Premier
League clubs have spent £835m on new players during the summer transfer window,
having broken their previous record of £630m set last year.
Analysis
from Deloitte shows that of the money spent, £530m has gone overseas, £240m to
Premier League clubs and £65m to Football League teams.
The
transfer window closed at 23:00 BST on Monday, 1 September.
It
was also the closing transfer deadline day in the English Football League, and
in the Scottish leagues.
Dan
Jones, partner at Deloitte's Sport Business Group, said: "In a summer
where the world's best players were on show at the World Cup we have again seen
how Premier League clubs are able to successfully compete on a global stage in
terms of attracting talent.
"We
continue to see the increased resources that Premier League clubs enjoy, as a
result of
