Huge sums of money were spent during the summer transfer window as clubs got their teams ready for the new season.

Plenty of sides left it late to sign players on deadline day with the likes of West Ham landing four signings, and Watford getting in three new additions.

But who were the biggest spenders across Europe this summer? talkSPORT takes a look.

Click the right arrow to find out who spent the most money…

*All figures are from www.transfermarkt.co.uk

20 20. Barcelona – £35.70m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – Yep, you read it right. Despite being banned from signing players, the Spanish side managed to spend money with Aleix Vidal and Arda Turan signing for the club. It should be pointed out they get around the ban by not playing their new boys until the end of the sanction.

20 19. Southampton – £35.98m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – After two years of seeing their squad plundered its understandable Ronald Koeman invested in several new players, including Jordy Clasie from Feyenoord.

20 18. Wolfsburg – £38.64m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – Late moves for Dante and Julian Draxler, which were funded by Kevin De Bruynes departure, pushed the Bundesliga sides spending up.

20 17. Bayer Leverkusen – £40.60m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – The Bundesliga side have strengthened across the board with new defenders in Kyriakos Papadopoulos and Jonathan Tah, while their midfield and frontline were boosted by the arrivals of Kevin Kampl, Charles Aranguiz and Javier Hernandez.

20 16. Aston Villa – £46.52m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – Having spent barely any money over the last few years, the Villans have finally gone on a spree. Tim Sherwood has scoured for Europe for exciting young players and landed Rudy Gustede from Blackburn Rovers.

20 15. Newcastle United – £48.69m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – Steve McClarens continental experience has seen him splash the cash on four European stars. No expense was spared as he brought in Aleksandar Mitrovic, Georginio Wijnaldum, Florian Thauvin and Chancel Mbemba.

20 14. Tottenham – £50.40m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – Spurs summer spending would have been plenty higher had they signed Saido Berahino, instead Heung-Min Son represents their biggest business.

20 13. Chelsea – £57.89m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – The Blues made several small moves this summer to supplement the arrivals of Baba Abdul-Rahman and Pedro, these eventually pushed their outgoings up above £50m.

20 12. Monaco – £59.01m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – Having shifted a huge £112.28m worth of players its understandable the French side spent plenty of money to replace the stars they lost. Even so, they didnt spend any more than £11m on one player.

20 11. Bayern Munich – £60.20m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – They didnt need many improvements but the Bavarian behemoth still brought in Arturo Vidal and Douglas Costa, along with some smaller signings like Sven Ulreich and Joshua Kimmich from Stuttgart.

20 10. Inter Milan – £60.52m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – The Serie A side are looking to return themselves to their former glory and have gone about it by chucking money at the problem. Geoffrey Kondogbia was their biggest signing of the window.

20 9. Real Madrid – £62.65m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – Had David De Gea actually completed his move this would have been a little different, but not much. There was no massive transfer move you would usually associate with Los Blancos, there could be more next year.

20 8. AC Milan – £63.68m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – The Italian side, just like their city rivals, have spent to put right their recent decline. Their biggest outlay was on Sevilla striker Carlos Bacca, and has already got on the scoresheet for his new club.

20 7. Liverpool – £78.34m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – The Red coughed up the full £32.5m to land striker Christian Benteke, while Roberto Firmino cost a further £28.7m. It was an overhaul they needed after last seasons regression.

20 6. Paris Saint-Germain – £81.27m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – The French giants move for Angel di Maria was their biggest signing of the summer, costing them a massive £44.1m. The rest of their moves were fairly cheap, although Layvin Kurzawa was signed for £17.5m.

20 5. Juventus – £89.18m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – Paulo Dybala was the Turin sides biggest transfer in as they look to bolster a team which has lost some big stars, like Carlos Tevez. Alex Sandro and Mario Mandzukic are among the men joining Dybala at Juventus.

20 4. Atletico Madrid – £97.65m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – Diego Simeone has done plenty of business this summer over in Spain with the money earned from deals for Toby Alderweireld, Mario Mandzukic, and Arda Turan. Jackson Martinez joins from Porto for £24.5m, Stefan Savic cost them £17.5m, while they also re-signed Filipe Luis from Chelsea.

20 3. Manchester United – £97.75m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – Anthony Martials move to Old Trafford saw the Red Devils spending shoot up on deadline day. His £35m was £10m above their next most expensive move, a £24m deal for Morgan Schneiderlin, and add to that Memphis Depay, Matteo Darmian and Bastian Schweinsteiger and thats a lot of wonga spent.

20 2. Valencia – £99.40m – Click right to see who spent the most money… – This one is bit surprising. The Spanish side made lots of loan deals permanent this summer which has seen them sign Alvaro Negredo, Rodrigo, Andre Gomes, Joao Cancelo, while Aymen Abdennour was also bought.