The Premier League transfer window has closed. Manchester City smashed records with the £125 million signing of Enzo Fernández, Liverpool lost Mohamed Salah on a free, and Newcastle brought in over £235 million in sales. Here are all the confirmed transfers, club by club.
The summer at a glance
- Most expensive transfer: Enzo Fernández from Chelsea to Manchester City for £125 million – equalling the British record.
- Most dramatic departure: Mohamed Salah left Liverpool on a free transfer to Trabzonspor.
- Biggest seller: Newcastle, who lost Tonali (£100m), Guimarães (£75m) and Gordon (£60.5m) in the same window.
- Most active club: Hull City with eighteen new players, including Jens Hjertø-Dahl from Tromsø.
- The money stays in the league: Eight of the ten most expensive transfers were between two Premier League clubs.
All fees are in millions of pounds sterling (£) unless otherwise stated. Source: ESPN, which has compiled all confirmed incoming and outgoing transfers for every club.
The most expensive transfers
| # | Player | From | To | Fee (pounds) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enzo Fernández | Chelsea | Manchester City | 125m |
| 2 | Bradley Barcola | PSG | Liverpool | 123m |
| 3 | Morgan Rogers | Aston Villa | Chelsea | 117m |
| 4 | Elliot Anderson | Nottingham Forest | Manchester City | 116m |
| 5 | Sandro Tonali | Newcastle | Tottenham | 100m |
| 6 | Ayyoub Bouaddi | Lille | Manchester City | €100m |
| 7 | Sávio | Manchester City | Tottenham | 85m |
| 8 | Mateus Fernandes | West Ham | Tottenham | 85m |
| 9 | Bruno Guimarães | Newcastle | Arsenal | 75m |
| 10 | Carlos Baleba | Brighton | Manchester United | 65m |
| 11 | Nicolas Jackson | Chelsea | Aston Villa | 65m |
| 12 | Iliman Ndiaye | Everton | Manchester City | 65m |
| 13 | Anthony Gordon | Newcastle | Barcelona | 60.5m |
| 14 | Johan Manzambi | Freiburg | Aston Villa | 59.5m |
| 15 | Jérémy Jacquet | Rennes | Liverpool | 55m |
| 16 | Nico González | Manchester City | Newcastle | 52m |
| 17 | Jan Paul van Hecke | Brighton | Tottenham | 52m |
| 18 | Marc Cucurella | Chelsea | Real Madrid | 51.8m |
| 19 | Ezri Konsa | Aston Villa | Arsenal | 51m |
| 20 | Rodri | Manchester City | Barcelona | 51m |
| 21 | Luka Vuskovic | Tottenham | Brighton | 50m |
| 22 | Andrey Santos | Chelsea | Manchester United | 48m |
| 23 | Tijjani Reijnders | Manchester City | Al Qadsiah | 47m |
| 24 | Marco Palestra | Atalanta | Chelsea | 47m |
| 25 | Liam Delap | Chelsea | Nottingham Forest | 45m |
| 26 | Rasmus Højlund | Manchester United | Napoli | 43.2m |
| 27 | Bazoumana Touré | Hoffenheim | Newcastle | 42m |
| 28 | James Trafford | Manchester City | Leeds | 40m |
These are the confirmed or reported transfer fees, rounded and excluding add-ons.
The biggest free transfers
| Player | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | Trabzonspor |
| Ibrahima Konaté | Liverpool | Real Madrid |
| Andrew Robertson | Liverpool | Tottenham |
| Bernardo Silva | Manchester City | Real Madrid |
| John Stones | Manchester City | Inter |
| Casemiro | Manchester United | Inter Miami |
| Kieran Trippier | Newcastle | Wolves |
| Illan Meslier | Leeds | Arsenal |
| Leon Goretzka | Bayern Munich | Aston Villa |
| Jordan Henderson | Brentford | Chelsea |
| Marcos Senesi | Bournemouth | Tottenham |
| Harry Wilson | Fulham | Leeds |
| Raúl Jiménez | Fulham | Wolves |
| Takehiro Tomiyasu | Ajax | Crystal Palace |
Transfers club by club
Arsenal
Arsenal brought in a ready-made midfield engine in Bruno Guimarães and made Hincapié's move permanent. They also trimmed the wage bill: Trossard, Jesus and Nørgaard out.
In:
- Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle) £75m
- Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) £51m
- Christos Tzolis (Club Brugge) £34m
- Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen) loan made permanent
- Illan Meslier (Leeds) free transfer
- James Scanlon (Manchester United) undisclosed
Out:
- Leandro Trossard (Besiktas) £17m
- Gabriel Jesus (Barcelona) £8.5m
- Ethan Nwaneri (Borussia Dortmund) loan
- Jakub Kiwior (Porto) undisclosed
- Christian Nørgaard (Everton) undisclosed
- Fabio Vieira (Hamburger SV) undisclosed
- Karl Hein (Werder Bremen) undisclosed
- Reiss Nelson (contract expired)
Aston Villa
Villa made the summer's biggest individual sale when Morgan Rogers joined Chelsea for £117 million, and used the money to rebuild the entire team. The departures of Watkins, Konsa and Martínez mean the spine of recent seasons has gone.
In:
- Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea) around £65m
- Johan Manzambi (Freiburg) around £59.5m
- João Gomes (Wolves) £34m
- Alejandro Garnacho (Chelsea) loan
- Aaron Wan-Bissaka (West Ham) loan
- Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich) free transfer
- Zion Suzuki (Parma), Matteo Ruggeri (Atlético Madrid), Ibrahim Mbaye (PSG), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton), Modou Keba Cisse (LASK) – undisclosed
Out:
- Morgan Rogers (Chelsea) £117m
- Ezri Konsa (Arsenal) £51m
- Youri Tielemans (Manchester United) £35m
- Emiliano Martínez (Chelsea) £7.5m
- Ollie Watkins (Al-Hilal) undisclosed
- Lucas Digne (PSG) undisclosed
- Donyell Malen (Roma) undisclosed
- Evann Guessand (Crystal Palace) loan with an option to buy
- Kosta Nedeljkovic (Rangers) loan, Andrés García (Getafe) loan, Sam Iling Jr. (Bolton) loan, Enzo Barrenechea (Benfica), Louie Barry (Sheffield Wednesday), Lewis Dobbin (Southampton)
AFC Bournemouth
A quiet window on the south coast. António Silva is the only major investment, while Senesi left for Tottenham on a free.
In:
- António Silva (Benfica) £25.7m
- Álvaro Rodríguez (Elche) undisclosed
- Juanlu Sánchez (Sevilla) undisclosed
- Michele Di Gregorio (Juventus) loan
Out:
- Marcos Senesi (Tottenham) free transfer
- Hamed Traoré (Marseille) undisclosed
- Luis Sinisterra (Cruzeiro) undisclosed
- Marcos Dacosta Gonzalez (Moreirense) undisclosed
- Álex Jiménez (Fiorentina) loan, Romain Faivre (Auxerre) loan
Brentford
Brentford stuck to their model: low fees, plenty of experience for free. Callum Wilson on a free transfer is that low-risk approach in action.
In:
- Jannik Schuster (RB Salzburg) undisclosed
- Jaidon Anthony (Burnley) undisclosed
- Callum Wilson (West Ham) free transfer
- Mamadou Sangare (Lens) undisclosed
- El Hadji Malick Diouf (West Ham) undisclosed
Out:
- Jordan Henderson (Chelsea) free transfer
- Ethan Pinnock (Coventry) undisclosed
- Romelle Donovan (Sheffield United) loan
- Ryan Trevitt (contract expired)
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton once again sold two players to clubs at the top of the league for over £100 million combined, and spent the money on nine younger players. The Baleba sale is the biggest in the club's history.
In:
- Luka Vuskovic (Tottenham) £50m
- Pascal Struijk (Leeds) undisclosed
- Chema Andrés (Stuttgart) undisclosed
- Costinha (Olympiakos), Zadok Yohanna (AIK), Rodrigo Rêgo (Benfica), Michael Svoboda (Venezia), Jaouen Hadjam (Young Boys), Matias Orozco (Deportivo Cali) – undisclosed
- Promise David (Union Saint-Gilloise) loan
Out:
- Carlos Baleba (Manchester United) £65m
- Jan Paul van Hecke (Tottenham) £52m
- Danny Welbeck (Chelsea) undisclosed
- Diego Coppola (Paris FC) undisclosed
- Carl Rushworth (Coventry) undisclosed
- Brajan Gruda (RB Leipzig) loan, Facundo Buonanotte (Elche) loan
- Solly March, Adam Webster and Joël Veltman (contracts expired), James Milner (retired)
Chelsea
Chelsea traded in both directions as usual, but at a completely different pace: Enzo Fernández out for £125 million, Morgan Rogers in for £117 million. Almost the entire old attack has been replaced.
In:
- Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) £117m
- Marco Palestra (Atalanta) £47m
- Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa) £7.5m
- Danny Welbeck (Brighton) undisclosed
- Maxence Lacroix (Crystal Palace) undisclosed
- Jordan Henderson (Brentford) free transfer
- Geovany Quenda (Sporting), Emmanuel Emegha (Strasbourg), Valentín Barco (Strasbourg), Pep Chavarría (Rayo Vallecano), Dastan Satpaev (Kairat), Denner (Corinthians) – undisclosed
- Honest Ahanor (Atalanta) undisclosed, arriving in 2027
Out:
- Enzo Fernández (Manchester City) £125m
- Nicolas Jackson (Aston Villa) around £65m
- Marc Cucurella (Real Madrid) £51.8m
- Andrey Santos (Manchester United) £48m
- Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) £45m
- Trevoh Chalobah (Como) £25m
- Marc Guiu (RB Leipzig) £15m
- Tosin Adarabioyo (Tottenham) £7m
- Mykhailo Mudryk (Tottenham) loan with a £75m option to buy
- Tyrique George (Everton), Omari Kellyman (Strasbourg), David Fofana (Servette) – undisclosed
- Axel Disasi (Crystal Palace) loan, Robert Sánchez (Como) loan, Benoît Badiashile (Napoli) loan, Filip Jørgensen (Strasbourg) loan, Mamadou Sarr (Real Sociedad) loan
Coventry City
The promoted Midlands club spread their recruitment widely, with an English focus. Eleven in, three out – Coventry are banking on Premier League experience rather than one big name.
In:
- Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest) undisclosed
- Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United) undisclosed
- Ethan Pinnock (Brentford) undisclosed
- Carl Rushworth (Brighton) undisclosed
- Aurèle Amenda (Eintracht Frankfurt), Loum Tchaouna (Burnley), Caleb Yirenkyi (Nordsjælland), Sidiki Cherif (Fenerbahce), Dan Bentley (Wolves) – undisclosed
- Frank Onyeka – loan made permanent
- Stephen Mfuni (Manchester City) loan
Out:
- Jahnoah Markelo (Shabab Al Ahli) undisclosed
- Miguel Ángel Brau (Académico de Viseu) loan
- Jamie Allen (contract expired)
Crystal Palace
Palace once again lost the core of their defence, but brought in three players for free or on loan. The model remains the same: sell high, buy smart.
In:
- Ben Chilwell (Strasbourg) undisclosed
- Dwight McNeil (Everton) undisclosed
- Óscar Mingueza (Celta Vigo) free transfer
- Takehiro Tomiyasu (Ajax) free transfer
- Anan Khalaili (Union Saint-Gilloise), Zavier Gozo (Real Salt Lake) – undisclosed
- Evann Guessand (Aston Villa) loan with an option to buy, Axel Disasi (Chelsea) loan, Honest Ahanor (Atalanta) loan
Out:
- Maxence Lacroix (Chelsea) undisclosed
- Brennan Johnson (Everton) undisclosed
- Daniel Muñoz (Nottingham Forest) undisclosed
- Danny Imray (Wrexham) undisclosed
- Nathaniel Clyne (contract expired)
Everton
Everton received £65 million for Ndiaye and spread the money around. Another loan for Grealish signals the club's desire to move away from the relegation battle.
In:
- Hayden Hackney (Middlesbrough) £25m
- Brennan Johnson (Crystal Palace) undisclosed
- Christian Nørgaard (Arsenal) undisclosed
- Merlin Röhl (Freiburg) undisclosed
- Tyrique George (Chelsea) loan made permanent
- Jack Grealish (Manchester City) loan
Out:
- Iliman Ndiaye (Manchester City) £65m
- Dwight McNeil (Crystal Palace) undisclosed
- Beto (Fiorentina) undisclosed
- Nathan Patterson (Torino) undisclosed
- Tim Iroegbunam (Hull City) undisclosed
- Seamus Coleman and Idrissa Gueye (contracts expired)
Fulham
Fulham brought in five young players from big clubs without spending heavily, and let four experienced players leave.
In:
- Hugo Larsson (Eintracht Frankfurt) loan with an obligation to buy
- Gonzalo García (Real Madrid) undisclosed
- Jonah Kusi-Asare (Bayern Munich) undisclosed
- Shea Charles (Southampton) undisclosed
- César Palacios and Manuel Ángel (Real Madrid) undisclosed
Out:
- Issa Diop (Ipswich) around £8.5m
- Harry Wilson (Leeds) free transfer
- Raúl Jiménez (Wolves) free transfer
- Sasa Lukic (Ipswich) undisclosed
Hull City
No club signed more players. Hull brought in eighteen names, including Norwegian connection Jens Hjertø-Dahl from Tromsø, and broke their club record for Nobel Mendy.
In:
- Nobel Mendy (Rayo Vallecano) club record, fee undisclosed
- Christos Mouzakitis (Olympiakos) undisclosed
- Tim Iroegbunam (Everton) undisclosed
- Joe Gelhardt (Leeds) undisclosed
- Jack Butland (Rangers), Konstantinos Tzolakis (Olympiakos), Lucas Gourna-Douath (RB Salzburg), Mohamed-Ali Cho (Nice), Ilyas Ansah (Union Berlin), Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Genoa), Óscar Zambrano (Maribor), Elliot Stroud (Mjällby), Sorba Thomas (Stoke), Jens Hjertø-Dahl (Tromsø), Lucas Herrington (Colorado Rapids) – undisclosed
- Matt Targett (Newcastle) and Hidemasa Morita (Sporting) free transfers
- Robinio Vaz (Roma) loan
Out:
- Ivor Pandur (Rangers) undisclosed
- Kyle Joseph (Middlesbrough) undisclosed
- Kasey Palmer (Luton) undisclosed
- Abu Kamara (Portsmouth) undisclosed
- Cody Drameh (Genoa) undisclosed
Ipswich Town
Ipswich spent their promotion money on thirteen players and built almost an entirely new team. Flemming and Maeda are the men tasked with providing the goals.
In:
- Zian Flemming (Burnley) £20m
- Issa Diop (Fulham) around £8.5m
- Daizen Maeda (Celtic) undisclosed
- Julio Enciso (Strasbourg) undisclosed
- Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen) undisclosed
- Chuba Akpom (Ajax), Cédric Kipré (Reims), Emersonn (Toulouse), Abdul Fatawu (Leicester), Kjell Scherpen (Union Saint-Gilloise), Florentino Luís (Burnley), Kayne van Oevelen (Volendam), Sasa Lukic (Fulham) – undisclosed
Out:
- George Hirst (Stoke) undisclosed
- Arijanet Muric (Sassuolo) undisclosed
- Wes Burns (Leicester) undisclosed
- Sam Szmodics (Derby) loan, Ali Al-Hamadi (Sheffield Wednesday) loan
- Conor Chaplin (contract expired), Ashley Young (retired)
Leeds United
Leeds replaced their entire goalkeeping department. Trafford at £40 million is the summer's big investment, while Meslier left for Arsenal on a free.
In:
- James Trafford (Manchester City) £40m
- Harry Wilson (Fulham) free transfer
- Nico Elvedi (Borussia Mönchengladbach) undisclosed
- Tarik Muharemovic (Sassuolo) undisclosed
- Michael Zetterer (Eintracht Frankfurt) undisclosed
- Melvin Bard (Nice) loan
Out:
- Pascal Struijk (Brighton) undisclosed
- Karl Darlow (Manchester United) free transfer
- Joe Gelhardt (Hull City) undisclosed
- Jack Harrison (New England Revolution) undisclosed
- Isaac Schmidt (Young Boys) undisclosed
- Joël Piroe (West Ham) loan, Wilfried Gnonto (Fiorentina) loan, Sebastiaan Bornauw (Hamburger SV) loan, Lucas Perri (Torino) loan, Harry Gray (Sheffield Wednesday) loan
- Illan Meslier and Sam Byram (contracts expired)
Liverpool
The summer's most dramatic window came at Anfield: Salah, Konaté and Robertson left on free transfers, and Barcola arrived for £123 million. Liverpool have entered a new era in three months.
In:
- Bradley Barcola (PSG) £123m
- Jérémy Jacquet (Rennes) £55m
- Víctor Muñoz (Osasuna) £35m
- Lucca Brughmans (Genk) £30m
- Ronald Araújo (Barcelona) loan
- Samuel Martínez (Atlético Nacional) undisclosed
Out:
- Curtis Jones (Inter) £30m
- Mohamed Salah (Trabzonspor) free transfer
- Ibrahima Konaté (Real Madrid) free transfer
- Andrew Robertson (Tottenham) free transfer
- Stefan Bajcetic (Celta Vigo) undisclosed
- Harvey Elliott (Valencia) loan
- Rhys Williams (contract expired)
Manchester City
City spent more than anyone else and signed three players for over 100 million. Meanwhile, Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Stones all departed in a single summer – this is a total rebuild.
In:
- Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) £125m
- Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) £116m
- Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille) €100m
- Iliman Ndiaye (Everton) £65m
- Allan Elias (Palmeiras) £32m
- Gerónimo Rulli (Marseille), Jeremy Monga (Leicester), Pierce Charles (Sheffield Wednesday) – undisclosed
Out:
- Sávio (Tottenham) £85m
- Nico González (Newcastle) £52m
- Rodri (Barcelona) £51m
- Tijjani Reijnders (Al Qadsiah) £47m
- James Trafford (Leeds) £40m
- Nathan Aké (Fenerbahce) £7m
- Bernardo Silva and John Stones – free transfers
- Manuel Akanji (Inter) undisclosed
- Omar Marmoush (Tottenham) loan with an obligation to buy, Jack Grealish (Everton) loan, Divine Mukasa (West Ham) loan, Kalvin Phillips (Sheffield United) loan
Manchester United
United shopped almost exclusively within the Premier League – Baleba, Santos and Tielemans cost almost £150 million combined. The entire goalkeeping department was replaced.
In:
- Carlos Baleba (Brighton) £65m
- Andrey Santos (Chelsea) £48m
- Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) £35m
- Karl Darlow (Leeds) free transfer
- Tynan Thompson (Tottenham) undisclosed
- Cristian Orozco (Fortaleza) undisclosed
Out:
- Rasmus Højlund (Napoli) £43.2m
- André Onana (Trabzonspor) loan
- Casemiro (Inter Miami) free transfer
- Altay Bayindir (Celta Vigo) loan
- Radek Vítek (Middlesbrough), Tyler Fredricson (Lausanne), Toby Collyer (West Brom), James Scanlon (Arsenal) – undisclosed
- Jadon Sancho and Tyrell Malacia (contracts expired)
Newcastle United
Newcastle brought in over £235 million in sales and reinvested less than half. Losing Tonali, Guimarães and Gordon in the same window was the biggest exodus any club suffered this summer.
In:
- Nico González (Manchester City) £52m
- Bazoumana Touré (Hoffenheim) £42m
- Sean Steur (Ajax) £23m
- Amar Dedic (Benfica), Aladji Bamba (Monaco), Ewen Jaouen (Reims), Lukáš Horníček (Braga), Afner Ca (Levante), Matias Fernandez-Pardo (Lille) – undisclosed
Out:
- Sandro Tonali (Tottenham) £100m
- Bruno Guimarães (Arsenal) £75m
- Anthony Gordon (Barcelona) £60.5m
- Nick Woltemade (Juventus) loan
- Kieran Trippier (Wolves) free transfer
- Matt Targett, John Ruddy and Emil Krath (contracts expired)
Nottingham Forest
The £116 million fee for Elliot Anderson is a club record by a considerable margin. Forest spent just a third of that on replacements.
In:
- Liam Delap (Chelsea) £45m
- Daniel Muñoz (Crystal Palace) undisclosed
- Ousmane Diomande (Sporting) undisclosed
- Xaver Schlager (RB Leipzig) free transfer
Out:
- Elliot Anderson (Manchester City) £116m
- Taiwo Awoniyi (Coventry) undisclosed
- Omari Hutchinson (AC Milan) loan, Dilane Bakwa (Lille) loan, Morato (West Ham) loan
- Willy Boly, Stefan Ortega and Angus Gunn (contracts expired)
Sunderland
Sunderland did the least business of all. Four in, nine out – and Norwegian-born Leo Hjelde was sent on loan to Belgium.
In:
- Thomas Meunier (Lille) free transfer
- Dayann Methalie (Toulouse) undisclosed
- Jules Ahoka (Royal Antwerp) undisclosed
- Kevin Danso (Tottenham) loan
Out:
- Arthur Masuaku (Konyaspor) undisclosed
- Anthony Patterson (Wrexham) undisclosed
- Nazariy Rusyn (Karpaty Lviv), Zak Johnson (York City) undisclosed
- Leo Hjelde (Mechelen) loan
- Dan Neil, Bertrand Traoré, Dennis Cirkin and Niall Huggins (contracts expired)
Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs spent over £320 million on four players and brought in three experienced players on free transfers. On the other hand, both Romero and Vicario have gone – the captain and goalkeeper in the same window.
In:
- Sandro Tonali (Newcastle) £100m
- Sávio (Manchester City) £85m
- Mateus Fernandes (West Ham) £85m
- Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton) £52m
- Tosin Adarabioyo (Chelsea) £7m
- Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea) loan with a £75m option to buy
- Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) loan with an obligation to buy
- Andy Robertson (Liverpool), Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) and Martin Dúbravka (Burnley) – free transfers
Out:
- Cristian Romero (Atlético Madrid) €35m plus add-ons
- Luka Vuskovic (Brighton) £50m
- Djed Spence (Inter) €30m
- Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough) around £20m
- Manor Solomon (West Ham), Ashley Phillips (Middlesbrough), Tynan Thompson (Manchester United), Alejo Veliz (Bahia) – undisclosed
- Guglielmo Vicario (Juventus) loan, Pape Matar Sarr (Juventus) loan, Radu Dragusin (Fiorentina) loan, Kevin Danso (Sunderland) loan, Mikey Moore (Cologne) loan, Jamie Donley (Luton) loan, Yang Min-Hyeok (Westerlo) loan
- Yves Bissouma (contract expired)
What does this mean for the season?
Manchester City and Tottenham have rebuilt their teams more than anyone else, and both have taken on the risks that come with bringing in so many new players at once. Liverpool are in the opposite position: the club lost three pillars of the team on free transfers and have staked everything on Bradley Barcola filling the void left by Salah.
For promoted clubs Coventry, Hull and Ipswich, the summer was about volume. Between them, they brought in more than forty players. Historically, that alone has rarely been enough – but none of them can be accused of holding back.
This overview is based on ESPN's compilation of confirmed transfers as of 2 September 2026.