Players Purchased Fee   Players Sold Fee Net Total
Season 11/12          
Mehdi Abeid Free   Kevin Nolan £3,500,000  
Sylvain Marveaux Free   Patrick McLaughlin Free  
Yohan Cabaye £5,000,000   Daniel Leadbitter Free  
Demba Ba Free   Ben Tozer Free  
Gabriel Obertan £3,000,000   Sanchez Jose Enrique £6,300,000  
Davide Santon £5,300,000   Joey Barton Free  
Robert Elliot £100,000        
Papiss Demba Cisse £10,000,000        
Total £23,400,000     £9,800,000 £13,600,000
Season 10/11          
James Perch £1,000,000   Andrew Carroll £35,000,000  
Dan Gosling Free        
Sol Campbell Free        
Ismael Tioté £3,500,000        
Hatem Ben Arfa £5,750,000        
Total £10,250,000     £35,000,000 -£24,750,000
Season 09/10          
Francisco Tejada Signed   David Edgar undisclosed  
Danny Simpson £500,000   Michael Owen Free  
Mike Williamson £1,000,000   Sebastien Bassong £10,000,000  
      Obafemi Martins £9,000,000  
      Habib Beye £2,500,000  
      Damien Duff £4,000,000  
Total £1,500,000     £25,500,000 -£24,000,000
Season 08/09          
Jonas Gutierrez £7,000,000   Emre £4,000,000  
Danny Gutherie £2,500,000   Abdoulaye Faye £2,250,000  
 Fabrizio Coloccini £10,300,000   James Milner £12,000,000  
Xisco £5,700,000[1]   Shay Given £8,000,000  
Peter Lovenkrands Free   Charles N'Zogbia £6,000,000  
Kevin Nolan £4,000,000        
Ryan Taylor Free        
Total £29,500,000     £32,250,000 -£2,750,000
           
Season 07/08          
Lamine Diatta Free   David Rozehnal £2,900,000  
Ben Tozer £250,000   Peter Ramage Free  
Abdoulaye Faye Signed   Matty Pattison Signed  
Habib Beye Signed   Nolberto Solano Free  
Jose Enrique £6,500,000   Paul Huntington Signed  
Claudio Cacapa Free   Alberto Luque £2,000,000  
Alan Smith £6,000,000   Kieron Dyer £6,000,000  
Joey Barton £5,800,000   Stephen Carr Free  
Total £18,550,000     £10,900,000 £7,650,000
           
Season 06/07          
Geremi Free   Alan O'Brien Signed  
David Rozehnal £2,900,000   Scott Parker £7,000,000  
      Antoine Sibierski Free  
Mark Viduka Free   Titus Bramble Free  
Olivier Bernard Free   Liam Atkin Free  
Antoine Sibierski £2,000,000   Jean-Alain Boumsong Signed  
Obafemi Martins £10,000,000   Martin Brittain Free  
Damien Duff £5,000,000   Amdy Faye £2,000,000  
      Robbie Elliott Monthly  
      Daryl Smylie Signed  
      Allan Picken Free  
Total £19,900,000     £9,000,000 £10,900,000
           
Season 05/06          
Nolberto Solano £1,500,000   Michael Chopra Free  
Michael Owen £16,000,000   Lee Bowyer Signed  
Alberto Luque £9,500,000   Laurent Robert Free  
Lee Clark Free   Jermaine Jenas £7,000,000  
Emre £3,800,000   Jamie McClen Free  
Craig Moore Free   Darren Ambrose Signed  
      Craig Bellamy £5,000,000  
      Marc Walton Free  
Total £30,800,000     £12,000,000 £18,800,000
           
Season 04/05          
Scott Parker £6,500,000   Patrick Kluivert Free  
Amdy Faye £2,000,000   Andy O'Brien £2,000,000  
Jean-Alain Boumsong £8,000,000   Aaron Hughes £1,000,000  
Celestine Babayaro £1,000,000   Lewis Guy Free  
Ronny Johnsen Free   Olivier Bernard £400,000  
Stephen Carr £2,000,000   Jonathan Woodgate £13,400,000  
Charles N'Zogbia Signed   Gary Speed £750,000  
Nicky Butt £2,500,000   Lomano LuaLua £1,700,000  
Patrick Kluivert Free   Andy Ferrell Free  
      Bradley Orr Free  
Total £22,000,000     £19,250,000 £2,750,000
           
Season 03/04          
James Milner £3,600,000   Adam Collin Signed  
Lee Bowyer Free   Brian Kerr Free  
      Stephen Caldwell Free  
      Calvin Zola Free  
      Andy Griffin Free  
      Chris Carr Free  
      Gary Caldwell Free  
      Nolberto Solano £1,500,000  
      Carl Cort £2,000,000  
      Nikos Dabizas Free  
      Jonny Brain Free  
      James Beaumont Signed  
      Ross Gardner Signed  
      Joe Kendrick Free  
Total £3,600,000     £3,500,000 £100,000
           
Season 02/03          
Darren Ambrose £1,000,000   Aaron Labonte Free  
Tony Caig Free   Christian Bassedas Free  
Jonathan Woodgate £9,000,000   Stuart Green £150,000  
Titus Bramble £5,000,000   Steven Istead Free  
      Colin McMenamin Free  
      David Cowan Free  
      Ryan McGuffie Free  
      Karl Colley Signed  
      James Coppinger Signed  
Total £15,000,000     £150,000 £14,850,000
           
Season 01/02          
Hugo Viana £8,500,000   Mark Boyd Free  
Jermaine Jenas £5,000,000   David Beharall £150,000  
Laurent Robert £9,500,000   Rob Lee £250,000  
Robbie Elliott Free   Warren Barton Nominal  
Craig Bellamy £6,000,000   Steve Grindlay Free  
      Kevin Gallacher Free  
      Peter Wright Free  
      Des Hamilton Free  
      Stephen Glass Free  
Total £29,000,000     £400,000 £28,600,000
           
Season 00/01          
Andy O'Brien £2,000,000   Kevin Gall Free  
Wayne Quinn £800,000   Alain Goma £4,000,000  
Clarence Acuna £1,000,000   Garry Brady Free  
Pedro Dimas Free   Didier Domi £4,000,000  
Lomano LuaLua £2,250,000   Laurent Charvet £1,000,000  
Olivier Bernard Free   Duncan Ferguson £3,750,000  
Carl Cort £7,000,000   Steve Howey £2,000,000  
      Temuri Ketsbaia £900,000  
      Lionel Perez Free  
      Silvio Maric Signed  
      Paul Robinson £1,500,000  
      Stuart Elliott Free  
Total £13,050,000     £17,150,000 -£4,100,000
           
Season 99/00          
Daniel Cordone £500,000   Alessandro Pistone £3,000,000  
Christian Bassedas £3,500,000   David Cunningham Free  
Diego Gavilan £2,000,000   Paul Arnison Free  
Kevin Gallacher £500,000   Paul Talbot Free  
Fumaca Signed   Franck Dumas £1,100,000  
John Karelse £800,000   Jordan Tait Free  
Jonny Brain Signed   Andreas Andersson £2,000,000  
Kieron Dyer £6,500,000   Stuart Pearce Free  
Franck Dumas £500,000   Philippe Albert £600,000  
Elena Marcelino £5,800,000   Dietmar Hamann £8,000,000  
Alain Goma £4,700,000   George Georgiadis £500,000  
      Peter Keen Free  
Total £24,800,000     £15,200,000 £9,600,000
           
Season 98/99          
Silvio Maric £3,300,000   Paddy Kelly Free  
Didier Domi £4,000,000   Paul Dalglish £300,000  
Duncan Ferguson £7,000,000   David Terrier Free  
Nolberto Solano £2,480,000   Paul Barrett Free  
Dietmar Hamann £5,250,000   John Barnes Free  
Laurent Charvet £520,000   Keith Gillespie £2,350,000  
      David Batty £4,400,000  
      Stephane Guivarc'h £3,500,000  
      Steve Watson £4,000,000  
Total £22,550,000     £14,550,000 £8,000,000
           
Season 97/98          
Carl Serrant £500,000   Shaka Hislop Free  
Garry Brady Free   Darren Peacock Free  
Stephen Glass £650,000   Jon Dahl Tomasson £2,500,000  
Lionel Perez Free   Jimmy Crawford £50,000  
Stephane Guivarc'h £3,500,000   Paul Brayson £100,000  
George Georgiadis £420,000   John Beresford £1,500,000  
James Coppinger £250,000   Faustino Asprilla £6,000,000  
Paul Robinson £250,000   Peter Beardsley £450,000  
Nikos Dabizas £2,000,000   Les Ferdinand £6,000,000  
Gary Speed £5,500,000        
Andy Griffin £1,500,000        
Andreas Andersson £3,000,000        
Paul Dalglish Free        
Ian Rush Free        
John Barnes Free        
Paddy Kelly Signed        
Bjarni Gudjonsson £500,000        
Brian Pinas Free        
Stuart Pearce Free        
Alessandro Pistone £4,300,000        
Total £22,370,000     £16,600,000 £5,770,000
           
Season 96/97          
Temuri Ketsbaia Free   David Ginola £2,000,000  
Jon Dahl Tomasson £2,200,000   Robbie Elliott £2,500,000  
Shay Given £1,500,000   Lee Clark £2,500,000  
Des Hamilton £1,500,000   Paul Kitson £2,300,000  
      Darren Huckerby £1,000,000  
      Jimmy Garrity Free  
Total £5,200,000     £10,300,000 -£5,100,000
           
Season 95/96          
Alan Shearer £15,000,000   Steven Paris Signed  
Faustino Asprilla £6,700,000   Scott Sellars £750,000  
Shaka Hislop £1,580,000        
Jimmy Garrity Trainee        
Les Ferdinand £6,000,000        
Total £29,280,000     £750,000 £28,530,000
           
Season 94/95          
David Ginola £2,500,000   Sam Aiston Free  
Warren Barton £4,000,000   Gareth McAlindon Free  
Jimmy Crawford £75,000   Mike Jeffrey £100,000  
Keith Gillespie £1,000,000   Alan Neilson £750,000  
Paul Kitson £2,250,000   Barry Venison £750,000  
Philippe Albert £2,650,000   Paul Bracewell £100,000  
Jason Drysdale £425,000   Jason Drysdale £340,000  
Steve Guppy £150,000   Alex Mathie £500,000  
Marc Hottiger £600,000   Andy Cole £6,000,000  
      Steve Guppy £225,000  
      Peter Cormack Signed  
Total £13,650,000     £8,765,000 £4,885,000
           
Season 93/94          
Darren Peacock £2,700,000   Mark Robinson £600,000  
Ruel Fox £2,250,000   Graham Stokoe Free  
Chris Holland £100,000   Alun Armstrong £50,000  
Mike Jeffrey £60,000   Tony Dinning Free  
Mike Hooper £550,000   Matty Appleby Free  
John Burridge Free   Kevin Scott £850,000  
      Liam O'Brien £300,000  
      Brian Kilcline £90,000  
      John Burridge Free  
      Gavin Peacock £1,250,000  
Total £5,660,000     £3,140,000 £2,520,000
           
Season 92/93          
Alex Mathie £285,000   Mark Stimson £100,000  
Peter Beardsley £1,400,000   Alan Thompson £250,000  
Steve Harper Free   David Kelly £750,000  
Andy Cole £1,750,000   Andy Hunt £100,000  
Scott Sellars £700,000   Franz Carr £120,000  
Mark Robinson £450,000   Peter Garland Transfer  
Rob Lee £700,000   Mick Quinn    
      Darren Bradshaw Free  
Total £5,285,000     £1,320,000 £3,965,000
           
Combined Totals £345,345,000     £245,525,000 £99,820,000
Season 91/92 to date £345,345,000 £245,525,000 £99,820,000
Season 03/04 to date £159,500,000 £157,200,000 £2,300,000
last five seasons £103,100,000 £122,450,000 -£19,350,000
Before Ashley Buyout £262,145,000 £132,075,000 £130,070,000
After Ashley Buyout £83,200,000 £113,450,000 -£30,250,000
checks  
nett sales £99,820,000
combined totals £99,820,000
Comparisons £99,820,000
season 04/05 to date £2,200,000

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