Money plays a very big role in modern football, even if fans are not particularly fond of the fact. And being the biggest, and most popular league in the world, the Premier League clubs have an advantage over the rest of the European giants.
As a result, they have been able to spend more in the transfer market to recruit better players. In this article, we check out the net expenditure of the Premier League ‘Big Six’ in the last five years, and see if the spending has helped these teams win on the pitch as well.
Premier League Big Six’s net spend over the last five years
2017
Man City – £163.93million
Man Utd – £102.51million
Liverpool – £31.68million
Chelsea – £8.28million
Tottenham – £12.51million profit
Arsenal – £15.72million profit
2018
Liverpool – £98.69million
Man City – £86.03 million
Arsenal – £73.9million
Chelsea – £64.56million
Man Utd – £53.41million
Tottenham – £25.56million
2019
Arsenal – £91.12million
Man City – £72.84million
Tottenham – £65.83million
Man Utd – £65.79million
Chelsea – £56.27million profit
Liverpool – £61.11million profit
2020
Chelsea – £165.8million
Man Utd – £108.72million
Tottenham – £92.43million
Man City – £75.28million
Arsenal – £64.66million
Liverpool – £63.9million
2021
Arsenal – £123.03million
Man Utd – £114.48million
Man City – £92.88million
Tottenham – £30.78million
Liverpool – £13.91million
Chelsea – £2.3million profit
Liverpool have spent the least amount of money in comparison to their rivals, and have won the Champions League, Super Cup, Club World Cup and Premier League despite that.
On the other hand, Manchester City have maintained their stronghold over domestic competitions by spending the highest amount of money in the game.
Tottenham have slowly started spending more in the transfer market, over the last couple of years. But, they have no silverware to show for their business.
Arsenal are slowly starting to redeem themselves, having spent the most amount of money this season. They are currently third in the Premier League table, and are mounting a challenge for a return to Champions League spots.
Manchester United have failed to win a trophy since 2017, despite spending one of the highest amounts of money in the division. On the other hand, Chelsea won the Champions League by also spending the most in 2020.
