Record breakers: How the top transfer was smashed at YOUR Premier League team...

 

Apparently we are in a global recession but it seems nobody has told Premier League clubs judging by their transfer activity already this summer.
With the transfer window still a good few weeks away from its panic buying phase, four sides - Tottenham, West Ham, Cardiff and Norwich - have already showed their intent by smashing their club record transfer fees.
Swansea are likely to join them too after signing Liverpool’s Jonjo Shelvey in a deal that should rise to £6million to eclipse the club’s transfer record... and that’s before you consider Michael Laudrup’s chase for £10m-rated Vitesse Arnhem striker Wilfried Bony.
And with plenty of clubs yet to make their first move in the transfer market, there could be even more record deals being struck this summer.
Here, Sportsmail looks at how many times each current top flight side has broken their transfer record since the formation of the Premier League in 1992.

ARSENAL

Dennis Bergkamp (Inter Milan, £7.5m - June 1995)... Thierry Henry (Juventus, £10.5m - August 1999)... Sylvain Wiltord (Bordeaux, £11m - August 2000)... Samir Nasri (Marseille, £12.5m - July 2008)... Andrey Arshavin (Zenit, £15m - February 2009)... Santi Cazorla (Malaga, £16.5m - August 2012)

Going airborne: Dennis Bergkamp was Arsenal's record signing for four years during the Nineties after they splashed out £7.5million to buy him from Inter Milan in 1995

ASTON VILLA

Dean Saunders (Liverpool, £2.3m - September 1992)... Savo Milosevic (Partizan Belgrade, £3.5m - June 1995).... Sasa Curcic (Bolton, £4m - August 1996)... Stan Collymore (Liverpool, £7m - May 1997)... Juan Pablo Angel (River Plate, £9.5m - January 2001)... Ashley Young (Watford £9.65m - January 2007)... Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough, £12m - July 2009)... Darren Bent (Sunderland, £24m - January 2011)

Hair-raising: Juan Pablo Angel joined Villa from £9.5million in January 2001, the fifth time the club had broken their transfer record in the Premier League era

CARDIFF CITY

Leo-Fortune West (Rotherham, £300,000 - September 2000)... Danny Gabbidon (West Brom, £800,00 - September 2000)... Graham Kavanagh (Stoke, £1m - June 2001)... Peter Thorne (Stoke, £1.7m - September 2001)... Michael Chopra (Sunderland, £4m - February 2009)... Andreas Cornelius (FC Copenhagen, £8.5m - June 2013)

Splashing the cash: Before the recent signing of Andreas Cornelius, Cardiff's record outlay was £4m on Michael Chopra

CHELSEA

Robert Fleck (Norwich, £2.1m - August 1992)... Paul Furlong (Watford, £2.3m - May 1994)... Frank Leboeuf (Strasbourg, £2.5m - July 1996)... Roberto Di Matteo (Lazio £4.9m - July 1996)... Graeme Le Saux (Blackburn, £5m - August 1997).... Pierluigi Casiraghi (Lazio, £5.4m - May 1998)... Chris Sutton (Blackburn, £10m - July 1999)... Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Atletico Madrid, £15m - June 2000).... Damien Duff (Blackburn, £17m - July 2003)... Didier Drogba (Marseille, £24m - July 2004)... Michael Essien (Lyon, £24.4m - August 2005)... Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan, £30.8m - May 2006).... Fernando Torres (Liverpool, £50m - January 2011)

New boy: Cosmopolitan Chelsea paid Lazio £5.4million for Pierluigi Casiraghi in 1998

CRYSTAL PALACE

Andy Roberts (Millwall, £2.25m - July 1995)... Valerien Ismael (Strasbourg, £2.75m - January 1998)... Dwight Gayle (Peterborough, £8.5m - July 2013)

French fancie: Valerien Ismael was Crystal Palace's record signing for 15 years, until eclipsed by the recent signing of Peterborough's Dwight Gayle

EVERTON

Daniel Amokachi (FC Bruges, £3m - August 1994)... Duncan Ferguson (Rangers, £4m - December 1994)... Andrei Kanchelskis (Manchester United, £5m - August 1995)... Nicky Barmby (Middlesbrough, £5.75m - October 1996).... James Beattie (Southampton, £6m - January 2005)... Andrew Johnson (Crystal Palace, £8.6m - May 2006)....  Yakubu (Middlesbrough, £11.25m - August 2007)... Marouane Fellaini (Standard Liege, £15m - September 2008)

Club legend: Duncan Ferguson was immensely popular at Everton following his move from Rangers in 1994

FULHAM

Steve Hayward (Carlisle, £175,000 - August 1997)... Ian Selley (Arsenal £500,00 - October 1997)... Paul Peschisolido (West Brom, £1.1m - October 1997)... Chris Coleman (Blackburn, £2m - December 1997).... Lee Clark (Sunderland, £3m - July 1999)...  Alain Goma (Newcastle, £4m) March 2001.... Edwin van der Sar (Juventus, £7m - August 2001)... Steve Marlet (Lyon, £11.5m - August 2001)

Cool million: Paul Peschisolido was Fulham's first seven figure signing in October 1999

HULL CITY

Lawrie Dudfield (Leicester, £250,000 - June 2001)... Michael Turner (Brentford, £350,000 - July 2006)... Wayne Brown (Colchester £450,000 - July 2007)... Caleb Folan (Wigan, £1m - August 2007)... Peter Halmosi (Plymouth, £2m - July 2008)... Anthony Gardner (Tottenham, £2.5m - July 2008)... Jimmy Bullard (Fulham, £5m -  January 2009)

Club record: Hull City spent £5million bringing in Jimmy Bullard from Fulham, a total that remains a record for the club

LIVERPOOL

Phil Babb (Coventry, £3.6m - September 1994)... Stan Collymore (Nottingham Forest, £8.5m - July 1995)...  Emile Heskey (Leicester, £11m - March 2000)... Djibril Cisse (Auxerre, £14m - July 2004)... Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid, £26.5m  - July 2007... Andy Carroll (Newcastle, £35m - January 2011)

Breaking the bank: Gerard Houllier spent £11million on Leicester's Emile Heskey back in 2000 - a record that stood for four seasons

MANCHESTER CITY

Lee Bradbury (Portsmouth, £3m - July 1997)... Paulo Wanchope (West Ham, £3.65m - August 2000)... Jon Macken (Preston, £5m - February 2002)... Nicolas Anelka (Paris Saint-Germain, £13m - June 2002)... Jo (CSKA Moscow, £18m - July 2008).... Robinho (Real Madrid, £32.5m - September 2008).... Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid, £38m - July 2011)

Pumped: Paulo Wanchope cost £3.65million and scored 27 goals in 64 league games for City during his four years there

MANCHESTER UNITED

Roy Keane (Nottingham Forest, £3.75m - July 1993)... Andy Cole (Newcastle, £7m - January 1995)... Jaap Stam (PSV, £10.75m - July 1998)... Dwight Yorke (Aston Villa, £12.6m - August 1998)... Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV, £19m - July 2001)... Juan Veron (Lazio, £28.1m - July 2001).... Rio Ferdinand (Leeds, £30m - July 2002).... Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham, £30.75m - September 2008)

Flop: Man United broke their transfer record to acquire Juan Sebastian Veron, but he failed to adapt to life at Old Trafford

NEWCASTLE UNITED

Andy Cole (Bristol City, £1.75m - March 1993).... Ruel Fox (Norwich, £2.25m - February 1994).... Darren Peacock (QPR, £2.7m - March 1994).... Warren Barton (Wimbledon, £4m - June 1995).... Les Ferdinand (QPR, £6m - July 1995)... Faustino Asprilla (Parma, £6.7m - February 1996).... Alan Shearer (Blackburn, £15m - July 1996).... Michael Owen (Real Madrid, £16.8m - August 2005)

Colombian class: Faustino Asprilla cost £6.5million when title-chasing Newcastle brought him from Parma in 1996

NORWICH CITY

Jon Newsome (Leeds, £1m - June 1994)... Dean Ashton (Crewe, £3m - January 2005)... Rob Earnshaw (West Brom, £3.5m - January 2006).... Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Sporting Lisbon, £8.5m - July 2013)

Head over heels: Rob Earnshaw cost Norwich a club record £3.5million, but he was only at the club a year

SOUTHAMPTON

Neil Shipperley (Chelsea, £1.25m - January 1995)... Ulrich van Gobbel (Galatasaray, £1.3m -October 1996)... David Hirst (Sheffield Wednesday, £2m - October 1997)... Rory Delap (Derby, £4m - July 2001)... Jay Rodriguez (Burnley £6m - June 2012)... Gaston Ramirez (Bologna, £12m - August 2012)

Outlay: David Hirst cost Southampton £2million when Sheffield Wednesday let him go in 1997

STOKE CITY

Peter Thorne (Swindon, £500,000 - August 1997).... Brynjar Gunnarsson (Orgryte, £600,000 - December 1999)... Leon Cort (Crystal Palace, £1.2m - January 2008)... Dave Kitson (Reading, £5.5m -July 2008)... Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland, £8m - August 2010).... Peter Crouch (Tottenham, £10m - August 2011)

On the ball: Peter Crouch is Stoke's record signing, coming with a price tag of £10m

SUNDERLAND

Alex Rae (Millwall, £1m - June 1996)... Niall Quinn (Manchester City, £1.3m - August 1996)... Lee Clark (Newcastle, £2.5m - June 1997)... Stefan Schwarz (Valencia, £4m - July 1999).... Emerson Thome (Chelsea, £4.5m - August 2000)... Tore-Andre Flo (Rangers, £6.75m - August 2002)... Craig Gordon (Hearts, £9m - August 2007)... Darren Bent (Tottenham, £10m - August 2009)... Asamoah Gyan (Rennes, £12m - August 2010)... Steven Fletcher (Wolves £15m - August 2012)

Right at home: Tore-Andre Flo was welcomed to Sunderland in August 2002 after a £6.75million from Rangers

SWANSEA CITY

Andy Cook (Exeter, £125,000 - July 1993)...  Shaun Garnett (Tranmere, £200,000 - March 1996)... Rory Fallon (Swindon £300,000 - January 2006)... Ashley Williams (Stockport £400,000 - May 2008)... David Cotterill (Sheffield United, £600,000 - November 2009)... Luke Moore (West Brom, £850,000 - January 2011)... Danny Graham (Watford, £3.5m - June 2011)... Pablo Hernandez (Valencia, £5.55m - August 2012)

Squaring up: Ashley Williams, seen here confronting Mario Balotelli, was a club record signing when Swansea paid £400,000 to bring him from Stockport

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Ilie Dumitrescu (Steaua Bucharest, £2.6m - August 1994)... Giga Popescu (PSV, £2.9m - September 1994).... Chris Armstrong (Crystal Palace, £4.5m - June 1995)... Les Ferdinand (Newcastle, £6m - July 1997)... Sergei Rebrov (Dynamo Kiev, £11m - June 2000).... Darren Bent (Charlton, £16.5m - June 2007).... Paulinho (Corinthians, £17m -  July 2013)

Welcome: Tottenham manager Gerry Francis welcomes Chris Armstrong to White Hart Lane in 1995

WEST BROMWICH ALBION

Paul Mardon (Birmingham, £400,000 - November 1993... Paul Groves (Grimsby, £600,000 - July 1996)... Kevin Kilbane (Preston, £1.25m - June 1997)... Jason Roberts (Bristol Rovers, £2m - July 2000).... Lee Hughes (Coventry, £2.5m - August 2002)... Rob Earnshaw (Cardiff, £3m - August 2004)... Scott Carson (Liverpool, £3.25m - July 2008).... Borja Valero (Real Mallorca, £4.7m - August 2008).... Shane Long (Reading, £6.5m - August 2011)

Big move: Jason Roberts made the switch from Bristol Rovers to West Brom in July 2000, at a cost of £2m

WEST HAM UNITED

Dale Gordon (Rangers £750,000 - July 1993)... Joey Beauchamp (Oxford £1m - June 1994).... Don Hutchinson (Liverpool £1.1m - May 1995)... Florin Raducioiu (Espanyol £2.4m - July 1996).... John Hartson (Arsenal £3.3m - Feb 1997).... Marc-Vivien Foe (Lens £4m - Jan 1999).... Thomas Repka (Fiorentina £5.5m - Sep 2001).... Dean Ashton (Norwich £7.25m - Jan 2006).... Craig Bellamy (Liverpool £7.5m - July 2007).... Savio Nsereko (Brescia £9m - Jan 2009).... Andy Carroll (Liverpool £15m - June 2013)

No nonsense: Thomas Repka lunges in on Fulham's Brian McBride. Repka cost £5.5million when West Ham bought him from Fiorentina