We can sometimes get caught up in our own club bubble thinking that everyone is else is spending more than us
West Ham are ranked 11th in the net spend table for the summer so far according to figures from TransferMarkt of outgoings and incomings.
Chelsea are top with over £62m over shelling out nearly £129m and selling £66m worth of talent.
Newly promoted Leeds have spent £50m so far with Spurs third with £32m of net spend.
Manchester City are in fourth with £30m of net spend with Sheffield United fifth on £18m
Palace jumps up from zero to sixth after landing Eberechi Eze for £16m with newcomers Fulham seventh with £12m.
Slav’s Baggies have spent £8m while Southampton’s net spend is just below £8m
Next up is Arsenal on £7m of net spend followed by the Hammers on £6.66m after buying Tom as Soucek and selling Jordan Hugill and Ablian Ajeti.
Liverpool follows West Ham with just £1.7m of net spend.
Manchester United, Aston Villa, Burnley, Newcastle are all on zero with no transfers inbound or outbound
Four clubs all have negative net spend, they are
Everton -£1.75m, Brighton – £9m, Wolves -£16m and Leicester City – £45m
| Club | Arrivals | Departures | Net Spend |
| Chelsea | £128.8m | £66.6m | £62.28m |
| Leeds | £50.08m | £0m | £50.08m |
| Spurs | £43.74m | £11.97m | £31.73m |
| Man City | £70.92m | £40.5m | £30.42m |
| Sheffield United | £18.45m | £0m | £18.45m |
| Crystal Palace | £16.02m | £0m | £16.02m |
| Fulham | £12.42m | £0m | £12.42m |
| West Brom | £8.19m | £0m | £8.19m |
| Southampton | £22.77m | £14.94m | £7.83m |
| Arsenal | £7.2m | £0.25m | £7.05m |
| West Ham | £14.58m | £7.92m | £6.66m |
| Liverpool | £11.7m | £10m | £1.7m |
| Manchester United | £0m | £0m | £0m |
| Aston Villa | £0m | £0m | £0m |
| Burnley | £0m | £0m | £0m |
| Newcastle | £0m | £0m | £0m |
| Everton | £0.24m | £2m | -1.75m |
| Brighton | £1.4m | £10.53m | -9.13m |
| Wolves | £0m | £15.93m | -15.93m |
| Leicester City | £0m | £45.18m | -45.18m |
So easy to forget Soucek as a signing. But a great addition to the squad and a sizable investment.
It was the right investment but not a sizeable one in EPL terms, so let’s not get carried away. We need full backs, a CB and a forward or we will struggle again in what promises to be the most competitive PL in a long time.
If Pellegrini was still with us,I’m sure we would be the biggest spenders,even if we had been relegated.
11th! highest position since about round 9 last season