It is the opening evening in the Multi billion Dollar Circus of football and the expenditure went through the roof with great top.
So despite its own almighty Spree, Arne Slot believes that his Liverpool -side will be confronted with hard competition than ever if they want to keep their Premier League title.
The largest five clubs in England have already eliminated more than £ 1 billion this summer, in no less than total spending of £ 2.1 billion or £ 2.5 billion including Deal-Add-Als.
And while the defending champions are rolling to Anfield to be confronted with Bournemouth and a different season starts for the biggest show on earth, the Dutchman expects the title fight that will be proud than ever.
The upcoming signing of Liverpool from Giovanni Leoni would still take their summer spending to around £ 300 million – with deals for Alexander Isak and Marc Guehi still possible.
But World Champions Chelsea spent another quarter of a billion, followed by Manchester United (£ 200.5 million), Arsenal (£ 181.8 million) and Manchester City (£ 150.1 million for a total of £ 324 million in the calendar year).
And Slot said: “The reason why it is so difficult lies especially with the fact that there are so many that the competition can win here.
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“It is once very special to win, if you win it twice in five years as we can – and City did even better – then that is incredible.
“And probably this year is getting harder than every year before because every team entails new players. Our most important competitors have certainly done that too.
“The challenge in the Premier League is always the teams. We start with Bournemouth – the most intense in the competition in terms of running and also playing style – and then it is Newcastle and Arsenal.
“That is a summary of this competition and the challenges we have.”
If winning the title is a serious achievement, it is retained, this much more difficult-all the city of Pep Guardiola, Sir Alex Ferguson's United and Jose Mourinho's Chelsea have won back-to-back Premier League crowns.
Slot would walk between giants if he wins a second title in two seasons.
And while the signing sessions of Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez offer an important platform, he still wants Newcastle Striker Isak and Guehi, the English defender who hit Crystal Palace to beat the Reds in Sunday's community shield.
Secondly Second Arsenal is also in a large recruitment drive Viktor Gyokeres, Noni Madueke, Martin Zubimendi, Christian Norgaard, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Crithic Mosquera Add prior to a critical campaign for Mikel Arteta.
As always, Chelsea has bought in Bulk-with strikers Joao Pedro and Liam Delap joined Wingers Jamie Gittens and Estevao Willian, left back Jorrel Hato and midfielder Dario Essugo in a club driven by a Chaos' own brand.
The city of Guardiola-Vier-in-a-Row champions before the previous term has done four major signing sessions in Tijjani Reijnders, Rayan Cherki, Rayan Ait-Nouri and James Trafford, to add to their January quartet.
With the attacking revision of United, which Benjamin Sesko, Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo brought to the big clubs of England.
Europa League winners Spurs spent £ 100 million-plus, with even more to come-even more promoted Sunderland more than nine digits.
The competition is increasingly competitive. The Liverpool-City Duopoly when two almost perfect teams needed almost 100 points to take the crown.
They no longer defeat a spell disaster, but fewer luminaires are a formality for titles hunters.
With Liverpool that makes so many changes, Slot is confronted with a different pressure when he inherited the Jurgen Klopp team last summer.
He said: “I took over a team with just two weeks to prepare for the euros and Copa America.
“This year we brought in very good, intelligent players who have to integrate. Bournemouth will bring a big challenge, but everyone is looking forward to it.”
Roll up, roll up – tonight we are the night that we go behind whether they all have more money than useful.