Wednesday, September 2, 2026
The Premier League’s summer 2026 transfer window closed at 11pm BST on Tuesday, September 1, capping a record-breaking spending spree led by Manchester City’s deadline-day coup and an aggressive, multi-signing rebuild at Tottenham Hotspur. Here are the ten biggest deals of the window.
- Enzo Fernández — Chelsea to Manchester City — £125 million
The biggest transfer of the summer, completed in a dramatic deadline-day negotiation. Fernández’s move matches the British transfer record set by Alexander Isak’s switch from Newcastle to Liverpool last summer. The Argentine midfielder spent three-and-a-half years at Chelsea after joining from Benfica for £106.7 million in 2023, and now reunites with Enzo Maresca, his former Chelsea manager, at the Etihad.
- Elliot Anderson — Nottingham Forest to Manchester City — £116 million
City broke their own transfer record for the young English midfielder, seeing off strong interest from Manchester United in the process. The fee marks a new British transfer record for a domestic-to-domestic deal involving an English player.
- Bradley Barcola — Paris Saint-Germain to Liverpool — £106 million (rising to £123 million with add-ons)
One of the biggest statements of the window, as Liverpool moved for the France international winger, with the total package capable of climbing to £123 million once performance-related add-ons are triggered.
- Sandro Tonali — Newcastle United to Tottenham Hotspur — £92.5 million (up to £100 million with add-ons)
Tottenham set a new club-record transfer fee for the Italy international, who wanted to leave Newcastle and had prioritised a move to London. The deal marks the second-largest fee ever received for an outgoing Newcastle player, behind only last summer’s sale of Alexander Isak to Liverpool.
- Mateus Fernandes — West Ham United to Tottenham Hotspur — £85 million
Tottenham beat Manchester United to sign the Portugal international, who left West Ham following the club’s relegation from the Premier League, a year after West Ham themselves signed him from Southampton. The deal briefly made Fernandes Spurs’ new club-record signing before being surpassed by the Tonali deal in the same window.
- Sávio (Savinho) — Manchester City to Tottenham Hotspur — £85 million
Spurs continued their aggressive rebuild by signing the 22-year-old Brazilian winger from Manchester City, part of a wider pattern of Tottenham raiding the champions’ squad this summer, alongside Marmoush.
- Ayyoub Bouaddi — Lille to Manchester City — £86 million (£81.3 million fixed fee plus £4.3 million in add-ons)
The 18-year-old Morocco international, who impressed at the 2026 World Cup in North America, became the most expensive teenage signing in Premier League history, underlining City’s continued investment in elite young talent as they reshaped their midfield around Fernández and Anderson.
- Bruno Guimarães — Newcastle United to Arsenal — £75 million
Arsenal, fresh off winning the Premier League title, landed one of their long-standing top midfield targets. Guimarães described the move as an exciting step, joining a City-winning squad looking to build on their title success.
- Omar Marmoush — Manchester City to Tottenham Hotspur — Loan with obligation to make permanent
Marmoush becomes the second major departure from City’s forward line to Tottenham this summer alongside Savio, joining on an initial loan with an obligation to make the move permanent. Analysts have questioned whether City recoup fair value given his inconsistent form since his January 2025 arrival at the Etihad, while Spurs hope the 27-year-old can finally solve a central striker problem that has persisted since Harry Kane’s departure for Bayern Munich.
- Jan Paul van Hecke — Brighton & Hove Albion to Tottenham Hotspur — £52 million
Rounding out Tottenham’s remarkable spending spree, the Dutch centre-back becomes yet another major addition in a summer that has seen Spurs smash their club transfer record multiple times over, joining van Hecke, Fernandes, Tonali, Savio and Marmoush in a single, extraordinary rebuild under new management.
Honourable mentions: Mykhailo Mudryk’s season-long loan move from Chelsea to Tottenham, with a £75 million option to buy, and Iliman Ndiaye’s £60 million (rising to £65 million) switch from Everton to Manchester City, both narrowly missed the top ten by fixed fee but remain among the window’s most closely watched deals given their structure and long-term value.
