English Premier League clubs spent a record 1.4 billion pounds on players in a summer transfer window but were still living 'well within their means' according to figures published by football analysts Deloitte yesterday.

The window, which closed in England on Thursday, also saw teams from English football’s top tier set a new deadline day spending record of £210m. The late splurge took the league’s overall transfer spending figure since the very first transfer window in January 2003 past £10 billion.