Championship net spend table of 2026-27: West Ham top after huge sales

The Championship is underway and with a new season comes plenty of spending by the clubs hoping to make it to the lucrative world of the Premier League.

Just three teams will be getting a ticket to the Premier League gravy train but that does not stop pretty much all 24 of the Championship teams spending money in an attempt to make it.

With the new season just a few days away, here’s how the net spends of each club looks like.

Note: All figures were taken from Transfermarkt and converted into pounds.

1. Wrexham

Expenditure: €39.75m
Income: €585k
Net Spend: -€39.17m

2. Stoke

Expenditure: €41.01m
Income: €8.75m
Net Spend: -€32.36m

3. Middlesbrough

Expenditure: €49.7m
Income: €24.68m
Net Spend: -€25.02m

4. Bristol City

Expenditure: €20.95m
Income: €5.65m
Net Spend: -€15.3m

5. Derby

Expenditure: €14.85m
Income: €0
Net Spend: -€14.85m

6. Birmingham

Expenditure: €18.1m
Income: €4.7m
Net Spend: -€13.4m

7. West Brom

Expenditure: €17.58m
Income: €4.3m
Net Spend: -€13.28m

8. Swansea

Expenditure: €26.68m
Income: €13.81m
Net Spend: -€12.87m

9. Norwich

Expenditure: €11.39m
Income: €0
Net Spend: -€11.39m

10. Portsmouth

Expenditure: €10.46m
Income: €0
Net Spend: -€10.46m

11. Preston

Expenditure: €15.9m
Income: €6m
Net Spend: -€9.9m

12. Millwall

Expenditure: €8.17m
Income: €0
Net Spend: -€8.17m

13. Cardiff

Expenditure: €7.7m
Income: €0
Net Spend: -€7.7m

14. Lincoln

Expenditure: €8m
Income: €3m
Net Spend: -€5m

15. Bolton

Expenditure: €3.24m
Income: €600k
Net Spend: -€2.64m

16. Blackburn

Expenditure: €1.68m
Income: €0
Net Spend: -€1.68m

17. Charlton

Expenditure: €1.8m
Income: €290k
Net Spend: -€1.51m

18. QPR

Expenditure: €760k
Income: €3.54m
Net Spend: €2.78m

19. Watford

Expenditure: €14.8m
Income: €25.85m
Net Spend: €11.05m

20. Wolves

Expenditure: €20m
Income: €42.6m
Net Spend: €22.6m

21. Sheffield United

Expenditure: €0
Income: €23.94m
Net Spend: €23.94m

22. Southampton

Expenditure: €26.45m
Income: €59.6m
Net Spend: €33.15m

23. Burnley

Expenditure: €44.75m
Income: €123.72m
Net Spend: €78.97m

24. West Ham

Expenditure: €45.65m
Income: €217.15m
Net Spend: €171.5m

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