Premier League clubs continue to be the champions with the most spending in the top 5 European leagues, spending more than £2 billion over the 2 transfer windows of the 2024-25 season, with Brighton surprisingly becoming the team that spent the most.
The strength of the Premier League has created a lot of competition for success. That makes the big money transfers not limited to the 6 big teams in the league, but also extends to Aston Villa, Newcastle and West Ham United.
But this season (2024-25) there was an unexpected surprise when Brighton, the team that invested the most, invested a total of £231.4 million in the 2 transfer windows from signing a total of 25 players, according to Kieran Maguire, a football finance expert.
Brighton supported new manager Fabian Herzeler by signing players such as Georginio Rutter, Jankuba Minteh and Matt O’Reilly to strengthen the team. เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย Although the winter market was relatively quiet But they also managed to bring in young Greek striker Stefanos Simas for £20m.
United were the second-highest spenders on £202.1m, ahead of third-placed Manchester City on £200.8m. Chelsea
were the most active club overall across the two transfer windows, with 35 signings and 31 departures, with Villa on £196.7m and Villa on £136.6m.
Surprisingly, leaders Liverpool spent the least, spending just £34.7m on two new signings, Federico Chiesa and Georgi Mamardashvili. Despite
having a limited budget for new signings, Arne Slot has guided Liverpool to an impressive run of form and has moved closer to making history this season.
The highest spenders in the 2024-25 Premier League season (across two transfer windows):
1. Brighton £231.4m
2. Manchester United £202.1m
3. Manchester City £200.8m
4. Chelsea £196.7m
5. Aston Villa £136.6m
6. Tottenham £136.6m
7. Ipswich Town £126.4m
8. West Ham United £119.3m
9. Bournemouth £104.1m
10. Southampton £100.9m
11. Arsenal £90.1m
12. Nottingham Forest £86.8m
13. Brentford £81m
14. Wolves £77.7m
15. Crystal Palace £76m
16. Fulham £75.6m
17. Leicester City £73.6m
18. Newcastle £56.2m
19. Everton £41.3m
20. Liverpool £34.7m