Deloitte confirms record £1.4bn summer spending by Premier League clubs

Premier League clubs spent a record £1.4billion on players this summer, including an unprecedented £210million on transfer deadline day, according to football finance experts Deloitte.

Premier League clubs spent a record £1.4bn on players this summer, including an unprecedented £210m on transfer deadline day, according to football finance experts Deloitte.

This late flurry of spending took the league's overall outlay on players since the first transfer window in January 2003 past £10bn.