Overview
- Premier League clubs’ gross spending surpassed £3 billion for the first time, with Deloitte noting the total eclipsed the 2023 record and accounting for over half of big‑five league outlay.
- Liverpool completed a British‑record move for Alexander Isak at around £125 million on deadline day after earlier setting a mark with Florian Wirtz, capping a window of more than £400 million in signings.
- Arsenal finished as the Premier League’s largest net spender after limited sales, adding eight recruits under new sporting director Andrea Berta in a roughly £250 million overhaul.
- A proposed £35 million transfer of Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi to Liverpool collapsed late on deadline day, leaving the player unhappy and exposing a public rift between manager Oliver Glasner and chairman Steve Parish.
- Only seven Premier League clubs posted positive net balances, with Bournemouth, Brighton and Brentford among those leading in sales as others absorbed heavy net outlays.