Yet another club transfer record has been smashed this January window with Crystal Palace signing striker Jorge Strand Larsen from Wolves for a fee of £48m.
With transfer fees rising up and up in recent years, it’s unsurprising that most Premier League clubs routinely break their own record transfer fees.
Indeed, Palace achieved the feat twice in January, with Strand Larsen joining just weeks after Brennan Johnson moved to Selhurst Park from Tottenham Hotspur for £35m.
Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea lead the way in terms of the most expensive single signings as the only three clubs to breach £100m. But even the clubs in the lower reaches of the top-flight have been known to splash the cash in recent years.
Some of these deals have been more than worth the money, while others have been a complete waste of time and resources.
So who is the record signing at every Premier League club? We’ve listed them below and labelled each HIT or MISS.
Arsenal – Declan Rice
Fee: £100m
Bought from: West Ham
Verdict: HIT
Arsenal broke the £100m mark in July 2023 to bring in Declan Rice from West Ham United and the midfielder has helped transform the Gunners into genuine title challengers. The England international He was voted the club’s Player of the Season in 2024/25 and was also selected in the Champions League Team of the Season with a stunning brace against Real Madrid grabbing the headlines. The 27 year old looks set to finally add some silverware to his impressive CV at the club in the 2025/26 season.
Aston Villa – Amadou Onana
Fee: £50m
Bought from: Everton
Verdict: HIT
Belgian international Onana is not always a player to grab the headlines but is a dependable presence and has contributed well when available both in and out of possession since moving to Villa Park. At just 24 he still has time to develop further, too.
Bournemouth – Evanilson
Fee: £31.7m
Bought from: Porto
Verdict: MISS
It might feel harsh to rate a striker who scored ten goals for a midtable club in his first season in the Premier League as a miss – but this season Evanilson has managed just five goals in 22 appearances and has been outshone by 19 year old Eli Junior Kroupi. The Brazilian hasn’t been able to bring his team-mates into play much either, registering just one assist in his first 52 Premier League appearances.
Brentford – Dango Outtarra
Fee: £42.5m
Bought from: Bournemouth
Verdict: Jury is (still) out
The £42.5m fee that Brentford paid Bournemouth to acquire Dango Outtarra in the summer of 2025 raised a few eyebrows, but the 23 year old has turned in a handful of fine performances so far to help the Bees perform above expectations in the Premier League. However, consistency is still lacking and he’s yet to truly secure his position as a key player in the starting eleven.
Brighton – Georginio Rutter
Fee: £40m
Bought from: Leeds
Verdict: HIT
One of two players to appear twice in this list, Georginio Rutter has been an effective forward for the Seagulls with his direct dribbling and ability to find gaps in an opposition backline. The 23 year old has contributed with goals and assists and at just 23 remains a potential sellable asset for the Seagulls.
Burnley – Lesley Ogochukwu
Fee: £25m
Bought from: Chelsea
Verdict: MISS
It’s not been a great start to Lesley Ogochukwu’s career at Burnley. The 21 year old midfielder has failed to register an assist and averages just 0.3 key passes and 0.3 completed dribbles per 90 so far after joining from Chelsea in the summer of 2025. At such a young age however, time is on his side.
Chelsea – Enzo Fernandez
Fee: £106.8m
Bought from: Benfica
Verdict: HIT
Breaking the £100m mark, Todd Boehly really laid down a marker of his intent with some big-money signings early on in his reign. Enzo Fernandez was acquired in January 2023 after helping Argentina win the World Cup, and has been a consistent star of this Chelsea outfit for the most part since.
Crystal Palace – Jorgen Strand Larsen
Fee: £48m
Bought from: Wolves
Verdict: Jury’s out
The most recent transfer on this list, Jorgen Strand Larsen only joined Crystal Palace from Wolves in the January window for a record fee of £48m – just a matter of weeks after the Eagles had already smashed their record transfer fee in order to bring in Brennan Johnson from Tottenham.
Everton – Gylfi Sigurdsson
Fee: £45m
Bought from: Swansea City
Verdict: MISS
The Icelandic international never really justified his bumper price tag during four seasons at Goodison Park, in which Everton just hovered around mid table. It’s been a long time since the Toffees were willing to part with such a big transfer fee.
Fulham – Kevin
Fee: £34.6m
Bought from: Marseille
Verdict: HIT
There’s plenty of time for Kevin to turn this verdict around given that he’s aged just 23 and has only been a Premier League player for a short time, but he’s yet to really justify the £34.6m price tag since arriving from Shakhtar Donetsk.
Leeds – Georginio Rutter
Fee: £36m
Bought from: Leeds
Verdict: HIT
The pressure of trying to avoid relegation and then in turn trying to win promotion back to the Premier League was tough for a young Georginio Rutter at Leeds, but his ball progression and direct style did win the Elland Road faithful over for the most part. With the Whites still languishing in the Championship they decided to cash in on him in the summer of 2024.
Liverpool – Alexander Isak
Fee: £125m
Bought from: Newcastle United
Verdict: Jury is (still) out
It would be tempting to dismiss Alexander Isak’s British record transfer fee move to Liverpool as a miss already given the size of the fee. However, the Swedish striker has suffered from injuries and with the quality he showed during his time at Newcastle United, it would be unwise to dismiss him so soon.
Man City – Jack Grealish
Fee: £100m
Bought from: Aston Villa
Verdict: MISS
It may seem harsh to dismiss Jack Grealish’ Manchester City career as a miss given that he won the treble with the club but in reality for the huge outlay, the ex-Aston Villa man ultimately disappointed overall. He now finds himself out on loan at Everton having fallen down the pecking order at the Etihad Stadium.
Man United – Paul Pogba
Fee: £89m
Bought from: Juventus
Verdict: MISS
Pogba endured a turbulent second spell at Manchester United. He showed flashes of genuine world-class midfield play and turned in some match-winning performances. But for the fee couriered to Turin for his signature, he never really justified the price tag. Too many inconsistent displays and injury issues ultimately proved his downfall before he left to return to Juve.
Newcastle – Alexander Isak
Fee: £63m
Bought from: Real Sociedad
Verdict: HIT
Isak was a genuine world class talent during his time at Newcastle and although his relationship with the club ended on a sour note, the Magpies were able to bring in a huge transfer fee in relation to his sale to Liverpool. He left St James’ Park having found the net 62 times in 109 appearances in all competitions.
Nottingham Forest – Morgan Gibbs-White
Fee: £42.5m
Bought from: Wolves
Verdict: HIT
Eyebrows were raised when Nottingham Forest splurged on MGW, but he has ultimately proved to be a key player in the club’s rise from survival strugglers to Europa League challengers. The City Ground has been like a revolving door over the last few years as players came and went at an extraordinary rate. A large chunk have flopped, but Gibbs-White has been a beacon of consistency throughout all of it, despite his near-sale to Tottenham Hotspur last summer.
Sunderland – Habib Diarra
Fee: £30m
Bought from: Strasbourg
Verdict: MISS
Another player who still has time to turn things around, Habib Diarra’s Sunderland career has not exactly gone to plan thus far. While the Black Cats have defied expectations in the Premier League, the 22 year old midfielder has started just five league matches and failed to show the kind of form that made him a star at Strasbourg in Ligue 1.
Tottenham – Tanguy Ndombele
Fee: £54m
Bought from: Lyon
Verdict: MISS
Tanguy Ndombele showed flashes of occasional genius during his 63 Premier League games at Tottenham Hotspur, but all too often the pace and physicality of the league proved too much for him. After unsuccessful loan spells at Lyon, Galatasaray and Napoli he left Spurs on a free transfer in the summer of 2024.
West Ham – Lucas Paqueta
Fee: £50m
Bought from: Lyon
Verdict: HIT
West Ham paid an initial £36.5m for Paqueta from Lyon, which is below the £45m they paid for Sebastien Haller, but his signing was described as a “club record signing” and his price tag stretched to £50m in add-ons. He helped the club win the UEFA Conference League in 2023 and was generally their most potent creative threat over his three and a half years with the Hammers before he moved back to Brazil to join Flamengo in 2026.
Wolves – Matheus Cunha
Fee: £44m
Bought from: Atletico Madrid
Verdict: HIT
Having replaced his namesake Matheus Nunes as Wolves’ most expensive signing in 2023, Cunha was Wolves’ stand-out player during his time at the club, racking up 27 goals in 65 appearances after making his move from Atletico Madrid permanent. The Midlands club made a considerable profit on the Brazilian too, selling him to Manchester United in the summer of 2025 for £62.5m.