Thread by @BlueCityBrain

Another window has come to a close and with that one of my mega threads detailing all transfer activity across the last 5 seasons including the 2023/24 Summer window! (LONG THREAD!!)

So Lets begin first with the 2023/24 Summer Window

Chelsea has the highest Netspend at £171m

with United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, Newcastle and SHOCK Bournemouth all cracking over £100m for the window.

The window saw the 2nd biggest spending spree in premier league history at £2.59bn spent.

(2023 Summer Overview)

If Premier League clubs spend over £400m in the 2024 Winter Window then it will eclipse last seasons £3bn season.

(PURCHASES 2023 WINDOW

This was lead with Chelsea's £434m spending spree. However Spurs, City, Arsenal, United and Liverpool all spent between £175m to £224m
An important point to note this season is that premier league teams also sold a lot as well.

(5 year trend Premier League)

Bringing the overall net spend for the window so far only at £1.08bn. Last season teams spent near £2bn net.
Chelsea led the way here with £262m in sales with Brighton and MCFC also selling £175m in players.

(SALES 2023 SUMMER)

This is partially due to a lot of internal transfers between the premier league teams with over £800m in fees happening internally led by the huge Declan Rice and Caicedo tranfers.

Additionally there was £267m in sales to Saudi Arabia teams.

Which means sales to other European teams /Lower division English teams would only be just over £400m while Premier League teams spent brought in £1.8bn in purchases outside of the premier league

Over the last 5 seasons the netspend trend has 4 of the big 6 firmly in the top spots with Chelsea leading the way with £702m followed closely behind by MNU at £676m. The 2 North London clubs sit above £500m. While Liverpool and MCFC sit mid table at £245m and £155m

(5 year net)

Boeyls spending spree has catapulted Chelsea to the top of purchases in the last 5 seasons with a total of £1.4bn spent on purchases with £1.05bn of that spent in the last 18 months! Chelsea now hold 3 of the 5 biggest transfers in Premier League history.

(5 season Purchases)

To offset a lot of these purchases Chelsea again have the best sales over a 5 year period. Manchester Citys sales sit over £600m with Citys academy model bearing fruits over the last 5 seasons where theyve brought in over £300m in academy sales during that period.

(5 year sales)

Below is the 25 biggest purchases over the last 5 seasons

With the below teams:
- Chelsea having 7
- Manchester United 6
- Manchester City 5
- Arsenal 3
- Liverpool 2
- Spurs 1
- Newcastle 1

Below is the 25 biggest sales over the last 5 seasons

Now lets go team to team each photo will have a 5 year player transfer break down and another graphic showing a per year trend over the last 5 seasons.

🟥🔫Arsenal last 5 seasons has seen them spending loads of money with little sales to rebuild a team from a team struggling to attain top 4 to challenging for a title they have spent over £140m in 4 of the last 5 seasons with over £400m spent in the last 2

🟦Chelsea’s Todd Boely era has ear marked an absolutely crazy transfer policy spending over £1bn in 18 months while breaking transfer records on individual players in a space of 6 months with Enzo Fernandes £106m transfer and Caicedo’s £115m transfer.

🟦#MCFC has seen a consistent trend build over the last 5 seasons similar spending patterns (£150m to £200m per season) while being offset with strong sales via the academy with over £300m academy sales in 5 seasons and retaining strong values for players that want to leave

🟥😈Manchester United on the other hand have continued a trend with high spending but really poor sales as they dont have a similar academy setup to Chelsea or Manchester City while struggling to sell unwanted players such as Harry Maguire due to high wages and little value.

🟥🐦Liverpool has a very different transfer strategy than the other big 6 teams. Even though the last 2 seasons has seen them spend over £150m in 2 consecutive seasons to help rebuild their midfield and front line. It is very easy to argue that Liverpool should be spending more

⬛️🐦‍⬛Tottenham over the last 5 seasons has a similar trajectory as Arsenal. Spending a lot of money to try rebuild a team in and out of the top 4 with little value in the older team. Outside of Harry Kanes sale Spurs have struggled to crack over £50m in sales for 5 of the last 6 .

🟨🦁Villa have definitely flown under the radar transfer wise while the traditional big 6 do their thing - they have laid down a massive £546m on purchases in a 5 season period. Villas owners are definitely ambitious and they have proved every season their willingness to spend

⬛️🏰Similar to Villa, Newcastle are backed by ambitious owners in PIF and their spending habits since purchasing the club has shown them put down £430m on player purchases in a 3 season period. Now that theyve made Champions League their ambitions will only grow from here

🟪🪿Brightons model of buy young and sell high since arriving at the premier league is a testament to Blooms ownership model and strategy. Their sales have in a 3 season period have hit £400m and they have by far the best net spend in the league over a 5 year period at -£134m.

🟦🏰Everton have recently run into FFP issues and have been charged by the premier league for breaching their own rules which has had them go from a club that spent £617m on transfers between 2017 & 2022 to only spending £128m in the last 2 seasons while having a negative net.

🟧🐺Wolves similarly to Everton have also run into a bit of financial issues with their owners no longer willing to spend as previous seasons. This is Wolves first negative netspend season in a long time where they sold £147m worth of players selling players like Neves and Nunes

🫧West Ham with the Declan Rice sale has seen their first negative net spend in many years. West Ham last season put a massive £195m down on purchases. Overall Westhams net spend over a 5 year period sits at £280m

🟥🐝Brentford’s Net spend sits £66m over 5 seasons with most of their spending happening over the last 3 seasons.

🟥🍒Bournemouth
Bournemouth has spent £180m since returning to the premier league as they fight to stay in the premier league once again.

🟫🐝Burnley
Burnley returned the premier league this season and spent £96m with no sales in 2023/24 as they try to remain in the premier league

🔮🟪Crystal Palace have continued to be a “quiet” team on the transfer market front while only bringing in 3 players and no sales this transfer window. When compared to other premier league teams they maintain a strategy of being reasonable spenders.

⬛️🦡Fulham

🗡️Sheffield United

⬛️🎩Luton Town will play the “happy to be here” role in the premier league this season. Only bringing in 4 players on very minimal fees with a total spend of £14m, they are doing the reasonable thing of not overstretching to stay in the premier league

Some bonus teams that were in the premier league last seasons - all 3 teams have sold most of their top talent as the premier league teams pry them away as per usual. With all 3 teams having negative net spends.

🟦🦊Leicester

🟥🏖️Southampton have sold Lavia, Livramento, Tella, Salisu and JWP all for big fees giving them total sales for this window at £146m while only spending on 2 players this window

🟨🌼Leeds

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🟪🌲Nottingham Forest continue on from their huge spending since coming back into the premier league they with an absolute late flurry of transfer activity on deadline day pushing their purchases over £100m for the 2nd straight season.