The summer transfer window has now concluded for clubs in the Premier League. Who has come out of the summer looking the strongest?
In today’s day and age, with so much money being thrown around, clubs must be shrewd in their business dealings. There is a fine art when it comes to securing smart deals – today, we’ll be looking at five teams who played a real blinder.
We’ll be looking the five biggest transfer gains that took place in the Premier League this summer. Simply put, which teams gained the most from individual transfers? Let’s take a look.
Jan Paul van Hecke (£50m)
Jan Paul van Hecke was arguably Brighton’s most important player last season, as they finished 8th in the Premier League to qualify for the Europa Conference League. As such, the Seagulls weren’t going to let him go without a fight.
Tottenham managed to prize him away from the South Coast for a fee of £52 million – a near-£50 million increase over what Brighton initially paid for him back in 2020.
While they will now miss out on his prime years, this is yet another brilliant stroke of business from Brighton, having sold many more of their previous top players for massive profits in the past.
Gabriel Martinelli (£54m)
Another player who was bought at a young age, Gabriel Martinelli had been at Arsenal for over seven years before he made the jump to Al Hilal in the summer.
Brought to North London for a paltry £8 million, this was a hedge from the Gunners that most certainly paid off in the long run. Not only did they make a massive profit off him, he also scored 41 goals in 191 Premier League games for Arsenal.
This was a great deal for all parties. Al Hilal, with their bottomless pit of money, have added serious quality to their squad. Meanwhile, Arsenal don’t really need Martinelli at this stage, following the acquisition of Christos Tzolis.
Savio (£54.2m)
When Manchester City signed Savio in 2024, they forked out a pretty significant sum of money – £30.8 million – but this paled in comparison to the amount that Spurs wanted to buy him for in 2026.
All in all, Spurs paid out a total sum of £85 million for the Brazilian, giving City a tidy profit of just under £55 million. Not bad, especially for a player who only scored two Premier League goals for the Sky Blues.
This was just one of many lucrative deals conducted by Spurs this summer, as Roberto De Zerbi continues his extensive rebuild at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Elliot Anderson (£81m)
Nottingham Forest knew Elliot Anderson’s worth and weren’t about to let him go for anything under £100 million. They got a bit more than that, in the end.
When all was said and done, Manchester City won the bidding war and paid a fee of £116 million to secure his services. In doing so, Forest netted a tidy profit of £81 million.
Forest were right to try and hang onto Anderson – a player of such quality should be protected from potential suitors. Still, with such an enormous amount of money on the table, it made sense to let him go.
Morgan Rogers (£102m)
One of the biggest transfer profits of all time, second only to Philippe Coutinho’s move from Liverpool to Barcelona, Aston Villa will nonetheless rue their loss.
Morgan Rogers was a phenomenal player for Villa last season. They’ve struggled to replace him, but took home a massive profit nontheless.
It goes to show – sometimes, players aren’t replaceable for any amount of money. Rogers has made an excellent start at Chelsea, too – it was a big money gamble from the Blues, but appears to be paying off.