Arsenal leapfrog Man Utd in five-year net spend table topped by astonishing £862m Chelsea
Forget the league table, we know it’s all about the Premier League net spend table! We take transfers from the summer of 2022 until the present day.
Bold denotes a profit; final league positions in brackets…
1) Chelsea five-year net spend: £-861.97m
26/27: £-219.47m
25/26: £0.1m (10th)
24/25: £-19.24m (4th)
23/24: £-144.65m (6th)
22/23: £-485.17m (12th)
2) Tottenham five-year net spend: £-680.43m
26/27: £-153.81m
25/26: £-159.15m (17th)
24/25: £-91.42m (17th)
23/24: £-125.5m (5th)
22/23: £-117m (8th)
3) Arsenal five-year net spend: £-645.73m
26/27: £-103.96m
25/26: £-246.26m (Champions)
24/25: £-20.81m (2nd)
23/24: £-144.26m (2nd)
22/23: £-141.39m (2nd)
4) Manchester United five-year net spend: £-603.71m
26/27: £-38.5m
25/26: £-147.68m (3rd)
24/25: £-102.56m (15th)
23/24: £-128.48m (8th)
22/23: £-191.94m (3rd)
5) Manchester City five-year net spend: £-480.86m
26/27: £-129.7m
25/26: £-172.7m (2nd)
24/25: £-87.75m (3rd)
23/24: £-104.64m (Champions)
22/23: £5.94m (Champions)
6) Liverpool five-year net spend: £-454.44m
26/27: £-89.67m
25/26: £-223.4m (5th)
24/25: £29.14m (Champions)
23/24: £-92.26m (3rd)
22/23: £-53.96m (5th)
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7) Newcastle United five-year net spend: £-217.23m
26/27: £98.02m
25/26: £-89.94m (12th)
24/25: £-17.73m (5th)
23/24: £-85.79m (7th)
22/23: £-141.69m (4th)
8) Nottingham Forest five-year net spend: £-212.65m
26/27: £106.16m
25/26: £-97.28m (16th)
24/25: £-15.58m (7th)
23/24: £-42.28m (17th)
22/23: £-167.48m (16th)
9) Ipswich Town five-year net spend: £211.91m
26/27: £-102.46m
25/26: £25.98m (2nd in Championship)
24/25: £-130.32m (19th)
23/24: £-4.92m (2nd in Championship)
22/23: £-1.65m (2nd in League One)
10) Bournemouth five-year net spend: £-205.16m
26/27: £-58.27m
25/26: £113.26m (6th)
24/25: £-59.67m (9th)
23/24: £-111.27m (12th)
22/23: £-78.57m (15th)
11) Fulham five-year net spend: £-158.68m
26/27: £-30.41m
25/26: £-48.82m (11th)
24/25: £-18.86m (11th)
23/24: £-16.55m (13th)
22/23: £-42.03m (10th)
12) Brentford five-year net spend: £-134.61m
26/27: £-64.61m
25/26: £43.51m (9th)
24/25: £-20.12m (10th)
23/24: £-52.3m (16th)
22/23: £-38.44m (9th)
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13) Sunderland five-year net spend: £-116.32m
26/27: £18.85m
25/26: £-138.59m (7th)
24/25: £5.41m (4th in Championship)
23/24: £-1.54m (16th in Championship)
22/23: £5.08m (6th in Championship)
14) Everton five-year net spend: £-80.68m
26/27: £-62.88m
25/26: £-101.87m (13th)
24/25: £28.17m (13th)
23/24: £36.23m (15th)
22/23: £21.7m (17th)
15) Crystal Palace five-year net spend: £-69.73m
26/27: £56.12m
25/26: £-41.27m (15th)
24/25: £7.45m (12th)
23/24: £-56.2m (10th)
22/23: £-34.11m (11th)
16) Coventry City five-year net spend: £-69.1m
26/27: £-86.19m
25/26: £-2.91m (1st in Championship)
24/25: £-18.43m (5th in Championship)
23/24: £3.24m (9th in Championship)
22/23: £1.52m (5th in Championship)
17) Leeds United five-year net spend: £-33.78m
26/27: £-9.85m
25/26: £-91.51m (14th)
24/25: £109.47m (1st in Championship)
23/24: £-1.95m (3rd in Championship)
22/23: £-41.44m (19th)
18) Brighton five-year net spend: £-14m
26/27: £-11.69m
25/26: £56.51m (8th)
24/25: £-191.58m (8th)
23/24: £69.1m (11th)
22/23: £70.82m (6th)
20) Hull City five-year net spend: £-7.24m
26/27: £-21.52m
25/26: £5.4m (6th in Championship)
24/25: £9.85m (21st in Championship)
23/24: £-8.21m (7th in Championship)
22/23: £6.36m (15th in Championship)
20) Aston Villa five-year net spend: £11.62m
26/27: £101.46m
25/26: £-14m (4th)
24/25: £39.54m (6th)
23/24: £-65.44m (4th)
22/23: £-38.25m (7th)