Forget the league table, we know it’s all about the Premier League net spend table! We take transfers from the summer of 2022 until the present day.

Bold denotes a profit; final league positions in brackets…

1) Tottenham five-year net spend: £-695.95m

26/27: £-173.34m
25/26: £-156.46m (17th)
24/25: £-110.39m (17th)
23/24: £-125.5m (5th)
22/23: £-117m (8th)

2) Manchester United five-year net spend: £-664.4m

26/27: £-100.82m
25/26: £-147.68m (3rd)
24/25: £-102.56m (15th)
23/24: £-128.48m (8th)
22/23: £-191.94m (3rd)

3) Arsenal five-year net spend: £-621.7m

26/27: £-78.91m
25/26: £-246.26m (Champions)
24/25: £-20.81m (2nd)
23/24: £-144.26m (2nd)
22/23: £-141.39m (2nd)

4) Chelsea five-year net spend: £-608.45m

26/27: £35.25m
25/26: £0.1m (10th)
24/25: £-19.24m (4th)
23/24: £-144.65m (6th)
22/23: £-485.17m (12th)

5) Liverpool five-year net spend: £-569.66m

26/27: £-200.22m
25/26: £-223.4m (5th)
24/25: £29.14m (Champions)
23/24: £-92.26m (3rd)
22/23: £-53.96m (5th)

6) Manchester City five-year net spend: £-513.62m

26/27: £-162.26m
25/26: £-172.7m (2nd)
24/25: £-87.75m (3rd)
23/24: £-104.64m (Champions)
22/23: £5.94m (Champions)

7) Newcastle United five-year net spend: £-344.92m

26/27: £-29.08m
25/26: £-89.94m (12th)
24/25: £18.26m (5th)
23/24: £-95.55m (7th)
22/23: £-149.73m (4th)

8) Nottingham Forest five-year net spend: £-300.1m

26/27: £19.3m
25/26: £-97.28m (16th)
24/25: £-15.58m (7th)
23/24: £-42.28m (17th)
22/23: £-167.48m (16th)

9) Ipswich Town five-year net spend: £282.31m

26/27: £-172.65m
25/26: £25.98m (2nd in Championship)
24/25: £-130.32m (19th)
23/24: £-4.92m (2nd in Championship)
22/23: £-1.65m (2nd in League One)

10) Bournemouth five-year net spend: £-205.16m

26/27: £-57.81m
25/26: £113.26m (6th)
24/25: £-59.67m (9th)
23/24: £-111.27m (12th)
22/23: £-78.57m (15th)

11) Fulham five-year net spend: £-198.75m

26/27: £-70.25m
25/26: £-48.82m (11th)
24/25: £-18.86m (11th)
23/24: £-16.55m (13th)
22/23: £-42.03m (10th)

12) Sunderland five-year net spend: £-173.08m

26/27: £-37.74m
25/26: £-133.74m (7th)
24/25: £5.41m (4th in Championship)
23/24: £-1.54m (16th in Championship)
22/23: £5.08m (6th in Championship)

13) Brentford five-year net spend: £-164.84m

26/27: £-95.5m
25/26: £43.51m (9th)
24/25: £-20.12m (10th)
23/24: £-52.3m (16th)
22/23: £-38.44m (9th)

14) Coventry City five-year net spend: £-140.89m

26/27: £-123m
25/26: £-2.91m (1st in Championship)
24/25: £-18.43m (5th in Championship)
23/24: £3.24m (9th in Championship)
22/23: £1.52m (5th in Championship)

15) Hull City five-year net spend: £-120m

26/27: £-133.28m
25/26: £5.4m (6th in Championship)
24/25: £9.85m (21st in Championship)
23/24: £-8.21m (7th in Championship)
22/23: £6.36m (15th in Championship)

16) Crystal Palace five-year net spend: £-89.22m

26/27: £37.72m
25/26: £-41.27m (15th)
24/25: £7.45m (12th)
23/24: £-56.2m (10th)
22/23: £-34.11m (11th)

17) Leeds United five-year net spend: £-79.39m

26/27: £-64.6m
25/26: £-91.51m (14th)
24/25: £109.47m (1st in Championship)
23/24: £-1.95m (3rd in Championship)
22/23: £-41.44m (19th)

18) Aston Villa five-year net spend: £-66.52m

26/27: £55.81m
25/26: £-14m (4th)
24/25: £39.54m (6th)
23/24: £-65.44m (4th)
22/23: £-38.25m

19) Everton five-year net spend: £3.34m

26/27: £21.19m
25/26: £-101.87m (13th)
24/25: £28.17m (13th)
23/24: £36.23m (15th)
22/23: £21.7m (17th)