Premier League breaks transfer record for second straight summer

Premier League clubs have broken their all-time summer transfer record after spending reached £3.198bn.

English top flight clubs had already pushed well beyond the £3bn barrier when Iliman Ndiaye's move from Everton to Manchester City on deadline day for an initial £60m took the amount spent past the previous mark of £3.14bn from 12 months ago.

The amount dwarfs the £1.13bn spent by clubs just five years ago and underlines the power top English clubs have to attract talent, according to figures provided to BBC Sport by Paul Macdonald, founder of FootballTransfers.com.

Four of the 11 most expensive signings in the history of football have happened this summer – with three of them being Premier League signings.

Chelsea 's £117m signing of Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa and Manchester City 's £116m spend on Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson are the two most expensive British players ever.

And Liverpool paid an initial £106m , which could rise to £123m, for Paris St-Germain and France forward Bradley Barcola.

Yan Diomande's move to Real Madrid and Anthony Gordon's switch from Newcastle to Barcelona are the only deals completed so far this summer by clubs outside the Premier League to involve fees in excess of £60m.

Tottenham 's acquisition of Sandro Tonali was a club-record fee which could reach £100m, while the north London club have also spent heavily on Mateus Fernandes (£85m) from West Ham and Savio from Manchester City (£75m potentially rising to £85m).