Ranking the Premier League clubs by their transfer net spend in 2024: Man Utd in top four, Liverpool in 16th…
Riccardo Calafiori, Georginio Rutter and Leny Yoro were all signed by Premier League clubs in 2024
Premier League clubs bought and sold a lot of players in 2024 – but which team has spent the most and who has made a profit?
The January transfer window was surprisingly quiet and English top-flight clubs spent just €121.32million, which is the lowest spend in a non-Covid season since January 2012.
But normal business was resumed in the summer transfer window and the 20 clubs spent a combined total of €2.33billion on new players.
We’ve ranked the 20 current Premier League clubs by their transfer net spend in 2024. Note: The list also stipulates deals on an initial fee basis, not those with add-ons taken into account.
20. Manchester City – €108.8m profit
Most expensive signing of 2024: Savinho (€25m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Julian Alvarez (€75m)
City spent just €43.5million in 2024, signing Claudio Echeverri from River Plate in the January window before buying Savinho from Troyes in the summer.
They made a lot of money through sales and Julian Alvarez joined Atletico Madrid in a deal worth an initial €75million, making him the most expensive sale in City’s history.
Pep Guardiola’s side also sold Joao Cancelo for €25million, Taylor Harwood-Bellis for €23million, Sergio Gomez for €9million and Tommy Doyle for €5million.
Savinho makes dribbling past defenders look so, so easy 💫
How impressed were you by his Premier League debut for @ManCity?pic.twitter.com/EpYSacdsJ2
— Premier League (@premierleague) August 20, 2024
19. Wolves – €38.1m profit
Most expensive signing of 2024: Andre (€22m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Pedro Neto (€60m)
18. Everton – €33.45m profit
Most expensive signing of 2024: Jake O’Brien (€19.5m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Amadou Onana (€59.35m)
17. Newcastle United – €8m profit
Most expensive signing of 2024: Lewis Hall (€33m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Elliot Anderson (€41.2m)
16. Liverpool – €5m profit
Most expensive signing of 2024: Giorgi Mamardashvili (€30m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Sepp van den Berg (€23.6m)
Arne Slot took over at Liverpool in the summer but had a relatively quiet first transfer window, signing just two first-team players.
They bought Giorgi Mamardashvili from Valencia before sending him back on loan to the La Liga side and then signed Federico Chiesa from Juventus in a €12million deal.
“We’re happy with the ones we signed because, as I’ve said many times before, it’s difficult to make the team even stronger because we already have a very strong team,” Slot said. “So if we find them, we’re very happy with that.”
The Reds financed those two transfers by selling Sepp Van den Berg and Fabio Carvalho to Brentford for a combined €47million.
15. Crystal Palace – €6.1m
Most expensive signing of 2024: Eddie Nketiah (€29.7m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Michael Olise (€53m)
14. Nottingham Forest – €9.2m
Most expensive signing of 2024: Elliot Anderson (€41.2m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Moussa Niakhate (€31.9m)
13. Arsenal – €25.11m
Most expensive signing of 2024: Riccardo Calafiori (€45m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Emile Smith Rowe (€31.8m)
Having finished as Premier League runners-up in the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons, Arsenal will be hoping to usurp Manchester City in 2024/25.
The Gunners spent €31.9million to turn David Raya’s loan move into a permanent deal after the goalkeeper won the Premier League Golden Glove last season.
They also Riccardo Calafiori from Bologna in a €45million deal and Mikel Merino from Real Sociedad for €32million, while Raheem Sterling and Neto both joined the club on season-long loan deals.
Emile Smith Rowe, Eddie Nketiah and Aaron Ramsdale all left in search of regular first-team football and Arsenal made €82.9million from those sales.
“It’s a BEAUTY!” 😍
What a moment for Riccardo Calafiori! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/B56ZJC88mu
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) September 22, 2024
12. Fulham – €27.45m
Most expensive signing of 2024: Emile Smith Rowe (€31.8m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Joao Palhinha (€51m)
11. Brentford – €30.7m
Most expensive signing of 2024: Igor Thiago (€33m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Ivan Toney (€42m)
10. Chelsea – €33.5m
Most expensive signing of 2024: Pedro Neto (€60m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Ian Maatsen (€44.5m)
Chelsea’s spending under the stewardship of Todd Boehly has been well-documented and they finished top of this ranking in 2023.
They spent another €238.5million on new players in 2024, which was more than any other side in Europe’s top five leagues.
Pedro Neto, Joao Felix, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Filip Jorgensen, Mike Penders, Aaron Anselmino, Renato Veiga, Caleb Wiley and Marc Guiu all joined Chelsea on permanent deals.
But the Blues recouped a lot of money and academy graduates Ian Maatsen, Lewis Hall and Conor Gallagher were sold for a combined €119.5million.
Chelsea also sold Romelu Lukaku, Omari Hutchinson, Angelo and Diego Moreira, taking their net spend down to €33.5million.
Pedro Neto finishes emphatically! 😤#CFC | #UECL pic.twitter.com/buS0VF2PUt
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) October 4, 2024
9. Bournemouth – €38.28m
Most expensive signing of 2024: Evanilson (€37m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Dominic Solanke (€64.3m)
8. Aston Villa – €49.7m
Most expensive signing of 2024: Amadou Onana (€59.35m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Moussa Diaby (€60m)
7. Leicester City – €51.4m
Most expensive signing of 2024: Oliver Skipp (€23.5m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (€35.4m)
Leicester City won the Championship title in 2023/24 and they are the first of three newly-promoted sides in the top seven.
They sold Kieran Dewsbury-Hall to Chelsea for €35.4million, which allowed them to comply with the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules.
Despite their financial worries, the Foxes were still able to spend €86.8million and they bought Oliver Skipp, Bilal El Khannouss, Issahaku Fatawu, Caleb Okoli, Jordan Ayew and Michael Golding.
A first #LCFC goal for Jordan Ayew – and what a strike! 🤯 🤯 pic.twitter.com/oKroV1iPi2
— Leicester City (@LCFC) August 27, 2024
6. Southampton – €71.66m
Most expensive signing of 2024: Taylor Harwood-Bellis (€23m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Carlos Alcaraz (€18m)
5. West Ham United – €90.99m
Most expensive signing of 2024: Max Kilman (€47.5m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Flynn Downes (€17.85m)
4. Manchester United – €108.5m
Most expensive signing of 2024: Leny Yoro (€62m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Scott McTominay (€30.5m)
Despite the uncertainty surrounding Erik ten Hag’s future at Old Trafford, United still backed the manager in the transfer market.
The 54-year-old reunited with Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui, who arrived from Bayern Munich for a combined €60million.
United also spent an initial €62million on Leny Yoro, an initial €50million on Manuel Ugarte and €42.5million on Joshua Zirkzee.
They tried to balance the books by selling Scott McTominay to Napoli for €30.5million and Mason Greenwood to Marseille for €26million.
Hannibal, Facundo Pellistri, Donny van de Beek, Willy Kambwala and Alvaro Fernandez were also sold so United made €103million through sales.
3. Tottenham – €111.05m
Most expensive signing of 2024: Dominic Solanke (€64.3m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Oliver Skipp (€23.5m)
2. Ipswich Town – €126.01m
Most expensive signing of 2024: Omari Hutchinson (€23.5m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Gassan Ahadme (€1.18m)
1. Brighton – €195.06m
Most expensive signing of 2024: Georginio Rutter (€46.7m)
Biggest sale of 2024: Deniz Undav (€26.7m)
After selling the likes of Moises Caicedo and Alexis Mac Allister, Brighton made a €103million profit in 2023 and that allowed them to splash the cash in 2024.
They broke their own transfer record twice in the summer, first by signing Yankuba Minteh from Newcastle in a €35million deal and then by triggering the €46.7million release in Georginio Rutter’s Leeds United contract.
The Seagulls also bought Mats Wieffer, Brajan Gruda, Ferdi Kadioglu, Matt O’Riley, Ibrahim Osman, Valentin Barco, Malick Junior Yalcouye and Adrian Mazilu, taking their overall outlay in 2024 to €243.35million.
They reduced their net spend by €48.29million by selling Deniz Undav to Stuttgart, Billy Gilmour to Napoli, Pascal Gross to Borussia Dortmund and Marc Leonard to Birmingham.