Thousands of deals and $8 billion-plus in transfer fees later, the entertaining 2025 summer transfer has officially come to a close, even if a few lingering deal sheets mean a handful of teams will be working past the deadline. With most of the business complete across Europe's top five leagues, though, out goes the time for deal-making and in comes the time to judge how these teams went about their business.
Attacking talent was clearly top of mind for some of Europe's most notable clubs, with Liverpool leading the pack by spending $565 million on summer signings, most of it on goalscorers, including deadline day arrival Alexander Isak . Each of England's traditional top six, though, dipped into the continental market to bring new standouts to the Premier League, inspiring a cha