Premier League net spend table over the last five years

Forget the league table, we know it’s all about the Premier League net spend table! We take transfers from the summer of 2020 until the present day.

Bold denotes a profit; final league positions in brackets…

1) Chelsea: £-795.24m
24/25: £-34.16m
23/24: £-157.14m (6th)
22/23: £-473.6m (12th)
21/22: £30.9m (3rd)
20/21: £-160m (4th)

2) Manchester United: £-547.96m
24/25: £-93.93m
23/24: £-121.23m (8th)
22/23: £-184.95m (3rd)
21/22: £-93.4m (6th)
20/21: £-54.27m (2nd)

3) Arsenal: £-469.63m
24/25: £-21.98m
23/24: £-139.7m (2nd)
22/23: £-136.92m (2nd)
21/22: £-114.53m (5th)
20/21: £-56.29m (8th)

4) Tottenham: £-458.78m
24/25: £-79.65m
23/24: £-127.5m (5th)
22/23: £-118.93m (8th)
21/22: £-51.6m (4th)
20/21: £-81.85m (7th)

5) Newcastle: £-370.98m
24/25: £6.7m
23/24: £-91.45m (7th)
22/23: £-144.24m (4th)
21/22: £-109.9m (11th)
20/21: £-31.97m (12th)

6) West Ham: £-276.6m
24/25: £-83.95m
23/24: £21.81m (9th)
22/23: £-147.39m (14th)
21/22: £-59.17m (7th)
20/21: £-7.94m (6th)

7) Liverpool: £-253.1m
24/25: £4.2m
23/24: £-93.73m (3rd)
22/23: £-54.82m (5th)
21/22: £-51.75m (2nd)
20/21: £-56.93m (3rd)

8) Nottingham Forest: £-223.66m
24/25: £-18.7m
23/24: £-40.61m (17th)
22/23: £-159.62m (16th)
21/22: £-5.23m (4th in Championship)
20/21: £521,000 (17th in Championship)

9) Aston Villa: £-217m
24/25: £-26.26m
23/24: £-66.48m (4th)
22/23: £-38.85m (7th)
21/22: £-2.39m (14th)
20/21: £-83m (11th)

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10) Crystal Palace: £-146.3m
24/25: £19.3m
23/24: £-57.83m (10th)
22/23: £-35.17m (11th)
21/22: £-73.18m (12th)
20/21: £-2.05m  (14th)

11) Manchester City: £-139.11m
24/25: £97.72m
23/24: £-112.67m (Champions)
22/23: £9.97m (Champions)
21/22: £-37.98m (Champions)
20/21: £-92.13m (Champions)

12) Fulham: £-123.39m
24/25: £-19.16m
23/24: £-16.82m (13th)
22/23: £-42.7m (10th)
21/22: £-13.3m (1st in Championship)
20/21: £-31.37m (18th)

13) Bournemouth: £-118.00m
24/25: £-32.25m
23/24: £-105.93m (12th)
22/23: £-70m (15th)
21/22: £12.19m (2nd in Championship)
20/21: £78.12m (6th in Championship)

14) Ipswich Town: £-111.85m
24/25: £-105.17m
23/24: £-4.79m (2nd in Championship)
22/23: £-1.61m (2nd in League One)
21/22: £-0.34m (11th in League One)
20/21: – (9th in League One)

15) Brentford: £-95.7m
24/25: £-19.7m
23/24: £-52.3m (16th)
22/23: £-38.44m (9th)
21/22: £-31.33m (13th)
20/21: £46.06m (3rd in Championship)

16) Southampton: £-60.26m
24/25: £-63.65m
23/24: £140.1m (4th in Championship)
22/23: £-123.97m (20th)
21/22: £-2.58m (15th)
20/21: £-9.3m (15th)

17) Brighton: £-38.08m
24/25: £-154.09m
23/24: £69.1m (11th)
22/23: £70.82m (6th)
21/22: £3.25m (9th)
20/21: £-29.6m (16th)

18) Leicester City: £-23.36m
24/25: £-43.3m
23/24: £51.79m (1st in Championship)
22/23: £27.4m (18th)
21/22: £-53.78m (8th)
20/21: £-4.76m (5th)

19) Wolves: £-12.74m
24/25: £27.88m
23/24: £64.14m (14th)
22/23: £-97.64m (13th)
21/22: £-4.96m (10th)
20/21: £-7.17m (13th)

20) Everton: £27.66m
24/25: £28.17m
23/24: £36.23m (15th)
22/23: £21.7m (17th)
21/22: £5.56m (16th)
20/21: £-59.75m (10th)