English Premier League clubs splashed out £3.13 billion (€3.6 billion/$4.19 billion) on new players in a summer transfer window that smashed the previous record for spending.
Champions Liverpool broke the British transfer record to land striker Alexander Isak from Newcastle United for £125 million before Monday's deadline, a move which took their total spending to £415 million ($167.5 million) – a record amount for a club in a single window.
The top-flight clubs' combined total eclipses the previous record of £2.36 billion set two summers ago and far exceeds the outlay of Europe's other top leagues as English clubs assert their financial dominance.
The first year of a new domestic television rights cycle, along with a record six Premier League clubs having Champions League money to call on, has provided the platform for this latest burst of spending.
