And that’s a wrap as far as international transfers are concerned – until January anyway.
Premier League clubs attempted to overcome the difficulties in making new signings in these strange times.
Some did better than others, while one club in particular had no problem splashing the cash.
Werner was prolific in his native Germany, scoring 34 goals in all competitions last season and Chelsea moved to secure his services for this term
Thomas Partey finally joined Arsenal from Atletico Madrid
Kai Havertz completed a £71million move to Chelsea and was part of the club’s huge spree that saw more than £200m spent, while Manchester City splashed out £62m on Benfica defender Ruben Diaz.
In total there were 105 new additions to the Premier League and Wolves, Aston Villa and Leeds United joined the big spenders.
Here, talkSPORT.com takes you through the most expensive deals of the summer.
The 20 most expensive signings made by Premier League clubs this summer
20. Allan (Napoli to Everton) £22m
=. Edouard Mendy (Rennes to Chelsea) £22m
Goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has joined Chelsea from Rennes
18. Diego Llorente (Real Sociedad to Leeds) £22m
17. Rhian Brewster (Liverpool to Sheffield United) £23.5m
16. Timothy Castagne (Atalanta to Leicester) £25m
Leeds have spent big on Rodrigo following their Premier League return
15. Rodrigo (Valencia to Leeds) £26m
14. Gabriel Magalhaes (Lille to Arsenal) £27m
13. Nelson Semedo (Barcelona to Wolves) £27.6m
Ollie Watkins has become Aston Villa’s record signing
12. Ollie Watkins (Brentford to Aston Villa) £28m
11. Wesley Fofana (St Etienne to Leicester) £32m
10. Fabio Silva (Porto to Wolves) £35m
9. Hakim Ziyech (Ajax to Chelsea) £36m
Man United have signed Doony van de Beek from Ajax for £40m
8. Donny van de Beek (Ajax to Manchester United) £40m
7. Nathan Ake (Bournemouth to Manchester City) £41m
5. Ben Chilwell (Leicester to Chelsea) £45m
=. Diogo Jota (Wolves to Liverpool) £45m=. Thomas Partey (Atletico Madrid to Arsenal) £45m
Diogo Jota joined Liverpool from Wolves in a deal that could rise up to £45million
3. Timo Werner (RB Leipzig to Chelsea) £48m
2. Ruben Dias (Benfica to Man City) £62m
1. Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea) £71m
Chelsea have signed Germany star Kai Havertz for £71million
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