With the summer transfer window shutting on September 1st at 11pm, the top teams in the English Premier League shelled out some serious cash in a record breaking effort. The search for new talent carried on late in to the night, and was fruitful for a number of the top flight clubs. Check out the biggest spenders in this English Premier League season’s record breaking 2014-15 Summer transfer window total spending….

2014-15 Premier League Transfer Window Stats

So the 2014-15 transfer window saw an increase in spending from £535 million last season, to £830 million as of 1 AM this morning.

A total of £530 million went to overseas clubs, £240 million went to Premier League sides, and the remaining £65 million went to football league sides.

Manchester United’s £153 million splash was the biggest ever recorded for a Premier League side, and £59.7 million of that was to Real Madrid for their former winger Angel Di Maria.

Liverpool came in second for the spending this season, with a £117 million total tally, and Chelsea were third with £91.3 million spent. Take a look at the last ten years English Premier League transfer spends, courtesy of the BBC….

2014-15 in the English Premier League has been a very expensive season, and here are the players who contributed to the fact…

Will the biggest signings of the year prove their worth at the top flight clubs who paid for them? One thing is for sure, Angel Di Maria has a lot of work to do at Manchester United.