Barcelona smash Florentino Perez's Real Madrid spending record Barcelona Over €300 million in one season

By completing the signing of Philippe Coutinho for 120 million euros, with another 40m euros in variables, Barcelona have broken the record for the most money spent in one season in world football.

Their figure stands at 312.5m euros, beating the 257.4m euros spent by Florentino Perez and Real Madrid in 2009/10 when he brought Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and others to Spain.

It is a controversial figure, given that Paris Saint-Germain would far overtake even the Catalans' spending if their signing of Kylian Mbappe was included in this season.

In order to avoid Financial Fair Play punishments, that deal is a loan this season with an obligatory purchase agreement of 150m euros, which will go into next seasons account.

As such, the Parisians have only officially spent 238m euros this season, almost entirely on Neymar.

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City aren't far behind, with their 249.3m euros of spending firing them to the top of the Premier League.

Barcelona's outlay has been mostly on two players, Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele (105m euros), but the likes of Paulinho (40m euros), Nelson Semedo (30.5m euros), Gerard Deulofeu (12m euros) and Marlon Santos (5m euros) also adding to the total.

The club may be leading the LaLiga table by some distance, but they are also clear leaders in the spending stakes, and could see that gap increase further with the signing of Colombian defender Yerry Mina.