Premier League transfer window spending since 2019-20
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Total | (€m) |
|---|---|
CHE | 1958 |
MCFC | 1271 |
MUFC | 1237 |
TOT | 1056 |
ARS | 944 |
AVFC | 837 |
WHU | 776 |
BHA | 691 |
NEW | 643 |
WOL | 641 |
LIV | 591 |
SOT | 463 |
FOR | 462 |
BOU | 426 |
EVE | 424 |
LEE | 419 |
LEI | 417 |
FUL | 336 |
BRE | 335 |
BUR | 324 |
CRY | 322 |
SUFC | 230 |
Club | 2025-26 Spend |
|---|---|
CHE | 178 |
MCFC | 131 |
MUFC | 74 |
TOT | 71 |
BHA | 60 |
BUR* | 42 |
LIV | 42 |
WHU | 40 |
BRE | 36 |
EVE | 15 |
BOU | 14 |
AVFC | 7 |
SOT~ | 4 |
CRY | |
FUL | |
FOR | |
LEI~ | |
WOL | |
LEE* | |
SUFC~ | |
NEW | |
ARS |
Club | 2024-25 Spend |
|---|---|
BHA | 281 |
CHE | 276 |
MUFC | 246 |
MCFC | 243 |
AVFC | 214 |
TOT | 175 |
WHU | 144 |
BOU | 131 |
WOL | 124 |
SOT* | 122 |
ARS | 109 |
FOR | 106 |
BRE | 98 |
CRY | 92 |
LEI* | 91 |
FUL | 91 |
NEW | 68 |
BUR~ | 54 |
EVE | 50 |
LIV | 42 |
LEE~ | 32 |
SUFC~ | 22 |
Club | 2023-24 Spend |
|---|---|
CHE | 464 |
TOT | 272 |
MCFC | 260 |
ARS | 235 |
MUFC | 211 |
LIV | 172 |
NEW | 148 |
WHU | 145 |
FOR | 128 |
BOU | 127 |
AVFC | 112 |
BUR* | 111 |
BHA | 107 |
WOL | 94 |
FUL | 73 |
BRE | 72 |
CRY | 68 |
SUFC* | 67 |
LEI~ | 46 |
EVE | 41 |
LEE~ | 36 |
SOT~ | 22 |
Club | 2022-23 Spend |
|---|---|
CHE | 630 |
MUFC | 243 |
FOR* | 198 |
WHU | 197 |
ARS | 186 |
NEW | 185 |
TOT | 180 |
WOL | 180 |
LEE | 164 |
MCFC | 155 |
SOT | 153 |
LIV | 146 |
AVFC | 113 |
EVE | 83 |
BOU* | 83 |
FUL* | 76 |
BHA | 56 |
LEI | 49 |
BRE | 49 |
CRY | 47 |
BUR~ | 43 |
SUFC~ | 5 |
Club | 2021-22 Spend |
|---|---|
ARS | 167 |
MUFC | 142 |
MCFC | 139 |
NEW | 131 |
AVFC | 130 |
CHE | 118 |
TOT | 96 |
LIV | 94 |
CRY | 85 |
WHU | 75 |
BHA | 75 |
LEI | 68 |
SOT | 63 |
LEE | 59 |
BUR | 49 |
EVE | 40 |
BRE* | 38 |
WOL | 38 |
FUL~ | 22 |
BOU~ | 15 |
FOR~ | 7 |
SUFC~ | 0 |
Club | 2020-21 Spend |
|---|---|
CHE | 247 |
MCFC | 173 |
LEE* | 128 |
TOT | 111 |
AVFC | 101 |
WOL | 88 |
ARS | 86 |
LIV | 85 |
MUFC | 84 |
EVE | 74 |
SUFC | 63 |
LEI | 59 |
WHU | 55 |
BHA | 50 |
NEW | 39 |
FUL* | 37 |
SOT | 37 |
CRY | 22 |
FOR~ | 15 |
BRE~ | 7 |
BUR | 1 |
BOU~ | 1 |
Club | 2019-20 Spend |
|---|---|
MUFC | 237 |
MCFC | 170 |
ARS | 161 |
AVFC* | 160 |
TOT | 151 |
EVE | 121 |
WHU | 120 |
WOL | 117 |
LEI | 104 |
SUFC* | 73 |
NEW | 72 |
SOT | 62 |
BHA | 62 |
BOU | 55 |
CHE | 45 |
FUL~ | 37 |
BRE~ | 35 |
BUR | 24 |
LIV | 10 |
FOR~ | 8 |
CRY | 8 |
LEE~ | 0 |
* Promoted Club ~ Not in Premier League
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Since Villa's return to top flight football in 2019-20 they have spent €837m on players - the 6th highest of any Premier League club over that period.
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Villa's total spend is half that of the leading spenders across that period - Chelsea - who have spent €1,846m
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Villa's highest position in any season for overall spending is 4th in 2019-20 when the club purchased an almost entirely new team for their return to the top flight.
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Villa spent €160m in 2019-20, well short of the season's biggest spenders Manchester United (€237m)
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Chelsea have not only been the largest spenders over the period but have been the outright biggest spenders in three out of the six completed seasons, spending €247m in 2020-21, €630m in 2022-23 and €464m in 2023-24.
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The second placed spenders to Chelsea in those seasons were Manchester City with €173m, Manchester United with €243m and Tottenham Hotspur with €272m, each of whose spending trailed that of Chelsea by a significant margin.
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Indeed even Chelsea's second place position for overall spending in 2024-25 was more than the highest amount in three of the six seasons.
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Brighton & Hove Albion were the biggest spenders in 2024-25 with an outlay of €281m, €6m more than even Chelsea spent.
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Villa have never topped the spending tables and instead have ranked 4th, 5th, 5th, 13th, 11th and 5th respectively between 2019-20 and 2024-25.
Net Spend since 2019-20
Club | Net Spend |
|---|---|
CHE | 981 |
MUFC | 920 |
TOT | 714 |
ARS | 663 |
MCFC | 575 |
NEW | 440 |
WHU | 432 |
AVFC | 360 |
LIV | 280 |
FOR | 253 |
BHA | 205 |
FUL | 154 |
BRE | 141 |
CRY | 141 |
BOU | 133 |
SUFC | 124 |
SOT | 108 |
LEE | 71 |
BUR | 70 |
WOL | 47 |
LEI | 35 |
EVE | 11 |
Club | 2025-26 Net |
|---|---|
CHE | 164 |
MCFC | 106 |
MUFC | 74 |
BHA | 60 |
TOT | 58 |
BUR* | 42 |
WHU | 40 |
BRE | 26 |
LIV | 17 |
EVE | 11 |
AVFC | 7 |
LEI~ | 0 |
CRY | 0 |
SUFC~ | 0 |
FOR | 0 |
FUL | 0 |
ARS | 0 |
SOT~ | -4 |
LEE* | -6 |
NEW | -17 |
BOU | -56 |
WOL | -111 |
Club | 2024-25 Net |
|---|---|
BHA | 231 |
MUFC | 143 |
TOT | 120 |
MCFC | 102 |
WHU | 98 |
SOT* | 80 |
BOU | 65 |
LEI* | 44 |
CHE | 41 |
ARS | 25 |
BRE | 24 |
FUL | 22 |
FOR | 19 |
WOL | 8 |
LIV | -5 |
CRY | -9 |
NEW | -22 |
SUFC~ | -25 |
EVE | -34 |
AVFC | -43 |
BUR~ | -55 |
LEE~ | -131 |
Club | 2023-24 Net |
|---|---|
CHE | 182 |
ARS | 166 |
MUFC | 153 |
TOT | 151 |
BOU | 125 |
MCFC | 121 |
LIV | 111 |
BUR* | 107 |
NEW | 103 |
AVFC | 79 |
CRY | 68 |
BRE | 62 |
FOR | 46 |
SUFC* | 36 |
FUL | 20 |
LEE~ | 2 |
WHU | -28 |
EVE | -42 |
LEI~ | -61 |
WOL | -75 |
BHA | -82 |
SOT~ | -165 |
Club | 2022-23 Net |
|---|---|
CHE | 562 |
MUFC | 219 |
FOR* | 193 |
WHU | 175 |
NEW | 171 |
ARS | 162 |
SOT | 147 |
TOT | 141 |
WOL | 117 |
BOU* | 83 |
LIV | 65 |
AVFC | 59 |
FUL* | 51 |
LEE | 49 |
BRE | 46 |
CRY | 42 |
SUFC~ | 5 |
MCFC | -7 |
EVE | -21 |
LEI | -32 |
BUR~ | -33 |
BHA | -82 |
Club | 2021-22 Net |
|---|---|
ARS | 136 |
NEW | 131 |
MUFC | 111 |
CRY | 85 |
WHU | 71 |
LEI | 64 |
LIV | 62 |
TOT | 61 |
LEE | 59 |
MCFC | 45 |
BRE* | 37 |
FUL~ | 16 |
BUR | 8 |
FOR~ | 6 |
WOL | 6 |
AVFC | 3 |
SOT | 3 |
BHA | -4 |
EVE | -6 |
BOU~ | -12 |
SUFC~ | -28 |
CHE | -40 |
Club | 2020-21 Net |
|---|---|
CHE | 190 |
LEE* | 128 |
MCFC | 109 |
AVFC | 98 |
TOT | 97 |
EVE | 70 |
LIV | 68 |
ARS | 67 |
MUFC | 64 |
SUFC | 63 |
NEW | 38 |
FUL* | 37 |
BHA | 29 |
SOT | 11 |
WHU | 10 |
WOL | 9 |
LEI | 5 |
CRY | 2 |
FOR~ | -1 |
BUR | -1 |
BRE~ | -55 |
BOU~ | -93 |
Club | 2019-20 Net |
|---|---|
AVFC* | 157 |
MUFC | 156 |
ARS | 107 |
MCFC | 99 |
WOL | 93 |
TOT | 86 |
SUFC* | 73 |
WHU | 64 |
BHA | 53 |
NEW | 36 |
SOT | 35 |
EVE | 33 |
BOU | 20 |
LEI | 15 |
BUR | 11 |
FUL~ | 8 |
BRE~ | 1 |
FOR~ | -10 |
LEE~ | -30 |
LIV | -38 |
CRY | -47 |
CHE | -118 |
* Promoted Club ~ Not in Premier League
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Villa have the 8th highest net spend since their return to the top flight in 2019-20 totalling €360m through to the end of the 2024-25 season.
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Over that period Villa are behind West Ham (€390m), Newcastle (€440m), Manchester City (€444m), Arsenal (€663m), Tottenham (€678m), Chelsea (€869m) and Manchester United (€920m)
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Manchester United have the highest net spend between 2019 and 2025 despite never holding the outright net spend record in any of the six individual seasons.
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Chelsea have the highest net spend in three of the six seasons having spent €190m in 2020-21, €562m in 2022-23 and €182m in 2023-24.
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Villa had the lowest net spend of any Premier League side in 2024-25 having been 10th, 12th, 16th and 4th in the net spend table in the previous campaigns.
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Over that period Forest (three times), Crystal Palace (twice), Wolves (three times), Fulham (twice), Brentford (twice), Leicester (twice), Bournemouth (three times), Southampton (twice), West Ham (three times), Brighton and Leeds United (twice) have had a greater net spend than Villa.
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Villa's net spend over 2022-23 to 2024-25 which delivered finishes of 7th, 4th and 6th was €95m
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No club with a lower net spend has finished higher than Villa's average League position over that period - 6th
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Manchester United whose net spend was €515m over the same period have averaged a 9th placed finish
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Chelsea, €785m averaged 7th
Source(s): transfermarkt
Premier League transfer window spending since 2019-20 - Promoted teams
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NFFC 2022-23 €198m ✅ Ever present since, three seasons
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AVFC 2019-20 €160m ✅ Ever present since, six seasons
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LUFC 2020-21 €128m ❌ Relegated after three seasons
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SFC 2024-25 €122m ❌ Relegated after one season
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BuFC 2023-24 €111m ❌ Relegated after one season
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LCFC 2024-25 €91m ❌ Relegated after one season
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AFCB 2022-23 €83m ✅ Ever present since, three seasons
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FFC 2022-23 €76m ✅ Ever present since, three seasons
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SUFC 2019-20 €73m ❌ Relegated after two seasons
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SUFC 2023-24 €67m ❌ Relegated after one season
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FFC 2020-21 €37m ❌ Relegated after one season
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BFC 2021-22 €38m ✅ Ever present since, four seasons