The Premier League has broken its own transfer spending record after a chaotic final stretch of the transfer window produced a burst of last-minute deals.

Clubs across England's top flight collectively surpassed the previous benchmark for expenditure in a single window, underscoring the division's financial dominance over its European rivals.

The flurry of activity in the closing hours of the window pushed the total spend beyond any figure the league had recorded before, cementing the Premier League's status as the world's wealthiest football competition.