Europe’s top 10 biggest spenders in 2024 summer window includes four Premier League clubs

The 2024 summer transfer window is open and rumours are rife. There have already been plenty of confirmed deals and we have the top 10 biggest-spending clubs in Europe for you right here.

All fees and figures are taken from Transfermarkt …

The biggest-spending clubs in Europe this summer

10) Atalanta – £26.3m
The Europa League winners have celebrated by making Charles De Ketelaere’s loan from Milan permanent, while randomly taking Ben Godfrey off Everton’s hands.

9) Newcastle United – £27.5m
The Magpies have kicked off their summer business by signing Lewis Hall from Chelsea for £27.5m and Lloyd Kelly on a free transfer from Bournemouth.

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8) Bayer Leverkusen – £27.9m
The German champions have signed Aleix Garcia from Girona and French teenager Jeanuel Belocian from Rennes.

7) Brentford – £27.9m
The Bees spent big bucks on Club Brugge striker Igor Thiago in the biggest indication that Ivan Toney will leave.

6) Bayern Munich – £33.8m
It looks like being a busy summer in Munich with Michael Olise set to join from Crystal Palace to take Bayern up to first on this list.

5) Bournemouth – £35.7m
Look at little ol’ Bournemouth sandwiched in between a couple of European juggernauts.

Luis Sinisterra and Enes Unal have joined permanently, while ‘highly-rated goalkeeper’ Alex Paulsen has been purchased from Wellington Phoenix. Bournemouth’s words, not ours.

4) Real Madrid – £41.5m
The most significant signing that will be made all summer is Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid, but that was a free transfer so does not count towards the European champions’ official spending figures. Joselu – who is leaving – has officially been purchased from Espanyol and Brazilian wonderkid Endrick has been bought for 47.5m euros.

3) Juventus – £42.35m
The Douglas Luiz fee alone bumps Juventus towards the top of a list of biggest spenders, like they aren’t a perennial financial dumpster fire.

2) Inter – £42.8m
The early pacesetters are Italian champions Inter, who have made the loan signings of Marko Arnautovic, Carlos Augusto and Davide Frattesi permanent.

1) Aston Villa – £61.5m
What better way to prepare for a first season of Champions League football than by signing a Champions League runner-up? Ian Maatsen had an abysmal 10 minutes in that final defeat to Real Madrid but is a fine addition, alongside PSR fan Lewis Dobbin and the returning Cameron Archer.

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