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Premier League, EFL, WSL and Europe transfers: Man City, Crystal Palace, West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur biggest spenders

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Premier League, EFL, WSL and Europe transfers: Man City, Crystal Palace, West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur biggest spenders

Premier League clubs have spent £404.1m on new signings during the winter transfer window.

The outlay represents a £9.3m rise from last year. Clubs recouped £273.1m on player sales, equating to a net spend of £131m.

This article was last updated on February 3 at 7.30am. All transfer fees include potential add-ons and exclude undisclosed fees.

Spending during the window was largely incremental, with notable spikes on January 8, when and Deadline Day - when .

Twelve clubs signed players for disclosed fees, with Manchester City splashing a league-topping £84m on two marquee deals: Semenyo (£64m from Bournemouth) and .

Palace shelled out £83m on two big-money acquisitions: Strand Larsen (£48m from Wolves) and Brennan Johnson (£35m from Spurs).

The deal for the Norwegian striker went through despite Jean-Philippe Mateta's move from Palace to AC Milan falling through on Deadline Day after further medical checks on the France international.

West Ham splurged £47.2m on , Pablo (£20m from Gil Vicente) and , while Spurs spent £47m on and .

Meanwhile, Bournemouth (£43.3m), Aston Villa (£28.2m), Fulham (£27m), Sunderland (£23.9m), Wolves (£9m) Brentford (£8.7m), Nottingham Forest (£1.6m) and Brighton (£1.2m) also recruited players for registered fees.

Despite spending £47.2m, West Ham still recorded a £6.8m profit during the window after selling and Luis Guilherme to Sporting (£17.5m).

Wolves recorded a league-topping £39m net profit, followed by Bournemouth (£20.7m net profit).

Semenyo was the most expensive signing of the window (Manchester City from Bournemouth for £64m), followed by Strand Larsen (Crystal Palace from Wolves for £48m) and - with Spurs re-investing almost all of that to sign Gallagher from Atletico for £34m.

Liverpool reached an agreement for the transfer of Rennes centre-back Jeremy Jacquet, worth up to £60m. The 20-year-old, who Chelsea have been trying to sign, is set to move to Anfield in the summer.

Use the search bar in the interactive tables below to filter players and clubs.

In total, there were 38 signings for fees, on loans or as free agents. Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Spurs, Sunderland and West Ham each signed a league-topping three players on permanent deals.

Crystal Palace, Manchester City and Nottingham Forest all secured two permanent incomings, while seven clubs signed one player and another five signed none.

West Ham signed Axel Disasi from Chelsea and Keiber Lamadrid from Deportivo La Guaira on loan, with eight clubs signing one player on short-term deals: Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Burnley, Everton, Leeds, Nottingham Forest, Spurs and Wolves.

In terms of departures, Chelsea, Sunderland and West Ham offloaded five players permanently, while Spurs shipped out 11 players on loan deals, with Aston Villa and Sunderland also sanctioning numerous temporary departures.

You can use the interactive tables below to search every transfer in the Championship during the winter window...

The Women's Super League window closes on Tuesday, February 3 at 11pm.

(Opta figures)

Overall, Premier League clubs recorded a net spend of £131m (Your Site' figures), which exceeds the totals of Europe's other top five leagues (Opta figures).

Italy's Serie A generated a £47.8m net spend, followed by the German Bundesliga (£43m net spend), French Ligue 1 (£19.2m net profit) and Spanish LaLiga (£27.3m net profit).

Breaking those other leagues down by clubs, eight teams recorded eight-figure net spends: Napoli (£39.7m), RB Leipzig (£19.3m), Roma (£19m), Sassuolo (£17.3), Wolfsburg (£16.4m), Pisa (£14.7m), Paris FC (£12.9m) and Lyon (£10.4m).

Udinese generated £20.3m net profit from their transfer business, while Lazio (£17.5m net profit), Rennes (£13.8m net profit), Elche (£13.1m net profit) and Marseille (£12.7m net profit) also closed business with notable net profits.

Ademola Lookman (Atletico from Atalanta for £30.2m) was the most expensive deal among the four divisions, followed by Lorenzo Lucca (Napoli from Udinese for £22.5m), Robinio Vaz (Roma from Marseille for £19m), Giacomo Raspadori (Atalanta from Atletico for £19m) and Giovane (Napoli from Verona for £17.3m).

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