Ranking the Premier League clubs by their transfer net spend in 2023: Chelsea top, Man Utd 17th…

Nathan Egerton
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Arsenal's Leandro Trossard, Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez and Liverpool's Cody Gakpo. TEAMtalk montage. Credit: Alamy
Arsenal's Leandro Trossard, Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez and Liverpool's Cody Gakpo. TEAMtalk montage. Credit: Alamy

Premier League clubs continue to flex their financial muscles in 2023 – but which team has spent the most and who has made a profit?

English top-flight clubs spent a record-breaking £815m in the January transfer window, which accounted for 79% of the total expenditure across Europe’s ‘big five’ football leagues.

Using stats from transfermarkt, we’ve ranked the 20 current Premier League clubs by their net spend since the start of  2023.

Note: the transfer fee for Jonjo Shelvey’s move to Nottingham Forest, Shane Duffy’s move to Fulham and Nathaniel Chalobah’s transfer from Fulham to West Brom have not yet been disclosed so we’ve not included them.

Also, some loan deals include an obligation to buy but we’re not including those transfer fees until the deal officially goes through in the summer.

20. Everton – €45.6m profit

Most expensive signing of 2023: N/A
Biggest sale of 2023: Anthony Gordon (€45.6m)

Everton fans have vented their frustrations at the board in recent weeks and they are the only Premier League side that are yet to make a single signing in 2023.

The club do have money in the bank though as they sold Gordon to Newcastle United in a deal worth a reported €45.6m.

Anthony Gordon pic via Newcastle United Credit: Alamy
Anthony Gordon pic via Newcastle United Credit: Alamy

19. Brighton – €14M profit

Most expensive signing of 2023: Facundo Buonanotte (€6m)
Biggest sale of 2023: Leandro Trossard (€24m)

18. Brentford – €1M

Most expensive signing of 2023: Kevin Schade (€1m loan fee)
Biggest sale of 2023: N/A

17. Manchester United – €2.96m

Most expensive signing of 2023: Wout Weghorst (€2.96m loan fee)
Biggest sale of 2023: N/A

The purse strings at Old Trafford have been tightened as the Glazer family explore the possibility of selling the club in 2023.

Erik ten Hag still managed to bolster his squad in January, signing Weghorst, Jack Butland and Marcel Sabitzer on loan deals.

United didn’t receive any money for Cristiano Ronaldo, who left on a free transfer after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.

16. Tottenham – €8m

Most expensive signing of 2023: Pedro Porro (€5m loan fee)
Biggest sale of 2023: N/A

15. West Ham United – €8.25m

Most expensive signing of 2023: Danny Ings (€12m)
Biggest sale of 2023: Craig Dawson (€3.75m)

14. Fulham – €9.1m

Most expensive signing of 2023: Sasa Lukic (€9.1m)
Biggest sale of 2023: N/A

13. Manchester City – €11m

Most expensive signing of 2023: Maximo Perrone (€11m)
Biggest sale of 2023: N/A

After signing Julian Alvarez in January 2022, City returned to Argentina and bought Perrone from Velez Sarsfield in an €11m deal.

While Joao Cancelo and Nahuel Bustos both left the Etihad on temporary deals, City didn’t receive a loan fee for either player.

Julian Alvarez and Maximo Perrone Credit: Alamy
Julian Alvarez and Maximo Perrone Credit: Alamy

12. Crystal Palace – €12m

Most expensive signing of 2023: Naouirou Ahamada (€12m)
Biggest sale of 2023: N/A

11. Aston Villa – €18.14m

Most expensive signing of 2023: Jhon Duran (€16.64m)
Biggest sale of 2023: Danny Ings (€12m)

10. Nottingham Forest – €22.3m

Most expensive signing of 2023: Danilo (€20m)
Biggest sale of 2023: N/A

Despite signing a total of 28 players in 2022, Nottingham Forest have continued to strengthen their squad in 2023.

Danilo, who was previously linked with a move to Arsenal, joined the club from Palmeiras and they spent €2.3m on former Atletico Madrid centre-back Felipe.

Forest also signed Chris Wood and Keylor Navas on loan while Andre Ayew and Gustavo Scarpa arrived on free transfers.

As mentioned above, Jonjo Shelvey left Newcastle and moved to the City Ground in January but neither club have disclosed the transfer fee.

Danilo Nottingham Forest (pic from NFFC) Credit: Alamy
Danilo Nottingham Forest (pic from NFFC) Credit: Alamy

9. Leicester City – €31m

Most expensive signing of 2023: Harry Souttar (€17m)
Biggest sale of 2023: N/A

8. Wolves – €35.24m

Most expensive signing of 2023: Joao Gomes (€18.7m)
Biggest sale of 2023: Leonardo Campana (€2.7m)

7. Leeds United – €40.75m

Most expensive signing of 2023: Georginio Rutter (€28m)
Biggest sale of 2023: Diego Llorente (€0.5m loan fee)

Leeds have since sacked manager Jesse Marsch but the owners backed him financially during the January transfer window.

The Whites bought Rutter from Hoffenheim for a club-record transfer fee and spent €12m to get Maximilian Wober from RB Salzburg.

They then agreed to pay Juventus a €1.25m loan fee Weston McKennie and have the option to make that move permanent in the summer.

6. Liverpool – €42m

Most expensive signing of 2023: Cody Gakpo (€42m)
Biggest sale of 2023: N/A

5. Newcastle United – €49.35m

Most expensive signing of 2023: Anthony Gordon (€45.6m)
Biggest sale of 2023: N/A

4. Bournemouth – €56.2M

Most expensive signing of 2023: Ilya Zabarnyi (€22.7M)
Biggest sale of 2023: N/A

Las Vegas-based businessman Bill Foley completed his takeover of Bournemouth in December 2022 and has already invested a lot of money into the club.

The Cherries bolstered their defence by buying Zabarnyi from Dynamo Kyiv and also brought in Matias Villa on loan from Roma.

Bournemouth also made attacking reinforcements as Dango Ouattara was signed from FC Lorient in a €22.5M deal and Antoine Semenyo arrived from Bristol City in a €10.25M deal.

They then signed Hamed Junior Traore from Sassuolo on an initial loan deal but have an obligation to make the move permanent at the end of the 2022/23 season.

Illia.Zabarnyi, signs for Bournemouth - pic via AFCB.com Credit: Alamy
Illia.Zabarnyi, signs for Bournemouth - pic via AFCB.com Credit: Alamy

3. Arsenal – €60.3M

Most expensive signing of 2023: Jakub Kiwior (€25m)
Biggest sale of 2023: N/A

2. Southampton – €63.25m

Most expensive signing of 2023: Kamaldeen Sulemana (€25m)
Biggest sale of 2023: N/A

1. Chelsea – €318.2m

Most expensive signing of 2023: Enzo Fernandez (€121m)
Biggest sale of 2023: Jorginho (€11.3m)

Having finished second in this ranking in 2022, Chelsea are now the runaway leaders after a record-breaking spending spree in the 2023 January transfer window.

The Blues signed two wingers in January, spending €70m on Mykhailo Mudryk before agreeing a €35m deal for Noni Madueke.

Centre-back Benoit Badiashile arrived from Monaco in a €35m deal and they sanctioned a €30m move for Malo Gusto, who will remain at Lyon for the remainder of the 2022/23 season.

Chelsea spent a combined €24.5m on David Datro Fofana and Andrey Santos and also paid an €11m loan fee to sign Joao Felix from Atletico Madrid until the end of the 2022/23 season.

On transfer deadline day, Graham Potter’s side then broke the British transfer record to sign Fernandez from Benfica.

Fernandez’s arrival saw Jorginho swap west London for north London, but he was the only first-team player to leave Stamford Bridge in January.

READ MORE: Rating the 10 worst value for money transfers of the January window: Chelsea, Newcastle, Leeds deals feature…

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