Enzo Fernandez signs for Manchester City
Enzo Fernandez's £125m move to Man City was the biggest of the window(Image: Manchester City FC)
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The summer transfer window is over and a record £3.49billion was spent across the Premier League, with over £500m of that coming just on deadline day itself.
Transfer fees of over £100m have become commonplace in the Premier League, with Enzo Fernandez (£125m from Chelsea to Manchester City), Bradley Barcola (£123m from Paris Saint-Germain to Liverpool), Morgan Rogers (£117m from Aston Villa to Chelsea), Elliot Anderson (£116 from Nottingham Forest to Manchester City) and Sandro Tonali (£100m from Newcastle to Tottenham) all reaching that mark.
Eleven of the 20 clubs in the Premier League broke their transfer record this summer, with City the biggest spenders, splashing out £458m on new players - another record for a single window. Chelsea (£349m) and Tottenham (£302m) went big this summer, while newly-promoted Ipswich spent a staggering £171m.
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John Cross
Which team had the best window?
Which team had the worst window?
Best signing?
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 09: New signing Bruno Guimaraes of Arsenal is presented to the fans ahead of the pre-season friendly match between Arsenal FC and Borussia Dortmund at Emirates Stadium on August 09, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Catherine Ivill - AMA/Getty Images)
Bruno Guimaraes was Arsenal's most expensive signing this summer(Image: Catherine Ivill - AMA, Getty Images)
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Most over-rated signing?
Best value for money signing?
Which player are you most excited to see?
Bradley Barcola
Bradley Barcola is Liverpool's big-money signing this summer(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
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Andy Dunn
Which team had the best window?
If there is an Agents XI out there, they stormed this category. The Premier League’s Deadline Day is their Christmas Day - and then some.
Which team that had the worst window?
But a special mention should go to their neighbours. It is hard to say a window has been bad for a team that signed a £123m player from Paris Saint-Germain but Bradley Barcola is not what Liverpool needed. A central midfielder and a right-back were needed and did not arrive.
Everton manager David Moyes
Everton are very short after a miserable window(Image: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)
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Best signing?
Most overrated signing?
Sandro Tonali of Tottenham Hotspur
Sandro Tonali is the most expensive of Tottenham's summer signings(Image: Getty Images)
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Best value-for-money signing?
Player you're most excited to see at new club?
Manchester City fans will love Ayyoub Bouaddi’s style and although Evertonians will not be too buoyant right now, Hayden Hackney’s progress should give them some positivity over the coming months.
Jeremy Cross
Which team had the best window?
The signing of Morgan Rogers is one to excite the fans, as is landing Emi Martinez, while Chelsea also managed to off-load Mykhailo Mudryk on loan and recoup a whopping £125m for troublemaker Enzo Fernandez. The comings and goings have been astonishing, even by Chelsea's standards, but the net result is a stronger and more balanced squad, on the back of still making a profit.
Morgan Rogers
Morgan Rogers joined Chelsea from Aston Villa(Image: Getty Images)
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Which team had the worst window?
Best signing?
When it comes to signing keepers, Chelsea's recent record has been embarrassing. But they've struck gold this time. Martinez has all the experience in the world, having played in two World Cup finals and won one of them. He will make Chelsea much harder to beat.
Emi Martinez
Emi Martinez has become the latest star to move from Aston Villa to Chelsea(Image: Getty Images)
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Most over-rated signing?
Fernandez is a decent footballer, but he's no Roy Keane or Patrick Vieira. What he actually is, is overpriced and overhyped. The fact he's now cost two English clubs more than £100m speaks volumes for how the game has lost its marbles, when it comes to the transfer market.
Best value for money signing?
Mamadou Sangare
Mamadou Sangare has made a bright start at Brentford(Image: Getty Images)
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