Premier League clubs spent £382.8m on 21 permanent signings for disclosed fees during window; spending represents three-fold increase from last year; Man City spent league-high £176m on signings; Asto

Premier League clubs spent around £370m in the winter transfer window with Manchester City spending almost as much as the other 19 top-flight teams combined.

Manchester City easily topped the spending charts in the January transfer window with the signing of Spanish midfielder Nico Gonzalez on Deadline Day to complete a busy month for the ailing Premier League champions.

The winter transfer window is now closed for Premier League clubs and we have taken a look at the key takeaways from the past month

Premier League clubs spent £346.8m on 18 permanent signings for disclosed fees during window; spending represents three-fold increase from last year; Man City spent league-high £176m on signings; Asto

Premier League clubs spent approximately £370 million ($459m) in this past transfer window, with Manchester City paying out £180m ($223m), nearly as much as the other 19-top flight teams.

Gonzalez's arrival takes Manchester City's spending this window up to about £180m, compared to £177m for the other 19 teams in the Premier League combined. That's the second-highest spend in a winter window ever,

It has become apparent as the 24/25 season has progressed that Manchester City were set to rebuild their squad. That process began during the January transfer window. The process simply had to begin