Most expensive summer football transfers in Europe

The summer transfer window in European football leagues ended with the beginning of autumn. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.

Spending by football clubs to strengthen their squads is increasing significantly. The "Euro-Football.Ru" online publication analyzes the top ten most expensive transfers of the concluded transfer window.

Clubs in the English Premier League are spending large sums to reinforce their squads. This situation is explained by broad participation in European competitions, high spectator interest, and expensive TV rights.

The list of the most expensive transfers is led by Munich's "Bayern" club. They bought Luis Diaz from "Liverpool" for 70 million euros.

The 28-year-old Colombian footballer has already justified his cost, scoring three goals in four matches across various competitions. The sixth and seventh places in the summer transfers are occupied by the English club "Manchester United" with Cameroonian Bryan Mbeumo bought from "Brentford" and 26-year-old Nigerian Victor Osimhen purchased from the Turkish club "Galatasaray" for 75 million euros.

The biggest record belongs to the "Liverpool" club. Last season, the English champions spent a total of 481.9 million euros on their new players.

This is the largest amount spent in a single transfer window and is a world record. This record can only be broken by another English club.

The total amount paid for players ranked from fourth to tenth in the most expensive summer transfers ranking was 525.7 million euros. The list of the most expensive transfers in Europe and at "Liverpool" is led by Hugo Ekitike.

Last summer, he moved from "PSG" to Frankfurt's "Eintracht" club for 31.5 million euros. A year later, "Liverpool" tripled his transfer price, raising it to 95 million euros.

Although the young German star Florian Wirtz did not show a particularly bright performance at the European Championship, he has regularly scored more than 15 goals in each of the last two seasons. The 125 million euros paid for him have not yet been justified by goal returns, but this amount is a record in the English Premier League.

The new record holder and leader of our ranking is Alexander Isak, who transferred to "Liverpool" for 145 million euros after expressing dissatisfaction with "Newcastle". An interesting fact is that the total of the top ten most expensive transfers in European leagues during the summer transfer window amounts to 890.7 million euros.

This amount is close to the annual income of the city of Yekaterinburg. The Ural capital, with its annual budget, could not even fully support a single top-level team consisting of seven footballers.

The top ten most expensive transfers in the European leagues' summer transfer window are as follows: Alexander Isak from "Newcastle" to "Liverpool" for 145 million euros, Florian Wirtz from "Bayer" to "Liverpool" for 125 million euros, Hugo Ekitike from "Eintracht" to "Liverpool" for 95 million euros, Nik Voltemade from "Stuttgart" to "Newcastle" for 85 million euros, Benjamin Sesko from "RB Leipzig" to "Manchester United" for 76.5 million euros, Victor Osimhen from "Napoli" to "Galatasaray" for 75 million euros, Bryan Mbeumo from "Brentford" to "Manchester United" for 75 million euros, Mateus Cunha from "Wolverhampton" to "Manchester United" for 74.2 million euros, Martin Subimendi from "Real Sociedad" to "Arsenal" for 70 million euros, and Luis Diaz from "Liverpool" to "Bayern" for 70 million euros. Konstantin Litsin