So far this summer, Premier League teams have spent transfer fees of at least €35 million on 21 different players. And of those, 12 are joining from clubs outside of the Premier League.
The two most expensive signings of the summer -- Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike , both to Liverpool -- are coming from the Bundesliga . Arsenal 's two biggest signings, Martín Zubimendi and Viktor Gyökeres , were players from the top-flight leagues in Spain and Portugal, respectively. And two of Manchester City 's three major moves, Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki , brought in new contributors from Italy's Serie A and France's Ligue 1 .
If you've been following the Premier League for long enough, perhaps you read all of that and just started doing the thing reflexively: mockin