Premier League clubs are usually associated with spending heavily in the transfer market, but this summer several have been making as much noise through their sales. Aston Villa, Manchester City and Newcastle United have already moved into the all-time top six for transfer income generated in a single window, with Monaco's 360m euros haul from 2018-19 now within reach.

Monaco's record was built around several major departures, most notably Kylian Mbappe's 180m euros move to Paris St-Germain, while Thomas Lemar joined Atletico Madrid for 72m euros and Fabinho moved to Liverpool for 45m euros. On 26 August, according to Transfermarkt, Villa have brought in 293.1m euros (£251m) from departures this summer, City 278.6m euros and Newcastle 275.5m euros.

Villa lead the race, with Morgan Rogers' £117m (138m euros) move to Chelsea accounting for a significant chunk. Their summer trading has left them with the strongest positive transfer balance in the Premier League, despite a Uefa fine for breaching squad-cost rules. Manchester City could overtake them, having generated 278.5m euros from sales, with further departures possible before the deadline.