"?Manchester United's summer signings have seen the club's total Premier League spending smash past the £1 billion mark as they go in search of their first league title in three seasons.
"?Reported in the Mirror, the arrival of Eric Bailly, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Paul Pogba saw Jose Mourinho's side pass the milestone after being just one million pounds short when the transfer window opened.
Defender Bailly was Mourinho's first signing of the summer and therefore it was his arrival that took the club past the number, with the total figure now standing at £1,156,462,500 following the arrival of Mkhitaryan and Pogba for a combined £124.95m
Zlatan Ibrahimovic arrived from Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer and therefore did not alter United's total outgoings this summer.
Despite significantly improving Mourinho's side, staggeringly United's decision to bring Paul Pogba back to Old Trafford for nearly £90m means his transfer alone has accounted for approximately nine percent of their total outlay in the whole era, having sold him to Juventus for next to nothing in proportion to his world record transfer.
Jose Mourinho tells #MUTV Paul Pogba is ready to play "some minutes" against Southampton on Friday night. #MUFC pic.twitter.com/YLgQEXi7gz
Perhaps more surprising is that the Red Devils are not the first team to reach the figure, despite their continued success in England's top flight.
Chelsea surpassed the milestone after Roman Abramovich transformed the shape of the Premier League with signings such as Fernando Torres costing £50m, before United's neighbours Manchester City followed suit, with Kevin De Bruyne the club's record transfer at £55m.
Arsenal and Liverpool are the two other clubs to have broken the barrier and joined the one billion pound club.