The Transfer League Tables represents a record of the amount of money spent in transfer fees by English Premier League Football Clubs since 1992 The table also shows new investment which club owners have made available to their club managers. The new investment can be seen season by season on the Club page from the Teams Transfer Menu.
The "Purchased" column in this table shows the money spent on players in transfer fees by all the English Premier League clubs since the Premiership was formed in 1992. The "Sold" column shows the money received by the football club from the sale of players in the same period. In the Nett" column the total of transfer fees received from the sale of Players is subtracted from the total money spent in transfer fees on purchasing players since 1992. This Nett figure is the "new investment" made available each season to the manager to buy players. The "per season" column is the "Nett" total divided by the number of years that have passed since 1992 giving an average of the money spent in transfer fees by each premiership club each season since 1992.
# | Nett Spend 92/03 To Date | Purchased Gross | Sold | Nett | Per Season |
1 | Manchester City | £1712.3 M | £575.3 M | £1137.0 M | £40.6 M |
2 | Chelsea | £1717.8 M | £944.9 M | £772.9 M | £27.6 M |
3 | Manchester United | £1370.5 M | £592.3 M | £778.2 M | £27.8 M |
4 | Liverpool | £1238.2 M | £819.5 M | £418.7 M | £15.0 M |
5 | Arsenal | £974.7 M | £597.5 M | £377.2 M | £13.5 M |
6 | Aston Villa | £635.5 M | £262.4 M | £373.1 M | £13.3 M |
7 | Everton | £841.2 M | £507.6 M | £333.7 M | £11.9 M |
8 | Crystal Palace | £273.3 M | £72.0 M | £201.3 M | £07.2 M |
9 | Tottenham | £927.5 M | £682.9 M | £244.6 M | £08.7 M |
10 | Newcastle United | £689.2 M | £469.0 M | £220.3 M | £07.9 M |
11 | West Ham | £565.2 M | £354.4 M | £210.8 M | £07.5 M |
12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | £223.3 M | £32.1 M | £191.1 M | £06.8 M |
13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | £317.8 M | £107.3 M | £210.4 M | £07.5 M |
14 | AFC Bournemouth | £212.1 M | £80.8 M | £131.3 M | £04.7 M |
15 | Burnley | £162.9 M | £106.1 M | £56.8 M | £02.0 M |
16 | Watford | £228.5 M | £159.1 M | £69.4 M | £02.5 M |
17 | Southampton | £453.1 M | £430.5 M | £22.5 M | £00.8 M |
18 | Sheffield United | £99.2 M | £72.6 M | £26.5 M | £00.9 M |
19 | Leicester City | £143.7 M | £179.2 M | -£35.5 M | -£01.3 M |
20 | Norwich City | £143.7 M | £179.2 M | -£35.5 M | -£01.3 M |