Tottenham's heavy spending has been well documented, with Roberto De Zerbi's side shelling out £334m on the likes of Mateus Fernandes, Savio, Omar Marmoush and Sandro Tonali.
The day, for Malick Fofana, started with Arsenal, on the hunt for a left winger, registering their interest. It ended with him signing for Sunderland, and had plenty in between.
It was shortly before 5pm on Tuesday when Enzo Fernandez was cleared to do a Manchester City medical. A cynic might suggest he wasn't the only one who required extensive testing.
It was rather telling that Matias Fernandez-Pardo was Newcastle United's final signing of a rollercoaster summer. On the same afternoon, Newcastle announced that towering club-record signing Nick Woltemade had finalised his loan move to Juventus, having only joined the club last summer. Captain Bruno Guimaraes was among a handful of key players to leave, while eight new signings arrived, as Newcastle's records for spending and sales in a single window were both smashed.
Under Enzo Maresca at Chelsea, Enzo Fernandez helped the club win the 2025 Europa Conference League and the Club World Cup later that summer but noises emerged at the start of this year about him wanting to leave. It began once Maresca left Stamford Bridge in January and two months later, following Chelsea's Champions League exit, Fernandez said he did not know whether he would be at the club next season.
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