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The Premier League's big spenders

Kieran Maguire of the PriceofFootball provides figures on total net spend in the Premier League since its inception. Since it began 49 clubs have appeared in the EPL and total net spend to 2018 is £8,150,000,000. Some may be surprised that Newcastle United, Sunderland and Stoke City are in the top 10 and Tottenham Hotspur are not. The top three spenders (the two Manchester clubs and Chelsea) account for 40% of the total since inception.

Spurs are at 11th, Crystal Palace are surprisingly bigger spenders than West Ham United and Bournemouth are in the top 20. Outside the top 20 it shows that a single year's spending for the likes of Brighton and Huddersfield (these figures only include the most recent accounts so up to 2017/18) is enough to get 30th and 31st. Of course, as Maguire points out, the quantity of spend is not the same as quality.

Maguire has also looked at the wages paid by clubs whilst in the Premier League from 1992/3 to 2018. Chelsea lead the table but Manchester United are not far behind and could overtake Chelsea in 2019. Arsenal fans may be surprised by third place.

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