That's all folks, one of the most chaotic Premier League transfer windows has now shut.
Respective owners can put away the cheque books that have been burning holes in pockets.
Haaland is already looking like a superstar in a City shirt
Chelsea owner Todd Boehly has been busy spending money to challenge City and signed Wesley Fofana from Leicester
On the pitch, Manchester City again look unstoppable and Bournemouth already sacking Scott Parker hints at trouble, but the remaining 18 positions appear to be up for grabs.
And that's thanks to yet another busy winter window, with top flight English sides shelling out around £2 billion on new recruits.
We've seen City and Liverpool make era-defining buys in the shape of strikers Erling Haaland and Darwin Nunez, while the teams behind playing catch up with what has recently become a distant top two making a strong fist of improving their squads.
Chelsea, the team many consider most likely to break that monopoly, have had a turbulent summer after changing owners, with the new incumbent, Todd Boehly clearly not holding back.
The same can be said for 13 time winners Manchester United who, despite leaving it late, have given new boss Erik ten Hag the backing to challenge for a return to Champions League football.
North London has seen rivals Tottenham and Arsenal managers Antonio Conte and Mikel Arteta given very little to complain about with full backing, and the same could be said for Newcastle, West Ham and Wolves.
Seeing Aubameyang in Chelsea blue may take some getting used to
Out of those clubs, though, who spent the most? And also who spent the least? Well talkSPORT is here to fill you in...
20. Leicester
Spent £15.3m
Received: £73.26m
Net spend: +£57.96m
With Brendan Rodgers not being able to spend much during the window, this is undoubtedly the club's toughest summer since their return to the top flight, made worse by the £70m sale of Wesley Fofana to Chelsea.
The manager recently admitted the club aren't in a financial position to spend this summer, and that could end up in a worryingly low finish.
Rodgers and Leicester have had little to smile about this summer
19. Bournemouth
Spent: £24.21m
Received: £0
Net spend: -£24.21m
Scott Parker's decision to call the Cherries 'under equipped' for the Premier League may have resulted in his sacking, but the 9-0 loss to Liverpool certainly didn't help.
The Bournemouth hierarchy clearly disagreed with his assessment, giving him cash to spend on Marcos Sensi and Marcus Tavernier.
18. Crystal Palace
Spent: £31.14m
Received: £4.91
Net spend: -£26m
Remember last summer when everyone thought Patrick Vieira was destined for failure? Well his complete squad restructure has worked miracles.
Palace boss Vieira appeared to prioritise youth and technique in the market, with Chris Richards from Bayern one arrival
The Arsenal legend allowed seven of his starting XI to leave for nothing and brought in a flood of new young talent, so this summer has just been about refining that.
Cheick Doucoure and Chris Richards, both 22, have continued the pattern and should help Vieira continue to impress.
17. Brighton
Spent: £43m
Received: £102.51
Net spend: +£59.49m
With the second largest profit this summer just behind Leicester you'd fully expect Brighton to struggle after losing key men Marc Cucurella, Yves Bissouma and Neal Maupay, but instead manager Graham Potter has got his side off to a fine start.
A few interesting names have been brought in, and if Potter can continue making players, they may soon be turned into an even bigger profit.
Brighton have lost Cucurella, but you wouldn't notice
16. Brentford
Spent: £45m
Received: £3m
Net spend: £42m
Much like Palace, it's been about stability for the Bees in their second season, but some interesting names have come in nonetheless.
After a relatively quiet summer last year upon promotion, Brentford have upped their spend with the highly-rated Championship star Keane Lewis-Potter, as well as Danish international Mikkel Damsgaard.
Damsgaard was a stand-out talent at the Euros and now Premier League fans will see even more of him
15. Fulham
Spent: £55.26m
Received: £18.81m
Net spend: -£36.45m
The team that trademarked the term 'doing a Fulham' have managed to avoid that upon their promotion back to the top flight. They've opted for quality over quantity.
The Cottagers got plenty of stick for their £100m spend on 12 players in 2018 but this year they've landed a huge coup in Joao Palhinha, while Issa Diop, Bernd Leno and Andreas Pereira are expected to become important players. Former Chelsea and Arsenal winger Willian signed for the club on deadline day.
Willian is back in the Premier League, joining Fulham from Corinthians
14. Southampton
Spent: £50.7m
Received: £0
Net spend: -£50.7m
The Saints have taken an interesting approach in signing top talent from Man City, and it's already paying off with Gavin Bazunu and Romeo Lavia impressing early on.
13. Aston Villa
Spent: £63m
Received: £37.8m
Net spend: -£25m
After a big spend last summer, Steven Gerrard was backed in January and has been able to add more this summer with Philippe Coutinho signing permanently for £18m, and the impressive signing of Diego Carlos from Sevilla despite plenty of competition. There was also a deadline day move for Leander Dendoncker from Wolves and Jan Bednarek from Southampton.
Unfortunately for Villa fans, though, Carlos looks like he will be out for the majority of the season, and Coutinho is yet to make the desired impact.
12. Everton
Spent: £78.48m
Received: £52.2m
Net spend: -£26.28m
A hefty £60m for Richarlison from Tottenham has allowed manager Frank Lamaprd to strengthen in areas of need, with Amadou Onana, Dwight McNeil, James Garner and Neal Maupay easing their current injury woes.
Everton beat off competition from Fulham and Forest to land Maupay
They also signed James Garner on a four-year deal at Everton
11. Liverpool
Spent: £81.2m
Received: £72.6m
Net spend: £-£8.64m
The signing of Darwin Nunez from Benfica could still be a game changer for Jurgen Klopp despite his early red card.
Midfield looked like the bigger issue for for the Reds' boss, but that was eased with the loan signing of Arthur Melo on deadline day.
Darwin Nunez was a marquee signing, but Liverpool also added Arthur, who joined on loan from Juventus
10. Leeds
Spent: £99.13m
Received: £97.38m
Net spend: -£1.75m
The Jesse Marsch revolution is in full swing at Elland Road, but it wouldn't be possible without the big money sales of Raphinha and Kalvin Phillips bringing in close to £100m.
That money has gone straight back out on a pair of US stars in Brenden Aaronson and Tyler Adams who are already impressing, along with a number of other buys.
9. Arsenal
Spent: £118.86m
Received: £21.42m
Net spend: -£97.44m
With a number of Mikel Arteta's 2021 signings hitting the mark, the Spaniard has been backed again and the early signs are looking very positive thanks to City recruits Jesus and Zinchenko.
Jesus has looked like an even better player at Arsenal
8. Newcastle
Spent: £122m
Received: £0
Net spend: -£122m
The Magpies spending has been reasonably restrained since their takeover by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, but the most recent signing of Alexander Isak could be a game changer.
The £60m striker should go right into the starting eleven alongside Sven Botman and Nick Pope, and it's hard to argue that any of those are bad value in today's market.
Isak could be the player that marks a defining moment in Newcastle's climb up the table
7. Wolves
Spent: £122.9m
Received: £51.39m
Net spend: -£71.5m
Wolves have had by far their biggest summer in the transfer market, and it's hard to blame them, signing a number of Champions League level talents who have been looked at by the Premier League's elite.
Matheus Nunes, Goncalo Guedes and Sasa Kalajdzic have all proved themselves worthy of the top of the table, so boss Bruno Lage will be delighted to have them in his stable.
Wolves had a productive summer and made it even better by filling their striker berth with Kalajdzic
6. Manchester City
Spent: £125.55m
Received: £143.91
Net spend +£18.36m
Erling Haaland's bargain release clause at Borussia Dortmund means City are in the green this summer despite signing a generational striker.
Kalvin Phillips was added to the £51m Norwegian as has Sergio Gomez, Julian Alvarez and Manuel Akanji, while key players Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko have all gone.
Manuel AKanji put pen to paper on a five-year deal at the Etihad on deadline day
5. Nottingham Forest
Spent: £145.76m
Received: £6.30m
Net spend: -£139.46m
Forest have gone all out upon their return to the Premier League with 21 signings adding up to almost £150m spent. It was almost 22 new players, but a deal for Michy Batshuayi fell through.
Incomings were a necessity with a number of starting eleven players either leaving or seeing their contracts expire, but it will be fascinating to see what manager Steve Cooper does with essentially a brand new team.
4. Tottenham
Spent: £152.91m
Received: £34.88m
Net spend: -£118m
Chairman Daniel Levy backed his manager this time and who can blame him? After the failure of the Jose Mourinho experiment, he has five-time title winner Antonio Conte in charge.
He hasn't been shy and signed Richarlison and Yves Bissouma to aid the club's Champions League return.
It shows how much faith Spurs' owners have in Conte that they were willing to spend big on a forward despite having one of the best front threes in the league
3. West Ham
Spent: £163.8m
Received: £16.2
Net spend -£147.7m
The Hammers haven't got off to the best start to the season, but it's not for the want of trying, with David Moyes clearly desperate to avoid any complacency after an incredible season last time out.
To do that he's spent huge money, most recently managing to land Brazil regular Lucas Paqueta for a fee that could be as much as £51m.
Paqueta has long been linked with Arsenal but West Ham instead got the Brazil regular
2. Manchester United
Spent: £214m
Received: £10.35m
Net spend -£203.8m
It came across rather uncontrolled and unplanned, but ultimately, Ten Hag can't have too many complaints about his summer window.
Antony and Casemiro were added late for big money, but in addition to Lisandro Martinez, Tyrell Malacia and Christian Eriksen, they seem to have a spine that could help them challenge.
It took a while but Ten Hag has been reunited with Antony after making him the third most expensive player in league history
Aubameyang, once of Arsenal, has joined Chelsea
1. Chelsea £242m spent
Spent: £251.9m
Received: £49.32m
Net spend: -£201.77m net spend
The Blues most recent £70m signing of Leicester's Wesley Fofana takes them over the top as Europe's top spenders this summer and Chelsea fans will be delighted to regain their prestige as the side who get big deals done.
It hasn't been without necessity either, with a disruptive 2022 seeing them lose starting defenders Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen before Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner said their farewells.
Sterling and Cucurella have joined Fofana along with Kalidou Koulibaly, Aubameyang and Denis Zakaria and with none of them coming cheap, manager Thomas Tuchel may have to get things clicking rather quickly.
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