Premier League spending in a single season has gone over £1bn for the first time this term after a lively finish to the January transfer window.Top flight clubs have spent £172.65m over the last month to go into 10 figures for the first time in the competitions 24-year history.Newcastle parted with the most cash, paying out £29m as they brought Andros Townsend, Jonjo Shelvey and Henri Saivet to St James Park. The Magpies outlay means they spent more than the 20 clubs in La Liga combined. Mersons transfer window grades Did your club get the players they needed? Stoke, meanwhile, paid the highest single fee as they recruited Porto midfielder Giannelli Imbula for £18.3m just minutes before the window closed on Monday night.Norwich made the most new signings with eight players coming in while Bournemouth, Sunderland, Watford and Newcastle all brought in five.Indeed, only Manchester United, Tottenham and bottom side Aston Villa failed to bring in any reinforcements in the biggest January window for five years. Giannelli Imbula cost Stoke a club record £18.3m from Porto Dan Jones, partner in the Sports Business Group at Deloitte, said: Premier League clubs have chosen to spend significantly in this years January transfer window.A total spend of (almost) £175m this window has contributed to Premier League clubs passing the £1billion threshold for spending in a season for the first time.Notably, this Januarys spending has been driven in large part by clubs in the bottom half of the table. Newcastle were Januarys biggest spenders as they brought in three players including Andros Townsend The new broadcast deal for Premier League clubs from next season and the threat of missing out through relegation is contributing to clubs investing in an attempt to stay in the league.Of the money spent in January, £110m went to overseas clubs compared with £65m 12 months ago.Around £40m was spent on Deadline Day itself and Newcastle spent more money in January than all of La Liga combined.Notably, the clubs in the Premier Leagues bottom six accounted for £90m - while the Championships leading sides were responsible for 70 per cent of the £35m spent at that level. Jordan Rhodes joined Middlesbrough from Blackburn as Championship clubs spent £35m Alexander Thorpe, senior manager in the Sports Business Group at Deloitte, added: The prospect of increased revenue from the new broadcast deals starting next season has encouraged clubs at the lower end of the Premier League to invest this window.So too have we seen significant spending by those clubs aspiring to Premier League status with spending by Championship clubs totalling over £30m this January. Premier League clubs spending Club Money spent Newcastle £29m Norwich £20.3m Stoke £18.3m Watford £18.2m Bournemouth £17.2m Everton £16.5m Sunderland £14.75m Leicester £8.95m Swansea £8m Liverpool £5.1m Arsenal £5m Southampton £4m West Ham £3.75m Chelsea £3.5m Man City £0.15m Crystal Palace £0m West Brom £0m Aston Villa £0m Man Utd £0m Tottenham £0mAlso See:Transfer Centre LIVE!Top 10 Premier League dealsAll the Deadline Day dealsClub-by-club ins and outsHydro Flask Wide Mouth .com) - Yankee Stadium is the home of the Bronx Bombers, but on Sunday afternoon it will open its gates to host the latest addition of the Hudson River Rivalry. Hydro Flask Kaffe . Hargreaves began his career in 2008 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and has played with the Edmonton Eskimos and last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. http://www.sverigehydroflask.com/hydro-flask-kaffe.html . The 19-year-old Olsen played 34 games with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL this season. 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Vancouver Whitecaps and Toronto FC failed to make the postseason while Montreal Impact fell at the first hurdle losing heavily to Houston Dynamo in the Eastern Conference Knockout Round.Australian Rugby Union boss Bill Pulver has officially closed the door on any chance of Jarryd Hayne playing in Super Rugby next year.The Waratahs announced earlier this week they would not be offering Hayne a contract and Pulver revealed the code-hopper and his management had made clear to the ARU his preference to remain in NSW - meaning approaches from any other Australian franchises wouldnt be entertained.That birds probably flown, Pulver told Fox Sports News.There was an initial dialogue prompted by (Haynes management) to see whether there was any opportunity to get into Australian rugby.He made it very clear up front his preference was to live in NSW, so we were just responding to the feedback he gave us.The Waratahs roster was pretty well full, so I think that opportunitys gone.Waratahs chief executive Andrew Hore described Hayne as a quick fix and said it was a watershed moment for the province that they decided not to go down that path.Hayne had approached the ARU to discuss the possibility of a switch to the 15-man code, but there have been suspicions in some rugby circles that the former Parramatta Eels star was using them in an attempt to drive up his asking price.ddddddddddddReports on Thursday suggest Hayne could end up playing rugby after all - for French glamour club Toulon, who are said to be interested in signing the 28-year-old along with Top 14 rivals Clermont and Racing Metro.Youre a little concerned when there are media waiting outside a meeting that has been organised by them, Pulver said.I guess that was a little bit of an issue.But at the end of the day, theres a chance he is signing up to play rugby in France.Certainly, the conversation I had was there was genuine interest in our game.Haynes hopes of a big contract offer from the ARU were essentially dashed the moment he ran out for Fiji in the London Sevens earlier this year.That made him instantly ineligible to represent Australia and to receive Wallaby top-up payments from the ARU that would have supplemented his Super Rugby earnings.We wouldnt stump up any money - he cant play for the Wallabies, sadly. 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