Forget the league table, it’s all about the Premier League net spend table. Man Utd are way clear at the top of this one, with only two clubs turning a profit over the last five years.
Bold denotes a profit; final league positions in brackets…
1) Manchester United: £-545.8m
22/23: £-204.4m
21/22: £-98.4m (6th)
20/21: £-58.32m (2nd)
19/20: £-138.24m (3rd)
18/19: £-46.94m (6th)
2) Arsenal: £-440.4m
22/23: £-97.4m
21/22: £-122.4m (5th)
20/21: £-59.27m (8th)
19/20: £-96.08m (8th)
18/19: £-65.03m (5th)
3) Chelsea: £-384m
22/23: £-202.7m
21/22: £1.76m (3rd)
20/21: £-169.56m (4th)
19/20: £101.04m (4th)
18/19: £-113m (3rd)
Ranking the top 10 Premier League teams of all time before this Man City team renders it moot
4) West Ham: £-355.7m
22/23: £-147.78m
21/22: £-63.24m (7th)
20/21: £-8.36m (6th)
19/20: £-58.11m (16th)
18/19: £-77.43m (10th)
5) Tottenham: £-331.45m
22/23: £-118m
21/22: £-55.15m (4th)
20/21: £-87.48m (7th)
19/20: £-75.6m (6th)
18/19: £4.82m (4th)
6) Newcastle: £-314m
22/23: £-120.32m
21/22: £-117.45m (11th)
20/21: £-34.85m (12th)
19/20: £-33.53m (13th)
18/19: £-7.83m (13th)
7) Aston Villa: £-259.97m
22/23: £-25.2m
21/22: £-2.54m (14th)
20/21: £-88.72m (11th)
19/20: £-140.85m (17th)
18/19: £-2.66m (5th in Championship)
8) Wolves: £-248.36m
22/23: £-71.55m
21/22: £-5.22m (10th)
20/21: £-3.24m (13th)
19/20: £-83.34m (7th)
18/19: £-80.51m (7th)
9) Liverpool: £-216.61m
22/23: £-8.64m
21/22: £-51.71m (2nd)
20/21: £-58.91m (3rd)
19/20: £28.08m (Champions)
18/19: £-126.79m (2nd)
The top 20 biggest transfers in Europe in the 2022 summer transfer window
10) Manchester City: £-213.8m
22/23: £18.36m
21/22: £-36.63m (Champions)
20/21: £-90.14m (Champions)
19/20: £-79.67m (2nd)
18/19: £-18.89m (Champions)
11) Fulham: £-192.51m
22/23: £-36.45m
21/22: £-14.85m (1st in Championship)
20/21: £-33.53m (18th)
19/20: £-7.65m (4th in Championship)
18/19: £-100m (19th)
12) Everton: £-168.3m
22/23: £-18.18m
21/22: £5.85m (16th)
20/21: £-63.4m (10th)
19/20: £-36.45m (12th)
18/19: £-64.04m (8th)
13) Nottingham Forest: £151.77m
22/23: £-139.46m
21/22: £-5.51m (4th in Championship)
20/21: £550,000 (17th in Championship)
19/20: £8.78m (7th in Championship)
18/19: £-16.13m (9th in Championship)
14) Leeds United: £-123.15m
22/23: £2.57m
21/22: £-53m (17th)
20/21: £-95.2m (9th)
19/20: £27.36m (1st in Championship)
18/19: £-3.69m (3rd in Championship)
15) Southampton: £-121.93m
22/23: £-64.26m
21/22: £15.54m (15th)
20/21: £-9.9m (15th)
19/20: £-28.17m (11th)
18/19: £-32.54m (16th)
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16) Crystal Palace: £-72.8m
22/23: £-26.23m
21/22: £-77.05m (12th)
20/21: £-2.16m (14th)
19/20: £43m (14th)
18/19: £-10.35m (12th)
17) Brighton: £-56.67m
22/23: £61.35m
21/22: £3.15m (9th)
20/21: £-7.11m (16th)
19/20: £-59.8m (15th)
18/19: £-66.24m (17th)
18) Leicester: £-35.48m
22/23: £57.96m
21/22: £-57.24m (8th)
20/21: £-3.8m (5th)
19/20: £-14.22m (5th)
18/19: £-16.92m (9th)
19) Bournemouth: £-7.45m
22/23: £-24.21m
21/22: £12.83m (2nd in Championship)
20/21: £84.2m (6th in Championship)
19/20: £-18.26m (18th)
18/19: £-62m (14th)
20) Brentford: £100,000
22/23: £-42.21m
21/22: £-32.13m (13th)
20/21: £49.23m (3rd in Championship)
19/20: £351,000 (3rd in Championship)
18/19: £25.56m (11th in Championship)
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