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 five-year net spend: £-783.58m
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 five-year net spend: £-565.08m
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 five-year net spend: £-472.31m
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 five-year net spend: £-460.22m
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 five-year net spend: £-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 five-year net spend: £-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 five-year net spend: £-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 five-year net spend: £-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 five-year net spend: £-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 five-year net spend: £-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 five-year net spend: £-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 five-year net spend: £-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 five-year net spend: £-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 five-year net spend: £-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 five-year net spend: £-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 five-year net spend: £-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 five-year net spend: £-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 five-year net spend: £-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 five-year net spend: £-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 five-year net spend: £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)
