15th - Nottingham Forest - £145m

I mean, where do you even start? This summer was always going to be tricky for Forest for two main reasons. They were promoted ahead of schedule, meaning that their squad last season was made up of mainly lower-mid level Championship players, with a handful good enough to compete at the upper end of the division or even the Premier League. 

Secondly, the ones who were in the previous two categories were generally on loan from Premier League teams, namely James Garner, Keinan Davis and Philip Zinckernagl, while Djed Spence was borrowed from Middlesbrough and Brice Samba’s untimely departure was all but confirmed as early as July. This meant that, rightly or wrongly, Forest had to strengthen this summer - and strengthen they most certainly have.

A staggering 21 players coming through the door isn’t all that uncommon for the Midlanders - given that more than 100 players have now been signed since the summer of 2017. But they’re back in the big time - every move will be scrutinised more than previously, especially as people believe they have seen this all before.