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Leeds United flex their muscles to make statement among world football's big hitters

Leeds United were among the biggest spenders in world football during the summer transfer window.

They were one of five Premier League clubs to feature in the top 10, coming in fifth on the list overall.

Teams from Spain, Italy and Portugal also feature.

The list was compiled by football365, using figures taken from the transfermarkt website.

It has Leeds splashing out £94.68million over the summer to date - putting them ahead of the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and Benfica.

Only Juventus, Barcelona, Manchester City and Chelsea spent more on new signings.

The Premier League's main summer transfer window closed on Monday night, though top flights clubs can still do business with their EFL counterparts until October 16.

Here's a break-down of Leeds' transfer business, according to the figures: Rodrigo (£27m from Valencia), Diego Llorente (£18m from Real Sociedad), Helder Costa (£15,93m from Wolves), Raphina (£15.3m from Rennes), Robin Koch (£11.7m from Freiburg), Illan Meslier (£5.85m from Lorient) and Joe Gelhardt (£900,000 from Wigan Athletic).

And here's the top 10 biggest spenders in full...

10 Manchester United - £75.15m

9 Arsenal - £77.4m

8 Atletico Madrid - £81m

7 Inter Milan - £87.3m

6 Benfica - £85.65m

5 Leeds United - £94.68m

4 Juventus - £99.1m

3 Barcelona - £111.6m

2 Manchester City - £141.12m

1 Chelsea - £222.48m

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