The Premier League is the richest league in the world by some distance: across the summer 2023 transfer window alone, clubs have spent over £2 billion combined between them – a remarkable figure which includes the likes of Moises Caicedo, Declan Rice and Josko Gvardiol to name just three.
Spending appears to have increased hugely in the last year alone, particularly since Todd Boehly’s consortium completed their takeover of Chelsea, but the numbers had been astronomical for many teams over the past few years regardless.
Of course, with huge incomings often come equivalent outgoings in order to finance such expenditure – yet this varies significantly among top-flight clubs in England, with some actually in profit whilst others languish in the red.
Here, we’ll run through the rankings for every current Premier League team over the past five seasons, using figures from Transfermarkt, to find out which team has the largest net spend in that time.
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