Ranking every Premier League club by their net spend in January 2023
The January window didn’t disappoint as it was an eventful month to say the least with over £800million being spent by Premier League clubs.
It will come as no surprise to learn that Chelsea spent a large bulk of the overall sum, with additions such as Mykhailo Mudryk and Enzo Fernandez costing them a huge sum.
Chelsea signed a total of eight players in January who had an average age of just 20.6. It’s clear that their new vision is to invest into up and coming players from around Europe.
Arsenal also rank highly on the list despite not getting a deal done for Mudryk or Moises Caicedo. They instead strengthened with the additions of Leandro Trossard and Jorginho.
Newcastle and Liverpool each strengthened their forward positions, although they had slightly quieter transfer windows than some people had predicted.
Eddie Howe’s side splashed out on Anthony Gordon from Everton but were otherwise quiet in the market. The same can be said for Liverpool whose only addition was Cody Gakpo.
Earlier in the window, Klopp told reporters: “I don’t want to disappoint anybody but we signed an outstanding player like Cody Gakpo and the next thing you can read is, ‘Who next?’
“We cannot play like Monopoly. We never did. It is a big part of my philosophy, working full of faith and trust with the players we have and not constantly questioning them by telling them that we need another player in their position.”
Elsewhere in the table, Southampton and Bournemouth each boosted their survival chances with several additions throughout January.
Brighton and Everton were the only clubs to turn a profit in January as the sales of Trossard and Gordon brought in large sums. Everton tried to be active towards the end of the window, but ultimately failed to land any of their targets.
Using data from Transfermarkt, we’ve ranked all 20 current Premier League clubs by their net spend during the 2023 January transfer window.
1. Chelsea
Expenditure – £291million
Income – £9.98million
Net Spend – -£281.02million
2. Southampton
Expenditure – £55.87million
Income – £0.00
Net Spend – -£55.87million
3. Arsenal
Expenditure – £53.27million
Income – £0.00
Net Spend – -£53.27million
4. Bournemouth
Expenditure – £49.64million
Income – £0.00
Net Spend – -£49.64million
5. Newcastle
Expenditure – £43.59million
Income – £0.00
Net Spend – -£43,59million
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6. Liverpool
Expenditure – £37.1million
Income – £0.00
Net Spend – -£37.1million
7. Leeds United
Expenditure – £36.39million
Income – £442k
Net Spend – -£35.95million
8. Wolves
Expenditure – £34.02million
Income – £2.89million
Net Spend – -£31.13million
9. Leicester City
Expenditure – £27.38million
Income – £0.00
Net Spend – -£27.38million
10. Nottingham Forest
Expenditure – £19.7million
Income – £0.00
Net Spend – -£19.7million
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11. Aston Villa
Expenditure – £26.62million
Income – £10.6million
Net Spend – -£16.02million
12. Crystal Palace
Expenditure – £10.6million
Income – £0.00
Net Spend – -£10.6million
13. Manchester City
Expenditure – £9.72million
Income – £0.00
Net Spend – -£9.72million
14. Fulham
Expenditure – £8.04million
Income – £0.00
Net Spend – -£8.04million
15. West Ham
Expenditure – £10.6million
Income – £3.31million
Net Spend – -£7.29million
16. Tottenham
Expenditure – £7.07million
Income – £0.00
Net Spend – -£7.07million
17. Manchester United
Expenditure – £2.61million
Income – £0.00
Net Spend – -£2.61million
18. Brentford
Expenditure – £880k
Income – £0.00
Net Spend – -£880k
19. Brighton
Expenditure – £8.83million
Income – £21.2million
Net Spend – +£12.37million
20. Everton
Expenditure – £0.00
Income – £40.28million
Net Spend – +£40.28million
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