Overview
- Clubs confirmed the deadline-day transfers on Tuesday when Manchester City agreed to sign Enzo Fernández from Chelsea for £125 million and buy Iliman Ndiaye from Everton for about £65 million.
- Fernández’s fee equals the British transfer record and reunites him with manager Enzo Maresca as City press a near-complete squad overhaul that came with very heavy summer outlays.
- Newcastle strengthened its attack by signing Matias Fernandez-Pardo from Lille for roughly £51–55 million and sent Nick Woltemade to Juventus on a season-long loan.
- Deadline-day business featured a string of linked, last-minute deals, loans with options or obligations and collapsed replacement moves such as Chelsea’s reported failure to sign Lamine Camara and Everton’s aborted Balogun transfer.
- The window closed with Premier League spending reported at a record total of about £3.46 billion, leaving reshaped squads to be judged on the pitch and keeping an eye on further moves in leagues that remain open, such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia.