Premier League records: Transfers

Depending who you believe, Arsenal are set to break their transfer record within the next few days with the acquisition of Spain international Santi Cazorla from Malaga.

Cazorla is set to arrive at the Emirates Stadium for a fee of around £16 million, which could potential rise to £20 million, and will overtake Andrey Arshavin as Arsenal's record signing.

The Gunners are unlikely to be the only Premier League side to break new ground in the transfer market this summer, with West Ham also intent to to trump their previous highest outlay.

With this in mind, GMF outlines the record transfers for every club in the Premier League…

ARSENAL

Andrey Arshavin

- Zenit St Petersburg to Arsenal, 2009

£15m

ASTON VILLA

Darren Bent

- Sunderland to Aston Villa, 2011

£18m (rising to £24m)

CHELSEA

Fernando Torres

- Liverpool to Chelsea, 2011

£50m

EVERTON

Marouane Fellaini

- Standard Liege to Everton, 2008

£15m

FULHAM

Steve Marlet

- Lyon to Fulham, 2001

£11.5m

LIVERPOOL

Andy Carroll

- Newcastle to Liverpool, 2011

£35m

 

MANCHESTER CITY

Sergio Aguero

- Atletico Madrid to Manchester City

£35m

MANCHESTER UNITED

Dimitar Berbatov

- Tottenham to Manchester United, 2008

£30.75m

NEWCASTLE UNITED

Michael Owen

- Real Madrid to Newcastle, 2005

£17m

NORWICH CITY

Robert Earnshaw

- West Bromwich Albion to Norwich City, 2006

£3.5m

QUEENS PARK RANGERS

Bobby Zamora

- Fulham to Queens Park Rangers, 2012

£5.1m

 

READING

Emerse Fae

- Nantes to Reading, 2007

£2.5m

SOUTHAMPTON

Jay Rodriguez

- Burnley to Southampton, 2012

£7m

STOKE CITY

Peter Crouch

- Tottenham Hotspur to Stoke City, 2011

£10m

SUNDERLAND

Asamoah Gyan

- Rennes to Sunderland, 2010

£13m

SWANSEA CITY

Danny Graham

- Watford to Swansea City, 2011

£3.5m

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Luka Modric

- Dinamo Zagreb to Tottenham Hotspur, 2008

£16.75m

WEST BROMWICH ALBION

Borja Valero

- RCD Mallorca to West Bromwich Albion, 2008

£4.7m

WEST HAM UNITED

Craig Bellamy

- Liverpool to West Ham United, 2007

£7.5m

WIGAN ATHLETIC

Mauro Boselli

- Estudiantes to Wigan Atheltic, 2010

£6.5m