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: £-795.24m24/25: £-34.16m23/24: £-157.14m (6th)22/23: £-473.6m (12th)
21/22: £30.9m (3rd)
20/21: £-160m (4th)
2) Manchester United: £-547.96m
24/25: £-93.93m
23/24: £-121.23m (8th)
22/23: £-184.95m (3rd)
21/22: £-93.4m (6th)
20/21: £-54.27m (2nd)
3) Arsenal: £-469.63m24/25: £-21.98m
23/24: £-139.7m (2nd)
22/23: £-136.92m (2nd)
21/22: £-114.53m (5th)
20/21: £-56.29m (8th)
4) Tottenham: £-458.78m24/25: £-79.65m23/24**:** £-127.5m (5th)22/23: £-118.93m (8th)
21/22: £-51.6m (4th)
20/21: £-81.85m (7th)
5) Newcastle: £-370.98m
24/25: £6.7m23/24: £-91.45m (7th)22/23: £-144.24m (4th)
21/22: £-109.9m (11th)
20/21: £-31.97m (12th)
6) West Ham: £-276.6m24/25: £-83.95m**23/24: £21.81m (9th)**22/23: £-147.39m (14th)
21/22: £-59.17m (7th)
20/21: £-7.94m (6th)
7) Liverpool: £-253.1m
24/25: £4.2m
23/24: £-93.73m (3rd)
22/23: £-54.82m (5th)
21/22: £-51.75m (2nd)
20/21: £-56.93m (3rd)
8) Nottingham Forest: £-223.66m
24/25: £-18.7m
23/24: £-40.61m (17th)
22/23: £-159.62m (16th)
21/22: £-5.23m (4th in Championship)
20/21: £521,000 (17th in Championship)
9) Aston Villa: £-217m
24/25: £-26.26m
23/24: £-66.48m (4th)
22/23: £-38.85m (7th)
21/22: £-2.39m (14th)
20/21: £-83m (11th)
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10) Crystal Palace: £-146.3m
24/25: £19.3m
23/24: £-57.83m (10th)
22/23: £-35.17m (11th)
21/22: £-73.18m (12th)
20/21: £-2.05m (14th)
11) Manchester City: £-139.11m
24/25: £97.72m
23/24: £-112.67m (Champions)
22/23: £9.97m (Champions)
21/22: £-37.98m (Champions)
20/21: £-92.13m (Champions)
12) Fulham: £-123.39m
24/25: £-19.16m
23/24: £-16.82m (13th)
22/23: £-42.7m (10th)
21/22: £-13.3m (1st in Championship)
20/21: £-31.37m (18th)
13) Bournemouth: £-118.00m24/25: £-32.25m23/24: £-105.93m (12th)
22/23: £-70m (15th)
21/22: £12.19m (2nd in Championship)
20/21: £78.12m (6th in Championship)
14) Ipswich Town: £-111.85m24/25: £-105.17m23/24: £-4.79m (2nd in Championship)22/23: £-1.61m (2nd in League One)21/22: £-0.34m (11th in League One)20/21: – (9th in League One)
15) Brentford: £-95.7m
24/25: £-19.7m
23/24: £-52.3m (16th)
22/23: £-38.44m (9th)
21/22: £-31.33m (13th)
20/21: £46.06m (3rd in Championship)
16) Southampton: £-60.26m24/25: £-63.65m**23/24: £140.1m (4th in Championship)**22/23: £-123.97m (20th)21/22: £-2.58m (15th)20/21: £-9.3m (15th)
17) Brighton: £-38.08m24/25: £-154.09m23/24: **£69.1m (11th)**22/23: £70.82m (6th)
21/22: £3.25m (9th)
20/21: £-29.6m (16th)
18) Leicester City: £-23.36m
24/25: £-43.3m
23/24: £51.79m (1st in Championship)
22/23: £27.4m (18th)
21/22: £-53.78m (8th)
20/21: £-4.76m (5th)
**19) Wolves: £-12.74m
24/25: £27.88m
23/24: £64.14m (14th)**22/23: £-97.64m (13th)
21/22: £-4.96m (10th)
20/21: £-7.17m (13th)
20) Everton: £27.66m
24/25: £28.17m
23/24: £36.23m (15th)
22/23: £21.7m (17th)
21/22: £5.56m (16th)
20/21: £-59.75m (10th)