Ranking every Premier League club by their squad cost in 2024-25
Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City’s squads have cost the most to assemble when it comes to total combined transfer fees, according to industry estimates.
Despite falling below par this season, Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering Manchester City can probably be considered to be getting bang for their buck, racking up the trophies after their free-spending approach to the transfer market in recent years.
But Manchester United and Chelsea, who finished eighth and sixth respectively last season, will be desperate to get back into the Champions League after investing heavily in players.
The Red Devils squad cost over €800million to assemble, but the club haven’t seen much of a return from that investment as Ruben Amorim’s side currently sit 14th in the table.
Some way behind that top three are North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham, who have each spent just short of €750million on Mikel Arteta and Angel Postecoglou’s squads.
Spurs finished fifth last season, so arguably performing to about par, but while they’ve spent a considerable sum, Arsenal could be viewed as overachieving to challenge for the title.
Liverpool sit sixth in the table, having spent around €435million less than Manchester City to assemble their squad.
At the other end of the squad cost table, Everton’s squad is third-bottom, with David Moyes’ squad amounting to less than newly-promoted Leicester City.
Brentford are also down there, alongside Fulham, offering a reminder of what good jobs Thomas Frank and Marco Silva are doing in West London.
Ipswich Town are a long way off at the foot of the table, having spent just €160million to assemble their squad. They’re also the only Premier League side with a squad that cost less than €200million to assemble.
The majority of their €160million squad cost was spent on Kieran McKenna’s squad this summer, underlining quite what an achievement it was to get promoted from the Championship last term.
In fact, even after their Premier League cash injection, their squad still costs less than Leeds United’s, who they pipped to automatic promotion last term.
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Using figures provided by Transfermarkt, here’s the full breakdown of what each Premier League squad cost to assemble.
1. Manchester City – €1.1billion
2. Chelsea – €977million
3. Manchester United – €835million
4. Tottenham – €747million
5. Arsenal – €740million
6. Liverpool – €665million
7. Newcastle United – €604million
8. West Ham – €434million
9. Brighton – €385million
10. Wolves – €372million
11. Aston Villa – €365million
12. Leicester City – €302million
13. Bournemouth – €295million
14. Nottingham Forest – €288million
15. Brentford – €259million
16. Crystal Palace – €256million
17. Fulham – €245million
18. Everton – €239million
19. Southampton – €213million
20. Ipswich – €160million