madrid), Yannick Carrasco (Undisclosed, Monaco), Felipe Luis (Undisclosed, Chelsea)
Outs: Mario Mandzukic (£13.6m, Juventus), Arda Turan (£24m, Barcelona), Toby Alderweireld (Undisclosed, Tottenham), Emiliano Insua (Free, Stuttgart), Yassine Bounou (Loan, Zaragoza), Mario Suarez (Undisclosed, Fiorentina), E. Velazquez (Loan, Getafe), Ruben Perez (Undisclosed, Granada)
Barcelona
Ins: Aleix Vidal (£13m, Sevilla), Arda Turan (£24m, Atletico Madrid)
Outs: Xavi (Free, Al Sadd), Gerard Deulofeu (£4.3m, Everton), Martin Montoya (Loan, Inter Milan), Moha El Ouriachi (Undisclosed, Stoke City), Ibrahim Afellay (Free, Stoke City), Adama Traore (£7m, Aston Villa)
Real Madrid
Ins: Danilo (£22.5m, Porto), Lucas Vazquez (Undisclosed, Espanyol), Kiko Casilla (£4.2m, Espanyol)
Outs: Sami Khedira (Free, Juventus), Iker Casillas (Free, Porto), Jack Harper (Undisclosed, Brighton), Sergio Aguza (Free, Real Madrid), Jose Rodriguez (Undisclosed, Galatasaray), Omar Mascarell (Loan, Sporting Gijon), Pacheco (Free, Alaves)
Sevilla
Ins: Gael Kakuta (Undisclosed, Chelsea), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Free, Celta Vigo), Adil Rami (£2.8m, AC Milan), Sergio Escudero (Undisclosed, Getafe), Steven Nzonzi (£7m, Stoke City), Yevhen Knoplyanka (Free, Dnipro), Mariano (Undisclosed, Bordeaux)
Outs: Aleix Vidal (£13m, Barcelona), Carlos Bacca (£21m, AC Milan), Iago Aspas (Undisclosed, Celta Vigo)
Valencia
Ins: Alvaro Negredo (Free, Manchester City), Andre Gomes (Undisclosed, Benfica), Zakaria Bakkali (Free, PSV Eindhoven), Danilo (Loan, Braga), Matthew Ryan (Undisclosed, Club Brugge)
Outs: Frederico Nicolas Cartabia (Loan, Deportivo La Coruna)
BUNDESLIGA
Bayern Munich
Ins: Douglas Costa (£21m, Shakhtar Donetsk), Arturo Vidal (Undisclosed, Juventus)
Outs: Bastian Schweinsteiger (£14.4m, Manchester United)
Borussia Dortmund
Ins: N/A
Outs: Timmy Thiele (Free, Burton), Ciro Immobile (Loan, Sevilla)
ITALIAN SERIE A
AC Milan
Ins: Luiz Adriano (£5.7m, Shakhtar Donetsk), Carlos Bacca (£21m, Sevilla), Andrea Bertolacci (£14.2m, Roma), Simone Verdi (Undisclosed, Empoli), Jose Mauri (Free, Parma)
Outs: Adil Rami (£2.8m, Sevilla), Pablo Armero (Loan, Flamengo), Stephan El Sharaawy (Loan, AS Monaco), Giampaolo Pazzini (Free, Hellas Verona), Alessandro Mastalli (Loan, Lugano)
Inter Milan
Ins: Joao Miranda (Undisclosed, Atletico Madrid), Jeison Murillo (Undisclosed, Granada), Martin Montoya (Loan, Barcelona), Geoffrey Kondogbia (£25m, Monaco), Jonathan Biabiany (Free, Parma), Stevan Jovetic (Undisclosed, Manchester City)
Outs: J. Obi (Undisclosed, Torino), Matteo Bianchetti (Loan, Hellas Verona), Zdravko Kuzmanovic (Undisclosed, FC Basel), Matias Silvestre (Free, Sampdoria), Rene Krhin (Undisclosed, Granada), Francesco Bardi (Loan, Espanyol), Xherdan Shaqiri (£12m, Stoke City)
Juventus
Ins: Sami Khedira (Free, Real Madrid), Mario Mandzukic (£13.6m, Atletico Madrid), Paulo Dybala (£23.4m, Palermo), Roberto Pereyra (£10m, Udinese), Neto (Free, Fiorentina), Simone Zaza (Undisclosed, Sassuolo)
Outs: Carlos Tevez (Undisclosed, Boca Juniors), Marco Storari (Undisclosed, Cagliari), Andrea Pirlo (Free, New York City FC), Angelo Ogbonna (£10m, West Ham), Arturo Vidal (Undisclosed, Bayern Munich), Simone Pepe (Undisclosed, Chievo)
Napoli
Ins: Pepe Reina (Free, Bayern Munich), Vlad Chiriches (Undisclosed,Tottenham), Elseid Hysaj (Undisclosed, Empoli)
Outs: Gennaro Tuttino (Loan, Avellino), Roberto Insigne (Loan, Avellino), Miguel Britos (Free, Watford), Duvan Zapata (Loan, Udinese), Raffaelle Maiello (Loan, Empoli)
Roma
Ins: Iago Falque (£7.1m , Genoa), Radja Nainggolan (£6.4m, Cagliari), Wojciech Szczesny (Loan, Arsenal), Mohamed Salah (Loan, Chelsea), Edin Dzeko (Loan, Manchester City)
Outs: Jose Holebas (Undisclosed, Watford), Andrea Bertolacci (£14.2m, AC Milan), Arturo Calabresi (Loan, Livorno), Tomas Vestenicky (Loan, Modena), Alessandro Crescenzi (Loan, Pescara), Alessandro Crescenzi (Loan, Pescara)
LIGUE 1
Marseille
Ins: Karim Rekik (Undisclosed, Manchester City), Abou Diaby (Free, Arsenal)
Outs: Andre Ayew (Free, Swansea), Dmitri Payet (Undisclosed, West Ham), Gianelli Imbula (£15m, Porto), Modou Sougou (Free, Sheffield Wednesday)
AS Monaco
Ins: Mario Pasalic (Loan, Chelsea), Stephan El Sharaawy (Loan, AC Milan)
Outs: Geoffrey Kondogbia (£25m, Inter Milan), Yannick Carrasco (Undisclosed, Atletico Madrid)
Paris Saint-Germain
Ins: Benjamin Stambouli (£6m, Tottenham), Angel Di Maria (£44.3m, Manchester United)
Outs: Alphonse Areola (Loan, Villareal), Yohan Cabaye (£10m, Crystal Palace)