Premier League Transfer Window: The Ridiculous Statistics

Premier League clubs ranked by total spend

Man City – £221.6m

Chelsea – £190m

Everton – £150.6m

Man United – £145.75m

Liverpool – £77.3m

Tottenham – £74m

Leicester – £56.5m

Watford – £55.25m

Arsenal – £46.4m

Huddersfield – £43.6m

Brighton – £41.3m

West Ham – £38.7m

Swansea – £38m

Newcastle – £36.4m

Southampton – £35.9m

West Brom – £35m

Crystal Palace – £34m

Burnley – £33.75m

Bournemouth £30m

Stoke – £25m

 

Premier League clubs ranked by sales

Chelsea – £107m

Everton – £94.75m

Man City – £83.5m

Tottenham – £76.6m

Swansea – £73.6m

Arsenal – £65m

Burnley – £43.5m

Liverpool – £43.5m

Leicester – £43m

Stoke – £29.95m

West Ham – £21.5m

Newcastle – £15.5m

Southampton – £12m

Manchester United – £8m

Watford – £5.5m

Huddersfield – £5m

Bournemouth – £0

Brighton – £0

Crystal Palace – £0

West Brom – £0

 

Premier League clubs ranked by net spend (sorry)

Man City – £138.1m

Man United – £137.75m

Chelsea – £106.5m

Everton – £55.85m

Watford – £49.75m

Brighton – £41.3m

Huddersfield – £38.6m

West Brom – £35m

Crystal Palace – £34m

Liverpool – £33.8m

Bournemouth – £30m

Southampton – £23.9m

Newcastle – £20.9m

West Ham – £17.2m

Leicester – £13.5m

Tottenham – -£3.6m

Stoke – -£4.95m

Burnley – £9.75m

Arsenal – -£18.6m

Swansea – -£35.6m

 

* Five Premier League clubs turned a profit this summer. Only three did so in 2016/17, and just one did so in 2015/16.

* Twelve Premier League clubs broke their transfer record this summer. Another, Liverpool, agreed to sign Naby Keita for a club-record fee next summer, while Tottenham’s Davinson Sanchez will become their most expensive player if the requirements for his add-ons are met.

* Two Premier League clubs broke their transfer record on more than one occasion this summer. Brighton and Huddersfield both did so three times.

* Premier League clubs spent just under £1.4billion combined this summer, breaking the previous summer’s record for the sixth consecutive year.

* Four clubs generated no money from player sales this summer.

 

Most first-team players signed

Huddersfield – 13

Brighton – 10

Watford – 10

Everton – 8

Burnley – 7

Stoke – 7

Chelsea – 6

Newcastle – 6

Swansea – 6

West Brom – 6

Leicester – 5

Man City – 5

Tottenham – 5

Bournemouth – 4

Crystal Palace – 4

Liverpool – 4

Man United – 4

West Ham – 4

Southampton – 3

Arsenal – 2


Average spend on each player

Man City – £44.32m

Man United – £36.4m

Chelsea – £31.6m

Arsenal – £23.2m

Liverpool – £19.3m

Everton – £18.82m

Tottenham – £14.8m

Southampton – £11.9m

Leicester – £11.3m

West Ham – £9.67

Crystal Palace  £8.5m

Bournemouth – £7.5m

Swansea – £6.33m

Newcastle – £6.06m

West Brom – £5.83m

Watford – £5.52m

Burnley – £4.8m

Brighton – £4.13m

Stoke – £3.5m

Huddersfield – £3.35m


Breakdown of money spent on positions

Goalkeepers: 15 signed for £76.9m

Right-backs: 11 signed for £136.5m

Centre-halves: 22 signed for £257.2m

Left-backs: 10 signed for £83.5m

Right wingers: 7 signed for £108.4m

Central midfelders: 24 signed for £269.4m

Left wingers: 7 signed for £55.9m

Attacking midfielders: 9 signed for £67.8m

Strikers: 24 signed for £333.4m

* On average, right wingers were the most expensive signings for Premier League clubs this summer, costing £15.4m. Strikers were next at £13.8m, then right-backs at £12.4m

* The cheapest players on average were goalkeepers, who cost £5.12m. Next were attacking midfielders at £7.5m, then left wingers at £7.9m.

* Centre-halves cost £11.6m on average, central midfielders cost £11.22m, and left-backs cost £8.35m.

* Ederson accounted for 45% of the total outlay on goalkeepers. Benjamin Mendy accounted for 62.27% of fees spent on left-backs.

* Premier League clubs spent more on strikers (£333.4m), central midfielders (£269.4m) or centre-halves (£257.2m) than Championship clubs spent in total combined (£195m).

 

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