London [UK], February 4: Premier League clubs spent around £400 million ($547 million) in the winter transfer window to add to a record-breaking summer outlay.
Crystal Palace's reported £48 million signing of striker Jorgen Strand Larsen from Wolverhampton Wanderers was a rare highlight of a pedestrian deadline day, with many clubs having done their business earlier in the window if not sitting out the action entirely.
Strand Larsen and Antoine Semenyo, who joined Manchester City from Bournemouth for £62.5 million on January 9, drove up the overall total to one of the highest on record for January spending despite the relative lack of late drama.
While many fees are undisclosed, the total reportedly shelled out by Premier League clubs was around £400 million - narrowly exceeding last year's £372 million and trailing only 2018 (£430 million) and 2023's record of £815 million among the biggest winter totals.
A summer spend of £3 billion meant the record for a Premier League season had already been broken.
City also signed Palace captain Marc Guehi for £20 million in January, with those two clubs being the window's biggest spenders.
There were only four signings reported to have cost over £30m - completed by Tottenham's £34.7 million signing of Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid and £35 million sale of Brennan Johnson to Palace.
Guehi, Fulham's former City forward Oscar Bobb, Taty Castellanos and Bournemouth winger Rayan were the only other arrivals over £20 million, with Castellanos'
fellow new West Ham striker Pablo reportedly just shy of that mark.
Aston Villa and Sunderland were the only other clubs to spend even £10 million on permanent transfers, while Everton, Leeds and Burnley's only signings were loans.
Liverpool gave a £55 million kick-start to the summer's transfer window with a deal to bring Rennes defender Jeremy Jacquet to Anfield but they, along with Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle, made no winter additions.
Source: Qatar Tribune
