The Premier League has paced the global football world when it comes to financial power, and nowhere is that muscle flexed more than in the transfer market.
The 2022 summer transfer window hasn’t been the exclusive domain of Premier League clubs, but it has shown their willingness to spend big in the right areas. Top English sides like Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United have all opened their wallets to bring in players, with hopes of translating cash into results on the pitch.
Over the course of this transfer window, and beyond if you take into account the last few years, Premier League clubs from top to bottom have proved their wealth.
Even the newly promoted sides are able to flex their financial might, thanks to the access that the EPL gives them to one of the biggest domestic payouts in world football.
Here, The Sporting News brings you an overview of recent financial transactions across the Premier League, plus a brief look at the recent transfer history of each current EPL club.
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Premier League club spending in 2022/23 transfer window
While Arsenal led the EPL spending early in the window after splurging for Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko of Manchester City, recent deals have seen the Gunners passed.
Chelsea’s mega-deal for Brighton defender Marc Cucurella vaulted the Blues to the top of the spending list, then West Ham’s spending saw the Hammers overtake the lead. Now, however, after securing the most expensive transfer in the summer window so far, Man United are the top net spenders this window, with the Antony deal topping nine figures.
Officially, Chelsea have still shelled out the most in raw expenditure, but they have just managed to do enough outgoing business to offset that cost and barely slide below Man United in the net spend category.
Conversely, Man City have thus far recouped the most transfer income of any team, thanks to the aforementioned departure of the Arsenal duo plus that of Raheem Sterling to Chelsea. Brighton, meanwhile, have the largest positive net spend largely thanks to the Cucurella deal.
Nottingham Forest by far have the highest net spend of any new 2022/23 Premier League club, bringing in five different players who all cost at least £9 million. That’s no surprise, given their need to strengthen for a bid to stay in the top flight, having won promotion via the Championship playoff last term.
Leicester City are the only Premier League side to not yet spend a single pound in the transfer market, failing to bring any new arrivals to the club thus far.
Transfer figures via Transfermarkt; clubs listed by net spend, from most to least. Highest in each category in italics.
All figures correct as of Sept. 1, 2022 at 10:00 ET / 13:00 BST.
| Club | Expenditure | Income | Net spend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Man United | £214.22m | £10.35m | -£203.87m |
| Chelsea | £242.18m | £39.96m | -£202.22m |
| West Ham | £163.80m | £16.02m | -£147.78m |
| Notts Forest | £143.69m | £6.30m | -£135.05m |
| Newcastle | £122.40m | — | -£122.40m |
| Tottenham | £152.91m | £34.88m | -£118.04m |
| Arsenal | £118.86m | £21.42m | -£97.44m |
| Wolves | £122.94m | £37.89m | -£85.05m |
| Southampton | £50.76m | — | -£50.76m |
| Brentford | £45.45m | £3.24m | -£42.21m |
| Fulham | £50.76m | £18.81m | -£31.95m |
| Crystal Palace | £31.14m | £4.91m | -£26.23m |
| Bournemouth | £24.21m | — | -£24.21m |
| Aston Villa | £49.50m | £37.80m | -£11.70m |
| Everton | £63.72m | £52.20m | -£11.52m |
| Liverpool | £77.22m | £72.63m | -£4.59m |
| Leeds United | £95.08m | £97.38m | +£2.30m |
| Man City | £125.55m | £145.53m | +£19.98m |
| Leicester City | £15.30m | £75.15m | +£59.85m |
| Brighton | £33.66m | £102.51m | +£68.85m |
| TOTAL | £1.943bn | £776.98m | -£1.164b |
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Most expensive Premier League transfers 2022/23
Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez is, thus far, the most expensive player transferred to a Premier League club during the 2022/23 summer transfer window.
Raphinha is the most profitable sale, netting Leeds United a high price, which allowed them to reinvest in building their squad with several new arrivals of their own.
Interestingly, seven of the top 10 outgoing Premier League transfers went to other English clubs, suggesting the top flight likes to recycle talent rather than send it abroad to other European leagues.
Incoming
All figures correct as of Aug. 30, 2022.
| Player | From | To | Transfer fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darwin Nunez | Benfica | Liverpool | £67.50m |
| Casemiro | Real Madrid | Man United | £77.72m |
| Marc Cucurella | Brighton | Chelsea | £71.83m |
| Erling Haaland | Borussia Dortmund | Man City | £54.00m |
| Richarlison | Everton | Tottenham | £52.20m |
| Lisandro Martinez | Ajax | Man United | £51.63m |
| Raheem Sterling | Man City | Chelsea | £50.58m |
| Gabriel Jesus | Man City | Arsenal | £46.98m |
| Kalvin Phillips | Leeds United | Man City | £43.87m |
| Matheus Nunes | Sporting CP | Wolves | £49.50m |
Outgoing
All figures correct as of Aug. 30, 2022.
| Player | From | To | Transfer fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raphinha | Leeds United | Barcelona | £52.20m |
| Richarlison | Everton | Tottenham | £52.20m |
| Raheem Sterling | Man City | Chelsea | £50.58m |
| Gabriel Jesus | Man City | Arsenal | £46.98m |
| Kalvin Phillips | Leeds United | Man City | £43.87m |
| Oleksandr Zinchenko | Man City | Arsenal | £31.50m |
| Sadio Mane | Liverpool | Bayern Munich | £28.80m |
| Steven Bergwijn | Tottenham | Ajax | £28.13m |
| Morgan Gibbs-White | Wolves | Notts Forest | £32.45m |
| Marc Cucurella | Brighton | Chelsea | £71.83m |
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Premier League 2022/23 TV channels, live streams
| UK | USA | Canada | Australia | |
| TV channel | Sky Sports, BT Sport | USA Network, Telemundo, Universo | — | — |
| Streaming | NOW TV, Sky Go, Amazon Prime | fuboTV, Peacock | fuboTV | Optus Sport |
UK: Matches are carried across Sky Sports and BT Sport streaming and TV platforms, with select matches on Amazon Prime.
USA: Select matches are televised on USA Network (English) and Telemundo or Universo (Spanish), and all three channels can be streamed on fuboTV. The rest of the matches are streamed on NBC platform Peacock for subscribers.
Canada: Every Premier League game streams live and on demand exclusively via fuboTV.
Australia: Fans in Australia can stream matches live and on demand on Optus Sport.