So much for Covid-19 and the caution it engendered checking the financial abandon of Premier League clubs. The only thing that is contagious this summer is the spending bug.
When Wolves complete the £38million club-record signing of Portugal midfielder Matheus Nunes this week, it will take the division's total outlay past £1.4billion.
To give that figure some context, it beats the combined spend of La Liga (£371million), the Bundesliga (£424m) and Serie A (£559m).
There are still two weeks of the window to run, meaning a new Premier League record in excess of the £1.