Record spend for top-flight clubs

Spending in the 2015 winter market equalled the £130million invested the previous year

Deadline day had a low-key feel about it, but clubs still spent more on the final day of this window - £45million - than they did on 2014 deadline day (£35million)

The final figure of £130million was well down on the record winter spend of £225million in 2011, when Chelsea broke the record for a transfer between British clubs with their £50million purchase of Fernando Torres from Liverpool.

But the overall spend across the 2014-15 season puts the previous best of £760million from the 2013-14 season in the shade and underlines the increased buying power of English top-flight clubs as they benefit from enhanced broadcasting revenues.

Dan Jones, partner in the Sports Business Group at Deloitte, said: "Given the record level of spending seen in the summer, it is not entirely surprising that we haven't seen a new record for the January window

However, with all Premier League clubs recording record revenues, we might have expected one or two more major deals in this window.

"Despite the relative restraint we have seen in the January window, 2014-15 is still a record season for Premier League spending

Last season saw Premier League spending surpass the £700million threshold for the first time, and the revenue growth at Premier League clubs is such that they have been able to record a combined transfer spend this season of over £950million."

Source : PA

Source: PA