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A flurry of big-money moves before the transfer deadline took Premier League spending to the second-highest ever for a winter window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The likes of Luis Diaz, Bruno Guimaraes and Rodrigo Bentancur in the last few days of January left the league\u2019s gross spending at $399.99 million (\u00a3295 million) according to estimates from finance company Deloitte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is only the fifth time the \u00a3200m mark has been breached, with January 2018\u2019s \u00a3430m ($583m) figure out on its own but this season\u2019s figure is in line with the \u2018best of the rest\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The window two years ago accounted for \u00a3230m of spending, pipping 2011\u2019s then-record \u00a3225m total, while \u00a3215m was spent in January 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dan Jones, head of Deloitte\u2019s sports business group, said: \u201cThis transfer window indicates that the financial pressures of Covid on Premier League clubs are easing, with spending firmly back to pre-pandemic levels and remarkably among the highest we\u2019ve ever seen in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Premier League continues to lead the way globally, retaining its status as the world\u2019s biggest domestic football league in financial terms, once again supported by full stadia and securing strong overseas broadcast deals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOther large European leagues are also edging back to higher spending, but it is Premier League clubs that have notched up the largest total spend in this transfer window, spending almost \u00a3150m more than Serie A clubs, the closest competitor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initial \u00a337.5m fee Liverpool reportedly paid for Diaz is the highest of the window, narrowly ahead of Guimares\u2019 \u00a335m arrival at Newcastle who also paid \u00a325m for ex-Burnley striker Chris Wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucas Digne was another player to move for more than \u00a320m, from Everton to Aston Villa, while Bentancur\u2019s \u00a319m move to Tottenham stood out as the highest of deadline day.<\/p>\n

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