£400m spent but who made early moves in mini transfer window?

After a engaged 10 days successful which £400m was spent by Premier League clubs, nan transportation model has officially closed - six days earlier it opens again.

This summertime has seen an unusual, two-part transportation model to let clubs to motion players for nan Fifa Club World Cup which originates connected Sunday, 15 June (01:00 BST).

The model will unfastened erstwhile much connected Monday, 16 June, earlier closing connected Monday, 1 September astatine 19:00 BST for Premier League, EFL and Scottish Premiership clubs.

Fifa rules authorities transportation windows cannot past much than 16 weeks successful a almanac year, hence nan divided this summer.

Manchester City and Chelsea are nan 2 Premier League clubs competing astatine nan Club World Cup successful nan United States, but immoderate squad from a convention pinch sides astatine nan tourney could participate successful nan window.

So who made their early moves?

Premier League clubs person already spent £400m successful first transportation fees earlier nan caller season. That dwarfs nan tallies of top-flight clubs successful Germany, Spain, Italy, France and Saudi Arabia.

There's still a agelong measurement to spell to lucifer past summer's last tally of £1.98bn spent by Premier League clubs connected subordinate transfers, while nan grounds outlay of £2.36bn was group successful summertime 2023.

Chelsea statesman their Club World Cup run against Los Angeles FC connected 16 June, while City play Moroccan broadside Wydad AC connected 18 June.

Both sides person caller faces successful their touring party, pinch City landing Wolves left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri for £31m and bringing successful goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli from Chelsea arsenic cover.

They besides announced nan signing of attacking midfielder Rayan Cherki from Lyon for an first interest of £30.45m, and Netherlands midfielder Tijjani Reijnders from AC Milan, earlier nan deadline.

Chelsea person spent much than immoderate different nine truthful far, splashing retired £89.5m to bring successful Liam Delap (£30m), Dario Essugo (£18.5m) and Mamadou Sarr (£12m), pinch Estevao Willian (£29m) joining aft agreeing a move a twelvemonth ago.

Manchester United are not successful nan Club World Cup but person made nan astir costly move yet, spending £62.5m connected Wolves guardant Matheus Cunha.

That woody has already eclipsed nan biggest interest successful nan Premier League past summer, erstwhile Spurs spent an first £55m connected striker Dominic Solanke from Bournemouth.

Bournemouth to nan Bernabeu is not a well-trodden way successful shot history but Real Madrid person spent £50m connected Cherries centre-half Dean Huijsen.

The Spanish giants activated his merchandise clause, pinch nan Spain world having arsenic galore arsenic 7 offers connected nan table, including Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Newcastle.

Real, of course, besides chose to walk respective cardinal euros to bring guardant nan long-awaited signing of Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold truthful he could characteristic successful nan United States.

The 26-year-old would person been capable to time off Liverpool connected a free transportation erstwhile his statement expired connected 30 June.

But Real moved early acknowledgment to nan financial inducement of nan victor of nan 32-team tourney perchance earning up to £97m successful prize money.

Borussia Dortmund person gone down a acquainted way by bringing successful Jobe Bellingham - younger relative of Real and England midfielder Jude - from Sunderland for an first £27.8m.

Liverpool replaced Alexander-Arnold pinch Dutch full-back Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen, while nan Bundesliga broadside took goalkeeper Mark Flekken from Brentford.

The Bees successful move signed Liverpool keeper Caoimhin Kelleher, while crossed nan metropolis Everton turned guardant Carlos Alcaraz's indebtedness move from Flamengo into a imperishable one.

And Sunderland whitethorn person mislaid nan younger Bellingham, but they collapsed their ain transportation grounds up of their top-flight return by signing French midfielder Enzo le Fee for £19m pursuing his indebtedness spell from Roma.