It sums up a wild Transfer Deadline Day that the British transfer record was matched in the final hours of the window. Enzo Fernandez's move from Chelsea to Manchester City completed an extraordinary summer in which spending went stratospheric. Premier League clubs spent more on players than in any transfer window in the sport's history.
City's spending reached £440m but they brought in £315m. Chelsea spent £342m and brought in even more. Money flowing in and out at unprecedented levels.
Fernandez embodies the escalation in microcosm. Three-and-a-half years ago, his signing for £106.8m was held up as an example of excess. Now, Chelsea have a profit.
Maybe the signings of this summer will be the bargains of tomorrow. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player And it was not just one or two clubs. The scale and depth was staggering.
Even beyond the record-breaking deals, Liverpool added goalkeeper-for-the-future Lucca Brughmans for a fee that could rise to £30m. This would match Borussia Dortmund's record signing. Brentford made a £40m signing, Brighton went as high as £50m.
Had Coventry City signed their players in a particular order this summer then they could have broken their transfer record on five separate occasions. Ipswich Town signed a World Cup winner. Fulham paid £34m for a Real Madrid striker.
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