Premier League Top spenders of 2016


Premier League spending topped £1bn in the summer transfer window alone in 2016, with almost £200m already having been shipped in January.

Manchester United signed Paul Pogba for a world-record fee of £93.25m in August, but their spending over the last 12 months (£149.55m) was still topped by rivals Manchester City, whose £174.2m outgoings were the highest in the English top flight.

Eric Bailly (£30m) and Henrikh Mkhitaryan (£26.3m) were also signed by Jose Mourinho in his first transfer window in charge at Old Trafford after the club did not buy any player in January.

City's collective purchases of John Stones (£50m), Leroy Sane (£37m), Gabriel Jesus (£27m), Ilkay Gundogan (£21m), Claudio Bravo (£17.1m), Nolito (£13.8m), Marlos Moreno (£4.75m) and Oleksandr Zinchenko (£3.4m) helped see them top the table for money spent.

Antonio Conte also splashed the cash after returning to club football from his time in charge of the Italy national team. His summer acquisitions totalled all but £3.5m of Chelsea's £122.7m total for the year and were beaten by only the Manchester sides.
Chelsea re-signed David Luiz from Paris Saint-Germain for £30m in the summer

Arsene Wenger has frustrated supporters for a lack of investment in recent years but after spending just £5m in January on Mohamed Elneny, the £91.1m on Shkodran Mustafi (£35m), Granit Xhaka (£34m), Lucas Perez (£17.1m), Rob Holding (£2m) and an estimated fee of £3.4m for Takuma Asano saw Arsenal ranked fourth in the Premier League's list of spenders.

Leicester spent less than £9m in January to bring in Demarai Gray (£3.75m), Daniel Amartey (£5m) and Daniel Iverson (£0.2m) as they aimed to add fuel to their title bid, but the Premier League champions end the year having reached £76.78m. Islam Slimani became the Foxes' record signing in the summer having been bought for £29.7m from Sporting Lisbon.

Relegated teams Newcastle (£29m) and Norwich (£20.3m) were the highest Premier League spenders in January, but their mid-season purchases did not prevent them from the drop. However, with Hull rooted to the bottom of the league, will the club - who have the lowest transfer expenditure (£19.5m) for 2016 of any current top-flight side - be looking to bring in additions in January 2017?

Promoted Burnley broke their transfer record for the second time in the summer window when they signed Republic of Ireland international Jeff Hendrick from Derby County for a fee of £10.5m, with the £8m signing of Steven Defour from Standard Liege also contributing to their £22.1m spree.

Meanwhile, Liverpool recouped a league-high £84.4m from offloading 11 players for fees, including Christian Benteke (£32m), Jordon Ibe (£15m), Joe Allen (£13m), Luis Alberto (£6m), Brad Smith (£6m) and Martin Skrtel (£5m).

Here's a breakdown of the Premier League's biggest spenders in 2016.

2016 Premier League top spenders

Clubs                                                             Official Spend

Manchester city                                          £174.2m

Manchester united                                    £149.55m

Chelsea                                                         £122.7m

Arsenal                                                         £93.1m

Leicester city                                               £76.78m

Liverpool                                                     £75m

Watford                                                       £72.1m

Tottenham Hotspur                                  £70.6m

Everton                                                       £65m

Bournemouth                                            £56.6m

Crystal palace                                            £56.5m

Southampton                                             £47.8m

West Ham                                                   £47.35m

Sunderland                                                £41.85m

Stoke                                                           £36.55m

Swansea city                                             £35.25m

Middlesbrough                                        £27.8m

West Bromwich Albion                          £22.5m

Burnley                                                     £22.1m

Hull city                                                    £19.5m

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