Three weeks before the closing of the transfer window, the spending of the clubs of the English Premier League on new players has exceeded one billion pounds.

The most active in the transfer market is Manchester City, which has already parted with 218 million pounds.

Further on, the list of the most extravagant is followed by Manchester United (145, 8 million pounds) and Chelsea (130.4 million).

It is noteworthy that the fourth place is not so popular Everton. By this point, "toffee" has already managed to shell out for 94.9 million (obviously, the sale of Romel Lukaku to Manchester United untied the hands of the Mersisayds).

It is worth noting that among the clubs of the Premier League there are also those who have not spent a single penny in the current transfer window - they are Stoke City and Tottenham.

As for the players, the most expensive in the current off-season is the transfer of the same Romel Lukaku from Everton to Manchester United. The deal cost the "red devils" of 84.7 million pounds. The second is the transfer of Alvaro Morata from Real Madrid to Chelsea. For the Spanish striker Londoners have paid 65 million pounds.

Closes the honorary troika of the newly defended Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy. The transition of the Frenchman from Monaco cost "citizens" 57.5 million pounds.

Earlier Football. Ua acquainted readers with a list of top 20 most expensive shuttle transfers this summer.