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Manchester City are set to sign James Trafford for £27million
Manchester City will take their summer spending past the £150million mark when they complete their move for goalkeeper James Trafford.
The 22-year-old is set to re-join the Blues two years after departing for Burnley and compete with Ederson to be first choice for Pep Guardiola's side.
City have already spent £126m this summer with the Blues adding Rayan Ait-Nouri, Rayan Cherki and Tijjani Reijnders early in the window along with back up goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli. Teenage prospect Sverre Nypan has also moved to the Etihad.
That will move City into the top three of the biggest spenders of the summer, although Arsenal will jump above them when they complete a move for Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres.
City are currently fifth in the table of football's biggest spenders, just below Manchester United who have spent more than £130m.
The Reds added Bryan Mbeumo to their ranks, joining Matheus Cunha as the big money arrivals while Diego Leon has also arrived this summer. The trio have set United back £130.8m.
Liverpool lead the way having completed a £69m deal for Hugo Ekitike with their current tally at £269m. That puts the champions ahead of Chelsea, who have splashed out £211m on new arrivals, while Spanish giants Real Madrid have a summer outlay of £145.35m.
Arsenal have so far spent the sixth most (£137m) ahead of North London rivals Tottenham (£122m). Premier League new boys Sunderland, Spanish side Atletico Madrid, and Saudi Arabia club Al-Qadsiah round out the top 10.
The so-called top six in the Premier League have spent around £1billion since the start of the transfer window.
That total rises to £1.63bn when the rest of the top flight is taken into account with newly-promoted trio Sunderland, Burnley and Leeds United among the league's top 10 biggest spenders.
Of the 10 most expensive transfers this summer, eight are Premier League purchases with the outliers being Mateo Retegui's £56.3m switch from Atalanta to Al Qadsiah and Dean Huijsen's £50m switch to Real Madrid from Bournemouth.
The transfer window remains open until September 1, when it shuts at the earlier time of 7pm.
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