{"id":8361,"date":"2022-09-02T07:57:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T07:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/2022\/09\/02\/transfer-deadline-day-premier-league-spending-reaches-record-1-9bn-for-summer-window\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T07:57:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T07:57:38","slug":"transfer-deadline-day-premier-league-spending-reaches-record-1-9bn-for-summer-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/?p=8361","title":{"rendered":"Transfer deadline day: Premier League spending reaches record \u00a31.9bn for summer window"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Idrissa Gueye, Manuel Akanji, Arthur Melo and Antony were among those to move on deadline day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A remarkable summer transfer window closed on Thursday with a number of new spending records set – including the most expensive ever deadline-day signing in Manchester United’s \u00a382m purchase of <\/span>Antony.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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That deal helped set a new Premier League spending record of about \u00a31.9bn – smashing the previous record of \u00a31.4bn in 2017 – and dwarfing the rest of Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Nine of the 20 top-flight clubs spent in excess of \u00a3100m as total expenditure bounced back after two seasons of Covid-impacted decline.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other records included:<\/span><\/p>\n