Top Ten Biggest Single Transfer Window Spending Clubs In Football

The total spend in the 2022-23 summer transfer window was a whooping € 4.3 billion. This is by far the most money spent in a single window. And as always, the Premier League led the way with a staggering € 2.2 billion, followed by Serie A(€742.2 million), Ligue 1 (€ 558 million), and La Liga (€ 505.7 million). 

Some of the top transfers are the € 100 million transfer was of Aurelien Tchouameni to Real Madrid. Another big signing was the € 95 million signing of Antony from Ajax to Manchester United. Wesley Fofana became the costliest defender as Chelsea shelled out € 100 million for the centre-back. Chelsea also spent € 63 million to sign Marc Cucurella. 

Chelsea were the highest transfer spend in the summer transfer window followed by rivals Manchester United who also spent excessive fees on signings such as Casemiro(signed from Real Madrid) and Lisandro Martinez (signed from Ajax).

Then there is Nottingham Forest, who broke the English transfer record by signing 21 players; yes, you read that right, 21 players. The newly promoted club spent € 169.90 million to increase the quality of their squad. 

So, which are the top ten biggest single window transfer spend in football? 

10. West Ham United ( € 182 million, 2022)

After finishing an impressive seventh place in the Premier League last season, the Hammers have gone all out to improve. David Moyes has added quality by signing players such as Gianluca Scamacca, Lucan Paqueta, Nayef Aguero, and Maxwell Cornet. They have also signed Emerson, Thilo Kehrer, Flynn Downes, Alphonse Areola, and Nathan Trott. 

However, Moyes is still struggling to incorporate the signings into his team. The team has only won one match and are 14th in the table with only four points. West Ham have also scored two goals, the joint-least in the league.  

However, the season is still early, and David Moyes still has time to turn things around at the London Stadium. 

9. Barcelona (€ 194 million 2017)

The 2017 transfer window was not only costly for Barcelona but also had dire consequences, whose effects are still felt today. In fact, the start of Barcelona’s decline that has now led them to activate ‘economic levers‘ can be traced to this window. The window was going fine till Paris Saint Germain decided to activate Neymar’s € 222 million release clause. 

This left Barcelona with lots of cash which they spent on Ousmane…