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| Premier League clubs spent a record £225m in the January transfer window, a report by accountants Deloitte says. | Premier League clubs spent a record £225m in the January transfer window, a report by accountants Deloitte says. |
| The period included Fernando Torres' estimated £50m move from Liverpool to Chelsea - a British transfer record - and Liverpool's signing of Andy Carroll for £35m from Newcastle. | The period included Fernando Torres' estimated £50m move from Liverpool to Chelsea - a British transfer record - and Liverpool's signing of Andy Carroll for £35m from Newcastle. |
| The previous record was £175m spent in January 2008, Deloitte said. | The previous record was £175m spent in January 2008, Deloitte said. |
| About 80% of the spending was done by only four clubs - Chelsea, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Manchester City. | About 80% of the spending was done by only four clubs - Chelsea, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Manchester City. |
| The total amount spent marked a sharp rise from the £30m spent in January last year. | The total amount spent marked a sharp rise from the £30m spent in January last year. |
| Dan Jones, partner in the sports business group at Deloitte, said that while Premier League club revenues had never been higher, he was still surprised that the figure topped £200m. | |
| But he said that this had been "a particularly polarised window, with only a few clubs flexing their financial muscles, on what was a deafening final day of an otherwise quiet window". | But he said that this had been "a particularly polarised window, with only a few clubs flexing their financial muscles, on what was a deafening final day of an otherwise quiet window". |
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| Spending between Premier League clubs accounted for just over half (£115m) of the total, followed by spending with overseas clubs (£105m) and with Football League clubs (£5m). | |
| Clubs in England's top flight also spent far more overall in January than those in other European leagues, Deloitte said. | |
| A number of deals completed on deadline day helped boost the overall spend. | |
| In addition to signing Andy Carroll, Liverpool also splashed out £22.7m on Ajax's Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez. | |
| Chelsea also brought in Benfica defender David Luiz for a reported fee of £21.3m. | |
| Other big-money transfers which took place before Monday included Darren Bent's £18m move from Sunderland to Aston Villa, and Edin Dzeko's transfer from Wolfsburg to Manchester City for £27m. |