Premier League transfers: Chelsea, Man Utd, Brighton and Tottenham top spending chart

Published on Aug 31, 2024

How much have Premier League clubs spent on transfers during the summer window? We crunch the numbers...

This article was last updated on August 30 at 11.30pm. All transfer fees include potential add-ons and exclude undisclosed fees.

Premier League clubs splashed £2.01bn on new signings during the summer window - not quite hitting the record-breaking £2.44bn spent last year. However, this summer did set a new record for cash recouped with £1.41bn generated from player sales.

All that selling recorded an overall net spend of £667.4m - the third-lowest figure since 2016.

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Who spent the most?

Chelsea led the way for spending with an outlay of £219.6m, with nearly half of that spent on Pedro Neto (£54m) and Joao Felix (£46.3m).

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Manchester United (£205.9m), Brighton (£192m), Tottenham (£133.5m), West Ham (£132.5m), Aston Villa (£129.5m), Ipswich (£124m), Southampton (£108.3m) and Arsenal (£101.5m) all splurged nine-figure sums on recruits.

At the other end of the scale, Manchester City (£33.6m), Liverpool (£41.5m), Newcastle (£43m), Everton (£46m) and Wolves (£53.3m) were the most frugal clubs during the window.

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Who sold the most?

Chelsea were the most spendthrift club but the Blues also recorded table-topping returns for cash received from player sales with £153.3m.

Manchester City replenished the club's coffers with a cool £146.9m - boosted by Atletico Madrid shelling out £82m for Julian Alvarez - followed by Aston Villa (£136.4m), Crystal Palace (£98.3m), Arsenal (£97.5m), Manchester United (£94.7m) and Wolves (£94m).

In contrast, newly promoted sides Ipswich (£1m), Leicester (£30m) and Southampton (£40.4m) were among the clubs to receive the least from sales - with Brentford, as it stands, set to cash in on Ivan Toney (yet to be confirmed).

Net spend

Brighton bucked their trend of selling star players with a league-high £151.5m net spend, while Ipswich stated intent with £123m, followed by Manchester United (£111.2m), West Ham (£100m) and Tottenham (£70.6m).

Conversely, Manchester City's significant player sales generated a league-high net profit of £113.3m, with six other clubs recording profit: Wolves (£40.7m profit), Everton (£24.2m profit), Crystal Palace (£22.3m profit), Newcastle (£22m profit), Liverpool (£21m profit) and Aston Villa (£6.9m profit).

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Which players cost the most?

Tottenham snapped up the most expensive signing in the Premier League this summer, prising Dominic Solanke from Bournemouth for £65m, edging 18-year-old Leny Yoro's £58.9m move from Lille to Manchester United.

Image: Dominic Solanke has signed for Tottenham

Pedro Neto (Wolves to Chelsea, £54m), Manuel Ugarte (Paris Saint-Germain to Manchester United, £50.7m), Amadou Onana (Everton to Aston Villa, £50m), Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid to Chelsea, £46.3m), Matthijs de Ligt (Bayern Munich to Manchester United, £42.7m) and Riccardo Calafiori (Bologna to Arsenal, £42m) also ranked among the most expensive deals this summer.

Total incomings and outgoings

Southampton recruited a chart-topping 12 players on permanent deals, while Manchester City and Liverpool each completed only two deals.

In terms of permanent outgoings, Arsenal offloaded a league-high 31 players, while only seven players departed Wolves for pastures new.

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