Premier League clubs set to break 1.2 billion pound record spend

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LONDON (Reuters) - Premier League clubs have spent more than 850 million pounds in this summer's transfer window and are on course to break their record, data released by website Sporting Intelligence showed on Monday.

With more than a month remaining before the close of transfer business on Aug. 31, English clubs are again proving to be Europe's heaviest spenders and will likely top the 1.165 billion pounds they lavished on new players last summer.