Coventry City, Ipswich Town and Hull City have all invested significantly this summer in their respective bids to retain their Premier League status.
The three clubs have spent a combined total of about £400m, with Ipswich breaking Sunderland's £160m record for the most money spent by a newly promoted club by £11m.
The Sky Blues have signed 11 players, 10 permanent and one on loan - while five have left on season-long loans.
Their total expenditure is £126m, which is more than Burnley and Leeds United spent last summer - and significantly more than Ipswich and Southampton spent in the 2024-25 campaign.
In fact, only Aston Villa (2019-2020), Nottingham Forest (2022-23), Sunderland (2025-26), Ipswich and Hull City (this summer) have spent more in Premier League history.
The Sky Blues, like Ipswich and Hull, broke their transfer record fee four times in this window alone, with Ghana midfielder Caleb Yirenkyi now holding the club record after signing for £23.1m from Nordsjaelland.
But breaking club records was common across the Premier League, with 11 of the 20 clubs doing so this summer - six of them on more than one occasion.
Indeed, Premier League clubs have broken their all-time summer transfer record after spending reached £3.46bn combined.
Coventry's deadline day was significantly quieter than Ipswich and Hull City's.
They confirmed the season-long loan departures of Liam Kitching, Oliver Dovin and Raphael Borges Rodrigues, but there were no more arrivals.
Meanwhile, Hull finished their very busy window with six signings on Tuesday, bringing their final total to 18 new additions.
So Sergej Jakirovic is likely to have more of a headache choosing his 25-man squad than Frank Lampard.
Ipswich spent the most in their bid to avoid an immediate return to the Championship, with an overall outlay of £171m on 14 players.
They even spent more on new signings than the likes of Barcelona, AC Milan, Juventus and back-to-back European champions Paris St-Germain.
But no-one can say that Coventry City haven't tried this summer, with their total net spend ranking seventh out of all 20 Premier League clubs.
Time will tell if their quality over quantity approach has paid off.
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