Premier League five-year net spend table: Man Utd among three clubs in £500m club

Ian Watson
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Forget the league table, we know it’s all about the Premier League net spend table! We take transfers from the summer of 2019 until the summer of 2023.

Bold denotes a profit; final league positions in brackets…

 

1) Chelsea: £-673.62m
23/24: £-168.66m
22/23: £-464.7m (12th)
21/22: £26.45m (3rd)
20/21: £-162.45m (4th)
19/20: £95.96m (4th)

 

2) Manchester United: £-608.9m
23/24: £-129.5m
22/23: £-196.62m (3rd)
21/22: £-94.8m (6th)
20/21: £-54.96m (2nd)
19/20: £-133.02m  (3rd)

 

3) Arsenal: £-552.76m
23/24: £-145.2m
22/23: £-144.08m (2nd)
21/22: £-116.25m (5th)
20/21: £-57.14m (8th)
19/20: £-91.59m (8th)

 

4) Tottenham: £-436.19m
23/24: £-62.09m £-116.4m
22/23: £-118.93m (8th)
21/22: £-52.38m (4th)
20/21: £-83.08m (7th)
19/20: £-73.5m (6th)

 

5) Newcastle: £-416.08m
23/24: £-92.93m
22/23: £-147.05m (4th)
21/22: £-111.15m (11th)
20/21: £-33.1m (12th)
19/20: £-31.85m (13th)

 

6) Manchester City: £-314.28m
23/24: £-108.34m
22/23: £9.97m (Champions)

21/22: £-38.55m (Champions)
20/21: £-93.5m (Champions)
19/20: £-81.9m (2nd)

 


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7) Aston Villa: £-312.8m
23/24: £-51.72m
22/23: £-39.44m (7th)
21/22: £-2.39m (14th)
20/21: £-84.25m (11th)
19/20: £-133.76m (17th)

 

8) West Ham: £-247.51m
23/24: £17.7m
22/23: £-147.39m (14th)
21/22: £-60.06m (7th)
20/21: £-7.94m (6th)
19/20: £-54.97m (16th)

 

9) Liverpool: £-218.29m
23/24: £-95.24m
22/23: £-48.38m (5th)
21/22: £-49.1m (2nd)
20/21: £-57.14m (3rd)
19/20: £32.14m (Champions)

 

10) Nottingham Forest: £211.79m
23/24: £-52.48m
22/23: £-162.6m (16th)
21/22: £-5.23m (4th in Championship)
20/21: £521,000 (17th in Championship)
19/20: £8.33m (7th in Championship)

 


All the Premier League completed transfers in the summer window of 2023


 

11) Wolves: £-126.08m
23/24: £63.07m
22/23: £-97.64m (13th)
21/22: £-4.96m (10th)
20/21: £-7.17m (13th)
19/20: £-79.14m (7th)

 

12) Sheffield United: £-125.35m
23/24: £-28.55m
22/23: £-3.85m (2nd in Championship)
21/22: £23.67m (5th in Championship)
20/21: £-53.59m (20th)
19/20: £-59.96m (9th)

 

13) Fulham: £-108.56m
23/24: £-13.82m
22/23: £-42.14m (10th)
21/22: £-13.5m (1st in Championship)
20/21: £-31.84m (18th)
19/20: £-7.26m (4th in Championship)

 

14) Bournemouth: £-104.83m
23/24: -£108.01m
22/23: £-71.02m (15th)
21/22: £12.19m (2nd in Championship)
20/21: £79.96m (6th in Championship)
19/20: £-17.34m (18th)

 

15) Crystal Palace: £-102.63m
23/24: -£32.57m
22/23: £-35.17m (11th)
21/22: £-73.18m (12th)
20/21: £-2.05m  (14th)
19/20: £40.84m (14th)

 

16) Burnley: £-78.74m
23/24: -£91.77m
22/23: £28.43m (1st in Championship)
21/22: £-7.61m (18th)
20/21: £1.03m (17th)
19/20: £-8.8m (10th)

 

17) Brentford: £-70.18m
23/24: -£46.85m
22/23: £-40.94m (9th)
21/22: £-30.51m (13th)
20/21: £46.75m (3rd in Championship)
19/20:-£-333,000 (3rd in Championship)

 

18) Everton: £-27.54m
23/24: £36.23m
22/23: £21.7m (17th)

21/22: £5.56m (16th)
20/21: £-59.75m (10th)
19/20: £-28.38m (12th)

 

19) Luton: £-12.27m
23/24: £-19.46m
22/23: £-1.09m (3rd in Championship)
21/22: £427,000 (6th in Championship)
20/21:  – (12th in Championship)
19/20: £7.98m (19th in Championship)

 

20) Brighton: £76.39m
23/24: £73.8m
22/23: £70.23m (6th)
21/22: £2.99m (9th)
20/21: £-6.75m (16th)
19/20: £-45.55m (15th)

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