Social media account @PremLeaguePanel has published net spend of the twenty Premier League clubs since June 2016.
In this updated table West Ham comes out eighth behind Everton. Brighton and Wolves
Net Spends since June 2016 (£)
Man City: £343m
Man Utd: £310m
Chelsea: £203m
Everton: £160m
Arsenal: £148m
Brighton: £130m
Wolves: £124m
West Ham: £112m
Bournemouth: £104m
Fulham: £101m
Palace: £85m
Huddersfield: £81m
Leicester: £76m
Liverpool: £73m
Burnley: £49m
Watford: £41m
Spurs: £31m
Newcastle: £4m
Southampton: £-10m
Claret and Hugh’s own calculations which can be seen below puts West Ham’s net spend over three seasons at £97m which would put them in 11th place in this table behind Bournemouth and relegated Fulham.
West Ham’s 2018/2019 net spend £83m (Spent £95m Sold £12m)
In: Felipe Anderson £34.5m, Issa Diop £22.5m Andriy Yarmolenko £18m Lukasz Fabianski £7m Fabian Balbuena £3.5m Lucas Perez £4m, Carlos Sanchez £4m, Xande Silvre £1.5m
Out: Kouyate £9.5m, Reece Burke £1.5m, Domingos Quina £1m
West Ham 2017/2018 season net spend -£13.5m (Spent £49m Sold £62.5m)
In: Marko Arnautovic £21m, Javier Henandez £16m, Jordan Hugill £9m, Sead Haksabanovic £3m
Out: Andre Ayew £20.5m, Diafra Sakho £9m, Ashley Flecther £7m, Darren Randolph £5m, Enner Valencia £5m, Havard Nordveit £7m, Sofiane Feghouli £4m, Jose Fonte £5m
West Ham 2016/2017 Season net spend £27.5m (Spent £64.5m Sold £37m)
In: Ayew £21.5m, Lanzini £11m, Snodgrass £11m, Fonte £8.5m, Masuaku £6.5m, Fernandez £6m
Out: Payet £26.5m, Tomkins £10.5m
Liverpool have done pretty well haven’t they! I guess getting 143m for Coutinho helped.
In an ideal world, we make a net profit and improve, but we are well off having the players to operate that way. Southampton are a warning to any club looking to grow on the cheap. They’ve gone from a top 8 side to fighting against relegation. Sold too much talent.
I think your figures are probably more accurate Sean, I wonder if they put potential add-ons into their equation, even if they haven’t been realised ?