Five-year net spend table: Chelsea top by over £100m despite 10th-place finish

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: £-682.08m

26/27: £-7m
25/26: £-4.27m (10th)
24/25: £-39.06m (4th)
23/24: £-144.65m (6th)
22/23: £-490.34m (12th)

 

2) Arsenal five-year net spend: £-576.9m

26/27: £-27.76m
25/26: £-246.26m (Champions)
24/25: £-20.81m (2nd)
23/24: £-144.26m (2nd)
22/23: £-141.39m (2nd)

 

3) Manchester United five-year net spend: £-543.05m

26/27: £38.17m
25/26: £-154.34m (3rd)
24/25: £-112.89m (15th)
23/24: £-128.48m (8th)
22/23: £-191.94m (3rd)

 

4) Tottenham five-year net spend: £-528.55m

26/27: –
25/26: £-159.15m (17th)
24/25: £-91.42m (17th)
23/24: £-125.5m (5th)
22/23: £-117m (8th)

 

5) Liverpool five-year net spend: £-427.27m

26/27: £-55.17m
25/26: £-228.6m (5th)
24/25: £29.14m (Champions)
23/24: £-92.26m (3rd)
22/23: £-53.96m (5th)

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6) Manchester City five-year net spend: £-342.17m

26/27: £13m
25/26: £-172.7m (2nd)
24/25: £-87.75m (3rd)
23/24: £-104.64m (Champions)
22/23: £5.94m (Champions)

 

7) Nottingham Forest five-year net spend: £-323.04m

26/27: –
25/26: £-97.28m (16th)
24/25: £-15.58m (7th)
23/24: £-42.28m (17th)
22/23: £-167.48m (16th)

 

8) Newcastle United five-year net spend: £-261.71m

26/27: £51m
25/26: £-89.94m (12th)
24/25: £-17.73m (5th)
23/24: £-85.79m (7th)
22/23: £-141.69m (4th)

 

9) Bournemouth five-year net spend: £-151.61m

26/27: £-9.54m
25/26: £113.26m (6th)
24/25: £-59.67m (9th)
23/24: £-111.27m (12th)
22/23: £-78.57m (15th)

 

10) Sunderland five-year net spend: £-136.88m

26/27: –
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)

 

11) Fulham five-year net spend: £-129.96m

26/27: –
25/26: £-48.82m (11th)
24/25: £-18.86m (11th)
23/24: £-16.55m (13th)
22/23: £-42.03m (10th)

 

12) Crystal Palace five-year net spend: £-128.38m

26/27: –
25/26: £-41.27m (15th)
24/25: £7.45m (12th)
23/24: £-56.2m (10th)
22/23: £-34.11m (11th)

 

13) Ipswich Town five-year net spend: £116.32m

26/27: £-5.87m
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)

 

14) Brentford five-year net spend: £-85.65m

26/27: £-15.61m
25/26: £43.51m (9th)
24/25: £-20.12m (10th)
23/24: £-52.3m (16th)
22/23: £-38.44m (9th)

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15) Aston Villa five-year net spend: £-75.92m

26/27: £16.92m
25/26: £-14m (4th)
24/25: £39.54m (6th)
23/24: £-65.44m (4th)
22/23: £-38.25m (7th)

 

16) Brighton five-year net spend: £-44.32m

26/27: – £-32m 
25/26: £56.51m (8th)
24/25: £-191.58m (8th)
23/24: £69.1m (11th)
22/23: £70.82m (6th)

 

17) Everton five-year net spend: £-39.74m

26/27: £-26.69m
25/26: £-101.87m (13th)
24/25: £28.17m (13th)
23/24: £36.23m (15th)
22/23: £21.7m (17th)

 

18) Leeds United five-year net spend: £-24.23m

26/27: –
25/26: £-91.51m (14th)
24/25: £109.47m (1st in Championship)
23/24: £-1.95m (3rd in Championship)
22/23: £-41.44m (19th)

 

19) Coventry City five-year net spend: £-16.58m

26/27: –
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)

 

20) Hull City five-year net spend: £13.42m

26/27: –
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)