Manchester City were the biggest spenders during the summer transfer window, with their outlay on new players reaching €526.2m, according to calculations published by Transfermarkt.
The figures place Manchester City at the top of the list of clubs that invested the most in the market. The spending total includes a number of significant deals, although the source article also refers to the team of Enzo Maresca when outlining some of the transfers.
Among the arrivals highlighted are Iliman Ndiaye, signed from Everton for €70m, and Enzo Fernandez, who joined from Chelsea for €145m. Other major acquisitions listed in the breakdown are Elliot Anderson, valued at €135m, and Ayyoub Bouaddi, whose transfer fee is given as €95m.
Taken together, those deals form part of Manchester City’s overall summer recruitment bill of €526.2m. Transfermarkt’s calculations identify the club as the leading spender in the window, ahead of the other sides included in its top-15 ranking.
English clubs dominate the table. A total of 12 of the 15 highest-spending clubs come from the English championship, underlining the scale of investment by teams in the country’s top flight and by clubs seeking to establish themselves at that level.
The activity of the newly promoted sides is particularly notable. Ipswich completed 14 transfers during the window, while Hull City made 15 signings. Both clubs are singled out in the figures for their level of activity in the market.
The data therefore reflects two different approaches among the English clubs included in the ranking: major spending on high-value individual deals and extensive recruitment programmes involving a large number of players. Manchester City are listed as the overall leaders because of the combined value of their transfers, while Ipswich and Hull City stand out for the number of arrivals.
Transfermarkt’s table covers the 15 clubs that spent the most during the summer window. Although the available breakdown highlights the leading clubs and several of the most expensive deals, it also shows how heavily English teams featured across the ranking, with only three of the 15 places going to clubs from outside the English championship.
Manchester City’s €526.2m total is the central figure in the assessment, putting the club at the head of the spending chart. The presence of 12 English clubs in the top 15, together with the high transfer volumes recorded by Ipswich and Hull City, provides the wider context for the summer market described by Transfermarkt.