1) Chelsea – £202.6m They were the top spenders in the summers of 2024, 2023 and 2022 and will be up there in 2025 thanks to pre-arranged moves for Estevao, Dario Essugo, Mamadou Sarr and Kendry Paez.

Chelsea are bidding to be the world's biggest spenders in the summer window for the fourth consecutive season, and they are ...