How much did Liverpool spend in the summer?published at 08:58 GMT 31 October
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Big squad or not, Liverpool spent a whole lot on it in the summer and it’s a conversation that keeps cropping up.
The Reds’ summer transfer window was the largest spending spree in European football history – £415m spent on recruiting a stellar collection of talent.
The previous record was the £400m spent by Chelsea in summer 2023 – and Liverpool would have spent £35m more had a deal for Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi not collapsed as the window closed.
By the time 1 September came around, Liverpool had broken the previous British transfer record – potentially twice. They signed Germany midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen for an initial £100m, rising to a possible £116m.
They then blew that out of the water by landing Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak for £125m, which the Magpies say could jump to £130m with add-ons.
Liverpool’s other big-money incomings were £69m striker Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt, full-backs Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen and Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth for a combined £70m, along with Italian teenage defender Giovanni Leoni from Parma for £26m plus add-ons.
It is worth noting that Liverpool did recoup a large amount of their expenditure. The sales of the likes of Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz, Jarell Quansah, Caoiminh Kelleher and Ben Gannon-Doak, recouping in the region of £210m in all.
