5 clubs with the highest spending on transfers this summer

Even without any action on the field, football fans across the world are busy following their favorite team in the transfer window. Clubs across Europe are in full swing at the moment as they work to build their squad for the 2018/19 season. Premier League clubs, in particular, are extremely busy in the transfer window as they have only six days until the window closes.

Some of the biggest deals this summer are Alisson’s move to Liverpool, United signing Fred, Juventus signing Cristiano Ronaldo, Mahrez’s move to Manchester City, Joao Cancelo to Juventus, Chelsea signing Jorginho, Naby Keita to Liverpool, Thomas Lemar to Atletico Madrid, Vinicius Junior to Real Madrid, and PSG completing Mbappe deal.

A couple of top European clubs have already spent more than €150 million in the current transfer market and quite a few others have spent more than €100 million. Premier League and Serie A are the biggest spenders so far in the transfer market this season.

Without much ado, let’s take a look at the Top 5 clubs that have spent the most this transfer window.

Note: Transfer values courtesy TransferMarkt.

#5 Atletico Madrid, €109 million

Atletico snatched Lemar from Monaco

Los Rojiblancos are one of the busiest clubs this summer. They finished second in the La Liga last season but were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League in the group stages. They have retained their star players and at the same time, managed to bring in a few quality names.

Diego Simeone’s side has spent €109 million in the transfer market so far. They have bought six players, which included Thomas Lemar from Monaco. The Frenchman arrived at the Wanda Metropolitano for a fee of €70 million.

They have signed Rodri from Villarreal for €20 million and Santiago Arias arrives from PSV Eindhoven for €11 million. The other two arrivals were Jonny Castro and Antonio Adan. They have also signed Gelson Martins from Sporting on a free transfer. All in all, Atletico Madrid are getting themselves ready to challenge Real Madrid and Barcelona.

#4 AS Roma, €109.95 million

Ajax sensation Kluivert signed for Roma this summer

Serie A giants have been really busy in the transfer market. After a hugely successful 2017/18 season, Roma is trying to strengthen their squad for the coming season. Though they have sold their goalkeeper Alisson Becker to Liverpool for a world record fee and Radja Nainggolan to Inter Milan, they have made some quality signings.

Javier Pastore arrived from Paris Saint-Germain for a fee of €24.7 million. They have also signed the Dutch teenager Justin Kluivert from Ajax for €17.25 million. Gregoire Defrel, centre-forward, was bought from Sassuola for a fee of €15 million. In addition to these big money signings, they have also signed quite a few utility players.

#3 Paris Saint-Germain, €135 million

PSG signed him on a permanent deal this summer

After all the transfer market frenzy PSG created in the 2017 transfer window, they have been relatively quiet this summer. Only Gianluigi Buffon arrived from Juventus on a free transfer. Also, they have paid €135 million to Monaco for Kylian Mbappe and made his loan move a permanent one. Apart from these two, they have not made any other signings this summer.

On the other hand, quite a few players departed the club. Thiago Motta retired, Javier Pastore left for Roma, and Yuri Berchiche left for Athletic Bilbao. All in all, the French giants were really cautious in the current transfer window so far. With few weeks remaining, this could change all of a sudden.

#2 Liverpool, €182.2 million

Alisson moved to Liverpool in a world record deal

UEFA Champions finalists are on a spending spree in the current transfer window. They have made four big-money signings in the transfer window so far. Naby Keita arrived from RB Leipzig for a fee of around €60 million. They have paid a World record fee (€62.5 million) to sign Alisson Becker from AS Roma.

They have also signed Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri from Monaco and Stoke City respectively for a combined fee of around €60 million. They are the biggest spender so far in the Premier League this transfer window. All in all, Jurgen Klopp is all set to challenge Pep Guardiola for the Premier League title.

#1 Juventus, €221.9 million*

Ronaldo signed for Juventus this summer

The Serie A giants pulled the biggest deal of the summer transfer window when they signed Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid for a fee of around £105 million. They have also signed Joao Cancelo from Valencia for a fee of £36 million. Also, they have made Douglas Costa’s loan deal a permanent one for £36 million.

Though they have allowed Gonzalo Higuain to leave the club, they brought back Leonardo Bonucci. They are the only club to spend in excess of £200 million this season. Bonucci’s arrival took their total spending to £231 million in the current transfer window so far. Juventus and Allegri have assembled one of the strongest squads in European football at the moment.

*Bonucci's fee not included in €221.9 million since it is a straight swap deal.