It is said that the newly promoted team s transfer investment is overwhelming Liverpool

Sunderland shocked the football world: the newly promoted team's transfer investment beats Liverpool's 2025 summer transfer window. Sunderland, who has just been promoted to the Premier League, has become the most shocking team in English football. The Northeast club, known as the "Black Cats", had net transfer expenses exceeding defending champion Liverpool, which attracted widespread attention.

After officially signing 31-year-old left-back Arthur Masuaku, Sunderland's total number of signings this summer has reached 10. Masuaku signed a two-year contract with the team, with a transfer fee of 6 million euros. He formed the team's big signings with other new players - Enzo Lefe, Habib Diyala, Noah Sadiki, Renildo Mandava, Shemstin Talbi, Simon Adinggra, Granit Zaka, Robin Roves and Mark Giu.

Although Sunderland's total recruitment expenditure is about 145.5 million euros, ranking fifth in the Premier League, behind Manchester United, Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool, if the "net investment" (the cost of buying players minus the revenue of selling players), their expenditure (98.9 million euros) even exceeds Liverpool (97.38 million euros) and Chelsea (47.7 million euros), and is only lower than Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester City. Behind this amazing move is Sunderland's cautious financial management in the Championship in recent years. The lack of large-scale signings in the past three years has put the team in a financially favorable position and can easily meet the Premier League’s “Profit and Sustainability Rules” (PSR).

Led by coach Regis Lebris, Sunderland made full use of the huge income brought by returning to the Premier League and made large signings to build a competitive team. They not only set a record transfer fee for team history with £30 million, but also introduced well-known players such as Zachar and Adinggra, which clearly conveyed a signal: their goal is not just to relegation, but to leave a deep mark on the Premier League field next season.