Transfer round-up: Have the Tigers done enough?
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Hull City, Ipswich Town and Coventry City have all invested significantly this summer in their respective bids to retain their Premier League status.
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The three clubs have spent a combined total of about £400m, with Ipswich breaking Sunderland's £160m record for the most money spent by a newly promoted club in the Premier League by £11m.
But it is the Tigers that have been the most active during the summer transfer window, signing 18 players in this window - six of them arriving on deadline day.
Their total expenditure is about £150m, which is more than Burnley and Leeds United spent last summer and significantly more than Ipswich and Southampton spent in the 2024-25 campaign.
In fact, only Aston Villa (2019-2020), Nottingham Forest (2022-23), Sunderland (2025-26) and Ipswich (this summer) have spent more in Premier League history.
Hull, like Ipswich and Coventry, broke their transfer record fee four times in this window alone, with Senegal defender Nobel Mendy now holding the club record after signing for £21m from Rayo Vallecano.
But breaking club records was common across the Premier League, with 11 of the 20 clubs doing so this summer - six of them on more than one occasion.
Indeed, Premier League clubs have broken their all-time summer transfer record after spending reached £3.46bn combined.
[BBC]Ipswich spent the most in their bid to avoid an immediate return to the Championship, with an overall outlay of £171m on 14 players.
They even spent more on new signings than the likes of Barcelona, AC Milan, Juventus and back-to-back European champions Paris St-Germain.
Hull City's spending is somewhat in the middle of Coventry's £126m and Ipswich's £171m, with the Tigers getting just over £13m from six player sales.
They have targeted youth this summer and players with a resale value - a strategy Coventry City have also employed.
While this means their squad has little Premier League experience, it does make business sense given the financial risks that relegation brings.
Time will tell if their approach to the market has paid off.
What do you make of Hull City's summer transfer business? Do you think they've done enough to be in with a chance of Premier League survival?