Premier League five-year net spend table: Man City January spend only takes them sixth!

Ian Watson
Chelsea owner Todd Boehly.
Todd Boehly's spending takes Chelsea to the top of the net-spend table.

Forget the league table, we know it’s all about the Premier League net spend table! We take transfers from the summer of 2020 until the present day.

Bold denotes a profit; final league positions in brackets…

 

1) Chelsea: £-760.78m
24/25: £-12.96m
23/24: £-153.68m (6th)
22/23: £-442.06m (12th)
21/22: £31.16m (3rd)
20/21: £-157.53m (4th)

 

2) Manchester United: £-567.25m
24/25: £-117.79m
23/24: £-119.33m (8th)
22/23: £-182.05m (3rd)
21/22: £-91.93m (6th)
20/21: £-53.42m (2nd)

 

3) Tottenham: £-466.07m
24/25: £-91.42m
23/24: £-125.5m (5th)
22/23: £-117m (8th)
21/22: £-50.8m (4th)
20/21: £-80.57m (7th)

 

4) Arsenal: £-469.33m
24/25: £-20.81m
23/24: £-137.52m (2nd)
22/23: £-134.78m (2nd)
21/22: £-112.73m (5th)
20/21: £-55.41m (8th)

 

5) Newcastle: £-350.18m
24/25: £17.73m
23/24: £-85.79m (7th)
22/23: £-141.69m (4th)
21/22: £-108.17m (11th)
20/21: £-31.47m (12th)

 

6) Manchester City: £-321.83m
24/25: £-84.73m
23/24: £-114.47m (Champions)
22/23: £5.94m (Champions)
21/22: £-37.38m (Champions)
20/21: £-90.68m (Champions)

 

7) West Ham: £-272.17m
24/25: £-82.6m
23/24: £21.47m (9th)
22/23: £-145.1m (14th)
21/22: £-58.25m (7th)
20/21: £-7.7m (6th)

 

8) Liverpool: £-248.13m
24/25: £4.14m
23/24: £-92.26m (3rd)
22/23: £-53.96m (5th)
21/22: £-50.02m (2nd)
20/21: £-56.03m (3rd)

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9) Nottingham Forest: £-217.62m
24/25: £-15.58m
23/24: £-37.2m (17th)
22/23: £-160.27m (16th)
21/22: £-5.07m (4th in Championship)
20/21: £500,000 (17th in Championship)

 

10) Aston Villa: £-159.68m
24/25: £39.54m
23/24: £-65.44m (4th)
22/23: £-38.25m (7th)
21/22: £-2.32m (14th)
20/21: £-81.71m (11th)

 

11) Crystal Palace: £-159.21m
24/25: £7.45m
23/24: £-56.2m (10th)
22/23: £-34.11m (11th)
21/22: £-70.97m (12th)
20/21: £-2m  (14th)

 

12) Bournemouth: £-135.96m
24/25: £-49.67m
23/24: £-104.27m (12th)
22/23: £-68.88m (15th)
21/22: £10.08m (2nd in Championship)
20/21: £76.96m (6th in Championship)

 

13) Ipswich Town: £-131.79m
24/25: £-125.08m
23/24: £-4.7m (2nd in Championship)
22/23: £-1.57m (2nd in League One)
21/22: £-0.34m (11th in League One)
20/21: – (9th in League One)

 

14) Fulham: £-121.41m
24/25: £-18.86m
23/24: £-16.55m (13th)
22/23: £-42.03m (10th)
21/22: £-13.1m (1st in Championship)
20/21: £-30.88m (18th)

 

15) Brentford: £-94.63m
24/25: £-20.12m
23/24: £-52.3m (16th)
22/23: £-38.44m (9th)
21/22: £-31.33m (13th)
20/21: £46.06m (3rd in Championship)

 

16) Brighton: £-75.75m
24/25: £-191.58m
23/24: £69.1m (11th)
22/23: £70.82m (6th)
21/22: £3.25m (9th)
20/21: £-29.6m (16th)

 

17) Southampton: £-63.57m
24/25: £-66.92m
23/24: £140.1m (4th in Championship)
22/23: £-123.97m (20th)
21/22: £-2.58m (15th)
20/21: £-9.3m (15th)

 

18) Wolves: £-55.10m
24/25: £-8.9m
23/24: £64.14m (14th)
22/23: £-97.64m (13th)
21/22: £-4.96m (10th)
20/21: £-7.17m (13th)

 

19) Leicester City: £-15.09m
24/25: £-34.8m
23/24: £51.79m (1st in Championship)
22/23: £27.4m (18th)
21/22: £-53.78m (8th)
20/21: £-4.76m (5th)

 

20) Everton: £27.22m
24/25: £28.17m
23/24: £36.23m (15th)
22/23: £21.7m (17th)

21/22: £5.56m (16th)
20/21: £-59.75m (10th)