Based on their summer transfer activity, the top two of last season in the Premier are determined to keep their place at the head of the table. Both Liverpool and Arsenal have spent heavily, together with Chelsea, who have also added to their rather bloated team. There is a clear trend that develops with the top clubs that sign very young players and give them long contracts that distribute the costs of the person involved and help the depreciation process.
Liverpool have spent wisely, but have also changed their recent habits by pushing the boat out. They have paid £ 265 million while earning £ 113 million from the sale of players. The big signing was Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz, who would always appear on Anfield. They continued to bid and the final figure was £ 100 million, which might prove to be a careful company, even at that price. Wirtz is only 22, which also shows that Liverpool are future clues in their acquisitions – their other important signing sessions so far this summer are all younger than 25 years.
Wirtz is an excellent player, but the transition from the Bundesliga to the Premier League will determine how good he is. He was involved in more target passes than any other player in the Bundesliga last season, scored 10 goals and assisted in 12. Jeremie Frimpong (24) was also signed with Bayer Leverkusen and Hugo Ekitike came from Eintracht Frankfurt. No one had shots more than Ekitike (114) in the Bundesliga, but 38% were on goal, so the 23-year-old gets the chances but has to improve his accuracy. Liverpool has had players who needed many opportunities to get to the score sheet. For comparison: the shot-on-target ratio of Mohammed Salah was 41.3% and Luis Diáz, which has now been sold to Bayern Munich, had a ratio of 42.3%. The other major signing of Liverpool is Georgian goalkeeper Giorgio Mamardashvili, a name mentioned in recent years in transfer speculation. He is still only 24, so maybe they look like a replacement for Alisson who is now 32.
If everything goes according to plan, ArsenaI will have solved their problems in advance in the form of Viktor Gyökeres, which they have signed when exercising for £ 55 million. The Swede is 27 years old, so he is theory at its peak. He had spells in England with Coventry and Brighton, but his career started in Portugal, where he scored 97 goals in 102 games. Can he make the step of the Portuguese Primeira League, which is on the seventh or eighth below the top competitions of Europe? The statistics suggest that he is a first -class finisher, but Portugal is a race with three horses and sport is currently the first in the gap. The Gunners have strengthened their team in most departments, with a new keeper in the form of the unfortunate Kepa (Chelsea), a defender in Christhian Mosquera (Valencia), two new midfielders in Martin Zubimendi (Real Sociedad) and Christian Nørgaarard (Brentford) and two strikers. Apart from Gyökeres, the other addition to the forward line Noni Madueke van Chelsea is. Until now they have spent £ 187 million and earned less than £ 10 million back. Much depends on whether Gyökkeres is looking out, but it seems that Arsenal has had a productive summer.
Likewise, Arsenal’s North London neighbors, Tottenham Hotspurhave been active and spent £ 125 million. Thomas Frank was hired after Ange Postecoglou was fired and his arrival will cause calm optimism among their fans. Frank comes with the reputation to be a decent, pragmatic man and a few signing sessions from the club are interesting to say the least. Mohammed Kudus saw an excellent signing two years ago by West Ham United, but he did not seem to fit so well into Graham Potter’s plans. He cost £ 55 million and he is only 24, but the Hammers’ made a nice turn to the two seasons of the Ghana International. The other major signing is Mathys Tel, who spent a few months on loan in the club last season. They paid Bayern Munich £ 30 million to make the move permanent and that could prove to be a very smart things. Kevin Danso, the lens defender who had a loan period at the club last season, also joined permanently and cost £ 21 million.
Manchester United His desperate looking for a good season in 2025-26 and they have paid a lot of money to strengthen their firepower. Wolves Spits Matheus Cunha cost £ 62.5 million, while Bryan Mbumo van Brentford ordered a fee of £ 65 million. Between them, they scored 37 goals a stark contrast last season with the top scorer of United, Bruno Fernandes, who considers eight in the competition. Manchester CityIn the meantime, £ 152 million have spent, but they seem to have connected a few gaps. Rayan Aït-Nouri came from Wolves (£ 32 million), while Tijjani Reijnders cost £ 46.3 million of AC Milan. Rayan Cherki, a winger, was lured from Lyon for £ 34 million. Interesting is that goalkeeper James Trafford has added to City from Burnley for £ 27 million.
ChelseaWho have operated a rotating door in their dressing room in recent years have not facilitated their expenses and bought £ 227 million in talent in the summer. It is possible that they have done their homework on this batch, with Liam Delap (£ 30 million, Ipswich), João Pedro (£ 55 million, Brighton) and Jamie Gittens (£ 49 million, Borussia Dortmund) the choice of signs. Chelsea has focused on young young people and has agreed deals that run for up to eight years in contrast to most clubs that have offered five -year contracts.
Away from the “Big Six”, newly promoted Sunderland have been one of the busiest clubs, spent £ 124 million, including Granit Xhaka from Bayer Leverkusen for £ 17.3 million and Senegal International Habib Diarra from Strasbourg for £ 30 million. Sunderland lost Joole Bellingham to Borussia Dortmund, but the £ 28 million reimbursement will be useful if they try to build a team to stay in the prime minister. The other two promoted sides, Leeds United And Burnley have spent around £ 120 million between them.
Both Bournemouth And Wolves I have lost important men and their fans can worry about their chances of survival, especially Wolves, who said goodbye to Cunha and Aït-Nouri. Some clubs have had relatively quiet summers, such as Newcastle Unitedwho probably wait to see if they are losing star -striker Alexander Isak, and Aston Villa. Nottingham Forest have sold £ 100 million to players, including Anthony Elanga to Newcastle for £ 55 million, but their only purchase of bill is demonstrable than Ndoye from Bologna (£ 35 million). Everton’s The largest signing so far is Thierno Barry van Villareal, who cost £ 27 million.
Brighton have received nearly £ 100 million in sales proceeds, including the £ 55 million that Chelsea has cost to sign João Pedro and, as in recent years, they have signed a group of young players who will certainly yield healthy transfer costs in the coming years. They also assured the services of Maxim de Cuyper from Club Brugge, Charalampos Kostoulous from Olympiacos and Olivier Boscagli from PSV Eindhoven for a combined amount of just under £ 50 million.
West Ham United Kudus sold to traces, partly to illuminate all worries about profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) and the need to sell before you buy. Kudus brought in £ 55 million and they more or less spent that on France International Jean-Clair Todibo by Nice (£ 32.8 million) and the 20-year-old El Hadji Mallick Diouf of Slavia Prague (£ 19 million).
Fellow London Clubs Crystal Palace And Fulham Have had relatively quiet summers so far, but there is still time before the window closes. Brentford I lost Mbeumo, but added a cluster of young players to their team, as well as Liverpool Second Choice keeper Cooimhín Kelleher.
Transfers will continue and then accelerate just before the window closes after a game of cat and mouse between players, agents and clubs. But at the moment it is clear that the top clubs are doing their best to ensure that they remain contrary. View this space as they say.
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