Chelsea smash EPL transfer window record in £271.1m splurge

The Todd Boehly era at Chelsea begins on an historic note with the club breaking the English Premier League record after spending the sum of £271.1million in a single transfer window over the summer, dailymail reports.

The Thomas Tuchel’s side signed 11 players before the window ended at 11pm on Thursday night.

The newly signed players include Wesley Fofana (£69.5m), Denis Zakaria (loan), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£10m), Marc Cucurella (£62m), Raheem Sterling (£50m), Kalidou Koulibaly (£34m), and Gabriel Slonina (£13m).

Others are Carney Chukwuemeka (£20m), Cesare Casadei (£12.6m), Eddie Beach (undisclosed) and Omari Hutchinson (undisclosed).

TOTAL SPENDING OF THE SUMMER IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE

Chelsea: £258.5m (spent this summer) vs £97.5m last summer

Manchester United: £214m (spent this summer) vs £128.5m (last summer)

West Ham: £170.5m (spent this summer) vs £59.5m (last summer)

Tottenham: £155m (spent this summer) vs £63.2m (last summer)

Nottingham Forest: £150.9m (spent this summer) vs £6.3m (last summer)

Manchester City: £124.5m (spent this summer) vs £109m (last summer)

Wovles: £122.5m (spent this summer) vs £22.8m (last summer)

Newcastle: £122m (spent this summer) vs £22m (last summer)

Arsenal: £115.7m (spent this summer) vs £152m (last summer)

Liverpool: £99.2m (spent this summer) vs £36m (last summer)

Leeds: £89.8m (spent this summer) vs £56.8m (last summer)

Everton: £86m (spent this summer) vs £1.7m (last summer)

Southampton: £73m (spent this summer) vs £38m (last summer)

Fulham: £60.6m (spent this summer) vs £19.8m (last summer)

Aston Villa: £58.8m (spent this summer) vs £93m (last summer)

Brentford: £45.8m (spent this summer) vs £24.9m (last summer)

Brighton: £32.5m (spent this summer) vs £40.6m (last summer)

Crystal Palace: £30.8m (spent this summer) vs £64.3m (last summer)

Bournemouth: £24.6m (spent this summer) vs £11.3m (last summer)

Leicester: £15.3m (spent this summer) vs £60m (last summer)