Watford's league rivals not spending big this summer

And 10 of the teams, Watford being one of them, have so far paid less than £1m in transfer fees during the transfer window.

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The biggest spenders, by some way, have been relegated Burnley, although the large bulk of the £31.1m they have handed over has been to make loan deals permanent.

Missing out on promotion led Leeds United to sell almost £100m of players, including Archie Gray to Tottenham, Crysencio Summerville to West Ham and Luis Sinisterra to Bournemouth for combined fees of £80m.

So far there have been more 50 players signed by Championship clubs on free transfers, with an average of almost one loan signing per club as well.

All the information was taken from the football data website, transfermarkt.co.uk, and was correct as of 10am on August 6, 2024.

Blackburn

Spent: £2.7m

Players in: 6

Most expensive: £1.5m, Makhtar Gueye (RWD Molenbeek)

Received: £2.4m

Players out: 5

Bristol City

Spent: £5.5m

Players in: 3

Most expensive: £3.5m, Fally Mayulu (Rapid Vienna)

Received: £0

Players out: 7

Burnley

Spent: £31.1m

Players in: 6

Most expensive: £15.5m, Mike Tresor (KRC Genk)

Received: £8.5m

Players out: 5

Hertha Berlin's Wilfried Kanga has joined Cardiff on loan for a fee of £430,000. (Image: Action Images)

Cardiff City

Spent: £430,000

Players in: 4

Most expensive: £430,000 (loan fee), Wilfried Kanga (Hertha Berlin)

Received: £915,000

Players out: 4

Coventry City

Spent: £10.9m

Players in: 5

Most expensive: £5m, Jack Rudoni (Huddersfield)

Received: £0

Players out: 4

Derby County

Spent: £1.6m

Players in: 7

Most expensive: £915,000, Ebou Adams (Cardiff City)

Received: £0

Players out: 7

Hull City

Spent: £4.5m

Players in: 3

Most expensive: £4.5m, Ryan Giles (Luton)

Received: £35m

Players out: 16

Leeds United

Spent: £15.2m

Players in: 4

Most expensive: £10.1m, Joe Rodon (Tottenham)

Received: £99.6m

Players out: 17

Luton Town

Spent: £0

Players in: 2

Most expensive: n/a

Received: £9.6m

Players out: 10

Middlesbrough

Spent: £5.5m

Players in: 3

Most expensive: £3.2m, Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew)

Received: £0

Players out: 5

Prolific scorer Macaulay Langstaff has joined Millwall. (Image: PA)

Millwall

Spent: £700,000

Players in: 4

Most expensive: £700,000, Macaulay Langstaff (Notts County)

Received: £0

Players out: 2

Norwich City

Spent: £4.7m

Players in: 3

Most expensive: £3.1m, Jose Cordoba (Levski Sofia)

Received: £18.4m

Players out: 7

Oxford United

Spent: £1.6m

Players in: 11

Most expensive: £700,000, Peter Kioso (Rotherham)

Received: £0

Players out: 8

Plymouth Argyle

Spent: £340,000

Players in: 6

Most expensive: £340,000, Kornel Szucs (Kecskemet)

Received: £0

Players out: 7

Portsmouth

Spent: £300,000

Players in: 8

Most expensive: £300,000, Elias Sorensen (Esbjerg)

Received: £0

Players out: 12

Preston North End

Spent: £710,000

Players in: 2

Most expensive: £710,000, Stefan Teitur Thordarson (Silkeborg)

Received: £0

Players out: 5

QPR

Spent: £3m

Players in: 6

Most expensive: £1.7m, Zan Celar (FC Lugano)

Received: £2.5m

Players out: 14

Sheffield United

Spent: £4.6m

Players in: 5

Most expensive: £3m, Harrison Burrows (Peterborough)

Received: £23.2m

Players out: 14

Sheffield Wednesday

Spent: £917,000

Players in: 9

Most expensive: £515,000, Olaf Kobacki (Arka Gdynia)

Received: £0

Players out: 8

Sam Gallagher has left Blackburn to sign for Stoke. (Image: PA)

Stoke City

Spent: £3.4m

Players in: 5

Most expensive: £1.5m, Sam Gallagher (Blackburn)

Received: £0

Players out: 7

Sunderland

Spent: £0

Players in: 4

Most expensive: n/a

Received: £0

Players out: 6

Swansea City

Spent: £2.7m

Players in: 4

Most expensive: £1.8m, Goncalo Franco (Moreirense)

Received: £3m

Players out: 7

Watford

Spent: £230,000

Players in: 5

Most expensive: £230,000, Rocco Vata (Celtic)

Received: £10.3m

Players out: 4

West Brom

Spent: £515,000

Players in: 5

Most expensive: £515,000, Torbjorn Heggem (Brommapojkarna)

Received: £4.5m

Players out: 13