LIVERPOOL may have splashed the cash like never before, but they still spent less money than title rivals Arsenal.
The champions spent a whopping £426MILLION this summer, twice breaking the British transfer record as they strengthened an already incredible squad.
The deadline day arrival of Alexander Isak from Newcastle set a record for the Premier League, as Liverpool forked out an eye watering £130MILLION to finally get their man after a drawn out saga.
That deal broke a record already set by the Anfield outfit earlier in the window, when they agreed a deal worth £116m (initial £100m with add-ons) with Bayer Leverkusen for new midfielder Florian Wirtz.
Add to that the arrivals of Hugo Ekitike (£69m), Milos Kerkez (£40m), Jeremie Frimpong (£29.5m), Giovanni Leoni (£26m), Giorgi Mamardashvili (£30m) and Armin Pecsi (£1.5m) and you would expect Liverpool to be the league's biggest spenders.
But as a result to their incredible selling ability, it's actually Arsenal that have spent the most cash this summer when you weigh up the league's net spends.
Liverpool's outgoings totalled an impressive £205m - thanks to the sales of the likes of Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Jarell Quansah - meaning they have spent only £221m when it comes to net spend.
Meanwhile Arsenal, who brought in £241.8m worth of signings, only managed to shift on £16.7m in outgoings.
That means they lead the league in net spend, having seen a balance of £225.1m added to their accounting books.
Mikel Arteta's side have been miserable sellers in the market in recent years, failing to shift on their unwanted players for sizeable sums.
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Players like Kieran Tierney, Jorginho and Takehiro Tomiyasu all left for free or were released this summer, while Oleksandr Zinchenko and Reiss Nelson could only secure loan moves.
The Gunners would have had more incoming cash had it not been for their £23.5m deal for Jakub Kiwior being an initial loan with an obligation to buy - meaning those funds will be registered on next season's accounts.
Should Arsenal want some tips on how to sell, they only need to take a look down the road at London neighbours Chelsea.
The Blues have incredibly managed to end up with a net spend PROFIT of £17.7m despite spending over £260m on new signings this summer.
That's because Todd Boehly and his Clearlake Capital pals have run a masterclass in player trading, shifting on a whopping £280.7m in deadwood during the window.
Those sales included the likes of Christopher Nkuku to AC Milan (£36m), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to Everton (£26m) and Noni Madueke to Arsenal (£48m)
Nobody has earned more cash than Bournemouth, though.
The Cherries are £92.8m up after the sales of Dean Huijsen, Milos Kerkez, Dango Ouattara and Illia Zabarnyi.
Meanwhile Man Utd are in a similar boat to Arsenal, splashing £215m on their shiny new arrivals and making just £61.7m of that back in player sales.
The Red Devils, like the Gunners, were forced to use the loan market to try and move players on instead of securing permanent exits for high-wage players.
Jadon Sancho's deadline day loan to Aston Villa and Marcus Rashford's potentially temporary switch to Barcelona are the perfect examples of the struggle the United board faced during the window.
Newcastle managed a net spend of just over £84m for their spending spree, in no small part thanks to the £130m they banked for the sale of Isak to Liverpool.
While Tottenham's late move to sign Xavi Simons made them the fourth highest net spenders of the season, forking out £110.5m in cash this summer.
In total, Premier League clubs came close to breaking £3BILLION in gross spend during the window.
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Evans0323
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Everyone is just obsessed with Arsenal why
Nescdilmy
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Liverpool do amazing business.
AFerHKJc1725
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Everything they compared with arsenal why… tired of the hate
Yepcdeltu
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arsenal stay longer on players that not useful again too long, they don't sell when the sun shine on there deadwood players
Yepcdeltu
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today make me know arteta lack tactical acumen in football against big team while keeping his two best creative midfielders on the bench till tail end of the match, seeing slot bringing two players in after pressing much of the second half compounded more woes to arsenal midfield before arteta bringing in eze and ordegaad very late and a dead late substitute of max dowman, I was thinking where was all the players he bought, arteta lose the match for arsenal
neebmnstu
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arsenal had academy that creates and produce fruits for the team
yzi
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if it was man city all the fools will open the big mouths
Allez_
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Rubbish reportage. Liverpool spent almost as much as twice as Arsenal but you had to heap on the net spend to make your headline valid.
lol it’s facts
Gunnerneko
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build a stadium small feeder club
You snd Chelsea soon humble like Haaland and City
Mukenopty
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Rubbish reportage. Liverpool spent almost as much as twice as Arsenal but you had to heap on the net spend to make your headline valid.
AdebiyiAdetunji
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Arsenal fans should come here and make comments. I am here to read their comments
you shouldn't have comment cuz arsenal fans are also reading your comment
Jadeiprtuz
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atleast, Arsenal is on top 🤣🤣🤣
Widbiltz
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Small clubs are the clubs who always sell to big clubs. big clubs don't usually sell incase you don't know i didn't say they NEVER SOLD because some of you can't read to understand...but they don't normally especially a Real, Barcelona and Bayern unless that player has a fall out with the club..so continue selling Small club Chelsea we don't care your club is a feeder club to big clubs 🤣🤣
you're a fool
baebcdlnps
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Chelsea owns the day!
buju758
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build a stadium small feeder club
Lol last time I checked our stadium isn’t preventing us from succeeding and we have more money to spend than u haha . 2 champions league btw need I remind u . How about you earn a league title at least before u come chatting to me 🤣🤣 HUMBLE YOURSELF
Gunnerneko
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Oh ? When last your big club one a major trophy ? Have yall ever one champions league?? Quiet FA cup FC
build a stadium small feeder club
Gunnerneko
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Big clubs are not afraid to sell players have it in mind even Pep said it after selling Palmer to Chelsea
question was plamer a big player b4 he went to Chelsea? are you ok? why didn't you say Chelsea isn't afraid to sell Hazard to Real Madrid if you don't understand don't make a fool of yourself
VIKINGSB
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SMALL CLUBS SELL PLAYERS TO BIG CLUBS INCASE YOU DON'T KNOW THE ONLY TIME BIG CLUBS SELL PLAYERS FOR BIG MONEY IS WHEN THE PLAYER AND THE CLUB HAS A FALL OUT...HOW MANY TIMES HAS YOU SEEN A REAL MADRID, BARCELONA AND BAYERN SELL? THEY ALWAYS BUY.
So what's the meaning of this logic now?.
buju758
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Arsenal heard it correctly come and learn from Chelsea 😂
Well last time I checked big clubs win big trophies good luck 👍🏼
ChiemezieJudah
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That's all you can say after you realize that your beloved club is a feeder club to big clubs
Big clubs are not afraid to sell players have it in mind even Pep said it after selling Palmer to Chelsea
Gunnerneko
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Oh ? When last your big club one a major trophy ? Have yall ever one champions league?? Quiet FA cup FC
that's all you can talk about you can go and check yourself..was this comment about that? you sound like a little kid when they don't have a reply they find something else..will i talk about Stanford bridge No because this comment wasn't about that but this so called big club has one of the smallest stadium in the top flight in England one of the worst stadium in the Premier League sell the trophies and build a new stadium that can hold more than 31k people 🤣🤣
buju758
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Small clubs are the clubs who always sell to big clubs. big clubs don't usually sell incase you don't know i didn't say they NEVER SOLD because some of you can't read to understand...but they don't normally especially a Real, Barcelona and Bayern unless that player has a fall out with the club..so continue selling Small club Chelsea we don't care your club is a feeder club to big clubs 🤣🤣
Oh ? When last your big club one a major trophy ? Have yall ever one champions league?? Quiet FA cup FC
buju758
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So this basically means arsenal and Man U MUST win trophies this season ..
Gunnerneko
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Mr reader,kindly read your own comments
That's all you can say after you realize that your beloved club is a feeder club to big clubs
ChiemezieJudah
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Small clubs are the clubs who always sell to big clubs. big clubs don't usually sell incase you don't know i didn't say they NEVER SOLD because some of you can't read to understand...but they don't normally especially a Real, Barcelona and Bayern unless that player has a fall out with the club..so continue selling Small club Chelsea we don't care your club is a feeder club to big clubs 🤣🤣
Mr reader,kindly read your own comments
Fodbilnpy
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want trophies only not their profits
Gunnerneko
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Arsenal heard it correctly come and learn from Chelsea 😂
Small clubs are the clubs who always sell to big clubs. big clubs don't usually sell incase you don't know i didn't say they NEVER SOLD because some of you can't read to understand...but they don't normally especially a Real, Barcelona and Bayern unless that player has a fall out with the club..so continue selling Small club Chelsea we don't care your club is a feeder club to big clubs 🤣🤣
Huzeloprtz
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You are most welcome to the team
Gunnerneko
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Arsenal fans should come here and make comments. I am here to read their comments
SMALL CLUBS SELL PLAYERS TO BIG CLUBS INCASE YOU DON'T KNOW THE ONLY TIME BIG CLUBS SELL PLAYERS FOR BIG MONEY IS WHEN THE PLAYER AND THE CLUB HAS A FALL OUT...HOW MANY TIMES HAS YOU SEEN A REAL MADRID, BARCELONA AND BAYERN SELL? THEY ALWAYS BUY.
Widbiltz
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your team isn't good at selling players. check record
the most expensive player you've ever sold is Chamberlain for £35m
Widbiltz
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your team isn't good at selling players. check record
Sataimnptz
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Arsenal fans should come here and make comments. I am here to read their comments
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Widbiltz
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Arsenal fans should come here and make comments. I am here to read their comments
ChiemezieJudah
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Arsenal heard it correctly come and learn from Chelsea 😂