Biggest winners and losers of record-breaking transfer window

ENGLISH Premier League clubs shattered their transfer spending record this transfer window, with Monday's deadline day one of the most dramatic in the league's history.

- ROWAN CALLAGHAN

Spending topped £3bn by the time the window shut at 7pm in the UK, according to Sky Sports News, boosted in large part by Liverpool's record £125m deadline-day fee for Newcastle striker Alexander Isak.

In fact, it was a transfer window when some of Europe’ top marksmen grabbed a lot of the attention as Premier League clubs flexed their considerable financial muscle.

Others, however, will breathe a heavy sigh of relief that the madness is over, with the horse trading leaving a number of clubs decimated and worse off than they were last season.

BIGGEST WINNERS: LIVERPOOL

The defending champions were quick out of the blocks with their transfer spending, going big to land coveted young German attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz and striker Hugo Eki-tike, along with defensive reinforcements Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong.