Premier League five-year net spend table: Where big-spending Man City and Man Utd rank compared to rivals

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Manchester City were the biggest spenders in the Premier League during the January transfer window

Premier League clubs had a combined net spend of £382.8m on new recruits during the January transfer window in an outlay which represents a three-fold increase on last year’s tally.

The bulk of that spending came from last season’s champions Manchester City, who shelled out a league-topping £176.1m on new recruits such as attacker Omar Marmoush and Rodri replacement Nico Gonzalez in an effort to try and get their push for Champions League qualification and FA Cup push back on track.

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Manchester City’s spending, amid an ongoing case over alleged breaches of Premier League financial rules, have come under the microscope greatly in recent weeks, but Pep Guardiola has hit back at critics and claimed that is the simple part and parcel of being an elite football club while pointing out that many other teams have spent significantly more over the last two decades.

He said: “People are saying: Man City are spending again! Every successful team in this country in the last two to three decades spent more than the other clubs. In the last five years we are 11th in net spend. All clubs who have access to go to the market, every club.”

What did Manchester United do in the January transfer window?

It was a very different story than expected for Manchester United this winter, with their only marquee addition coming in the form of £30m Lecce defender Patrick Dorgu.

The Red Devils, after several transfer windows of excessive spending, were forced to tread lightly in terms of PSR rules and were mainly focused on trimming the wage bill with the loan sales of Antony and Marcus Rashford.

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There were late efforts to secure the services of French wonderkid Mathys Tel after his move to Tottenham and rumours of a push for Wolves star Matheus Cunha, but ultimately none of those reports came to fruition in an underwhelming month first window for Ruben Amorim.

Premier League net spend table last five seasons

Premier League heavyweights Chelsea were extremely quiet in the January transfer window after a period of frantic spending under owner Todd Boehly.

However, despite this subdued window, the Blues still boast the highest net spend of any club in England over the last five years after forking out £760.78m on new recruits such as Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez, Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson among others.

Manchester United after the signing of Patrick Dorgu, took their spending up to £567.25m over the last five seasons. Some of their biggest moves include goalkeeper Andre Onana, winger Antony and striker Rasmus Hojlund among others.

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Meanwhile, Manchester City despite a huge influx of spending in January, find themselves fifth in the table after recruiting £321.83m worth of new recruits in the last half a decade.

Here we take a look at the full five-year net spend table, according to Football 365.

  • Chelsea: £-760.78m
  • Manchester United: £-567.25m
  • Tottenham: £-466.07m
  • Arsenal: £-469.33m
  • Newcastle: £-350.18m
  • Manchester City: £-321.83m
  • West Ham: £-272.17m
  • Liverpool: £-248.13m
  • Nottingham Forest: £-217.62m
  • Aston Villa: £-159.68m
  • Crystal Palace: £-159.21m
  • Bournemouth: £-135.96m
  • Ipswich Town: £-131.79m
  • Fulham: £-121.41m
  • Brentford: £-94.63m
  • Brighton: £-75.75m
  • Southampton: £-63.57m
  • Wolves: £-55.10m
  • Leicester City: £-15.09m
  • Everton: £27.22m (Profit)

After a busy month of action we take a look at what new City recruit Nico Gonzalez can offer Pep Guardiola’s team after his £50m move from FC Porto.

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