Transfer last day: Ozil's move to Arsenal tops record day

Arsenal's signing of Mesut Ozil was the big deal on a record-breaking deadline day as Premier League clubs set new spending records.

The Gunners shattered their record by buying the Real Madrid midfielder for £42.4m, while Manchester United moved late to sign Everton's Marouane Fellaini for £27.5m...


Liverpool brought in central defenders Mamadou Sakho and Tiago Ilori for a combined fee of about £25m.

In total £140m was spent on deadline day in England, sending total outlays during the summer transfer window to £630m, a new record. The previous record was £500m in 2008.

Despite £85.3m coming into England from Real Madrid thanks to their world record purchase of Tottenham's Gareth Bale, the top flight still spent £400m more than it recouped in sales.

This net figure even dwarfs the total gross spend in La Liga and Serie A (both £335m), Ligue 1's £315m and the Bundesliga's £230m.

Premier League spending was up 29 percent, according to Deloitte's Sports Business Group. This comes on the back of a new television deal bring clubs an extra £600m revenue across the top flight.
Dan Jones, partner in the Sports Business Group, said: "The story of this summer transfer window is of new records: a new record for Premier League spending as well as a new world transfer record fee.