Transfers: International spending record broken as clubs hit new £6.51bn high

Moises Caicedo's £115m determination to Chelsea broke the British transportation record

The planetary grounds for transportation spending successful a azygous model has been breached this summer.

Premier League outlay has reached £2.1bn truthful far, rendering it the highest-spending part by far.

The model remains open, and Premier League teams tin marque signings until 11pm BST connected 1 September.

Total spending successful Saudi Arabia is presently astatine £728m, putting the Saudi Pro League 2nd connected this summer's list, up of the £682m Italy's Serie A clubs person parted with.

German Bundesliga clubs person spent £598m truthful far, with France's Ligue 1 astatine £594m and Spain's La Liga astatine £342m.

Saudi Arabia's affluent Public Investment Fund took power of 4 of the nation's apical teams - Al-Ittihad, Al-Nassr, Al-Hilal and Al-Ahli - earlier this year, portion large wealth transfers person besides been made involving the gulf state's different apical formation sides.

Neymar, Allan Saint-Maximin and Jordan Henderson are among the players who person moved to Saudi Arabia connected lucrative contracts.

The British transportation grounds was breached earlier successful August erstwhile Chelsea secured a woody worthy up to £115m for Brighton's Ecuadorian midfielder Moises Caicedo.