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All 20 EPL Clubs Ranked By Net Transfer Spend Across Last Five Seasons: Man Utd Just €79m Behind Chelsea

The CIES Football Observatory has ranked all 20 English Premier League clubs based on their net transfer spend across the last five seasons. Chelsea are no.1.

Robert Summerscales

All 20 EPL Clubs Ranked By Net Transfer Spend Across Last Five Seasons: Man Utd Just €79m Behind Chelsea
All 20 EPL Clubs Ranked By Net Transfer Spend Across Last Five Seasons: Man Utd Just €79m Behind Chelsea /

Over the past two windows Chelsea's net spend on transfer fees has been a remarkable €620 million.

Chelsea splurged spectacularly on new players in the summer and then again in January as owner Todd Boehly looked to make his mark on the team.

No other Premier League club came near to matching Chelsea in the spending stakes this season.

Manchester United and Nottingham Forest were the closest, with net spends of €240m and €229m over the last two windows.

Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly pictured at Stamford Bridge in August 2022
Chelsea's net spend on transfer fees since Todd Boehly bought the club has been €620m :: IMAGO/Sportimage/Paul Terry

However, Chelsea are not that far ahead of their rivals when you look at net spend over the past five seasons.

Research from the CIES Football Observatory has shown that Chelsea's net spend on transfer fees from and including the summer of 2018 has been €749m.

Man United's net spend during this period was just €79m less, at €670m, while the other top spenders were Arsenal (€544m), Tottenham (€477m), West Ham (€435m) and Newcastle (€422m).

At the other end of the table, Brentford have only spent €40m net on transfer fees in the last 10 windows.

Meanwhile, Manchester City sit 16th, having enjoyed profitable seasons in terms of transfer business in 2022/23 and 2018/19.

Club

Net spend since summer 2018 (€)

18/19

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

Chelsea

749

134

-204

239

-41

620

Man Utd

670

40

165

101

125

240

Arsenal

544

69

82

67

151

175

Tottenham

477

-15

142

70

113

167

West Ham

435

91

65

-7

79

207

Newcastle

422

2

45

41

142

192

Aston Villa

370

17

169

120

17

49

Wolves

355

83

73

33

28

138

Liverpool

313

146

-13

43

52

85

Fulham

271

133

1

47

9

82

Nottingham Forest

246

18

-8

1

6

229

Leeds

242

9

-16

110

78

61

Southampton

237

65

10

12

-19

169

Everton

219

81

57

86

14

-19

Crystal Palace

134

13

-46

18

98

51

Man City

128

-5

77

107

36

-87

Leicester

104

23

36

7

57

-18

Bournemouth

80

82

15

-102

-15

100

Brighton

56

89

77

8

-13

-104

Brentford

40

-26

7

-48

42

66

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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.

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