Alexander Isak's British record £125 million ($169 million) move from Newcastle United to Liverpool on Monday completed an eye-watering summer of English Premier League spending.
The Swedish striker's move, along with several other big-money deadline day deals such as Newcastle's £55 million swoop for Brentford striker Yoane Wissa, meant the cumulative spend for the world's richest soccer league during the transfer window reached £3 billion for the first time.
Gross spending for the Premier League this season is already the highest ever, exceeding the £2.7 billion spent in the 2022-23 season, and the January window is still to come.
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