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Everton were one of only three Premier League clubs to make a profit in this summer's transfer window, according to figures released today.

The data, which looked at the summer spending of all 20 top flight sides, found that only three clubs were in profit on their summer dealings, with Southampton and Swansea joining the Goodison outfit in the black on transfers since July.

Everton signed five players; Idrissa Gueye (£7.2m), Dominic Calvert Lewin (£1.5m), Yannick Bolasie (£25m), Ashley Williams (£12m), and Martin Stekelenburg (£850,000). The figures are based on player trading only, and do not include the money which the club spent on hiring Ronald Koeman and Director of Football Steve Walsh.

They sold John Stones to Manchester City for £47m.

Swansea signed Leroy Fer, Tyler Reid, George Byers, Fernando Llorente, Borja Baston, and Alfie Mawson.

Heading out of the Liberty Stadium were; Ashley Williams (12m), Eder (£3.4m), Andre Ayew (£20.5m), and Alberto Paloschi. Undisclosed.

While Koeman's former club Southampton signed Nathan Redmond (£10m), Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (£12.5m), Alex McCarthy,Jeremy Pied, and Sofiane Boufal (£16m).

But sold Graziano Pelle to Shandong Luneng for £13m, Juanmi (£3.75m), Sadio Manel (£30m), Victor Wanyama (£11m).

The figures from spread-betting company Spreadex.com also reveal that the ‘Big Six’ – of Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Spurs – had a net spend of £519 million on players, exactly three times as much the rest of the league (£173 million) put together.

City and United account for over 40% of the total summer transfer spending in the Premier League this summer, with the Manc rivals having a net spend of £314 million between them – and have shelled out 46% and 38% of their annual turnover respectively – on players since July 1.

It also emerged that only a further four teams – Crystal Palace, Hull City, Liverpool and Sunderland – had a net transfer spend of less than 10% of revenue during this window.

And £1.2 billion was spent by Premier League clubs at an average of over £19 million per day, and that the 20 clubs had an average net spend of £34 million each over the summer.

The study also found that Southampton have made the largest profit from transfers this summer, with a healthy gain of just over £20 million, equating to 18% of their 2015 revenue.

And Burnley are the only club in the league not to make a single penny from selling players this summer.

Connor Campbell, Financial Analyst at Spreadex said: “Despite there being a well-documented increase in revenue for clubs this summer through increased TV revenues, the continued high level of summer spending by the Manchester clubs will raise some eyebrows.

"Amongst the teams outside the Big Six, there are many who are living within their means and not spending a high proportion of their revenues on summer transfers.

"However, fans of West Ham and Leicester may have some cause for concern, with those clubs having spent over the equivalent of 20% of their annual revenue this summer.”