The official transfer comparison thread

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After reading thread after thread where people give all kinds of random figures, argue about who has spent more during what period, whose owners have underinvested the most in their squads etc, I thought I'd start this thread so that it can be instantly consulted and put a stop to these repetitive, misinformed debates.

Often, people use Transfer League as the source for their arguments. There are a couple of problems with that: the fact that some transfers are missing; the fact that he seems to choose the fees he prefers and disregard others; the fact that so few transfers have any reliable source listed; finally, the fact that he uses the "official" season start and end dates when most people would consider any transfers that go through after the last match of the season count towards the following season.

I'll cover the whole of the Alex Ferguson era at United - 1986-present. Sales and purchases will all be included, some free transfers in and out and youth team promotions will not be included for sake of brevity. My sources for all United transfers can be found on my blog: Manchester United Transfers

Manchester United F.C.

1986/87

Spent:
14/10/86 Liam O'Brien £0.05m from Shamrock Rovers (signed by Ron Atkinson)
Total spent: £0.05m

Received:
1/7/86 Mark Hughes £2.3m to Barcelona (sold by Ron Atkinson)
15/8/86 Alan McLaughlin £0 to Swindon Town (sold by Ron Atkinson)
24/8/86 Mark Dempsey £0.025m to Sheffield United (sold by Ron Atkinson)
25/9/86 Fraser Dibgy £0.032m to Swindon Town (sold by Ron Atkinson)
14/1/87 Peter Barnes £0.03m to Manchester City
1/2/87 Mark Higgins £0.01m to Bury
26/3/87 Martin Russell £0.025m to Leicester City
Total Received: £2.422m

United net spent: (minus) -£2.372m

Running Gross Total: £0.05m
Running Net Total: (minus) -£2.372m

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1987/88

Spent:
9/7/87 Viv Anderson £0.25m from Arsenal
30/7/87 Brian McClair £0.85m from Celtic
17/12/87 Steve Bruce £0.825m from Norwich City
3/5/88 Paul Dalton £0.035m from Brandon United
Total spent: £1.96m

Received:
16/6/87 Simon Ratcliffe £0.04m to Norwich City
1/7/87 Mark Todd £0 to Sheffield United
1/8/87 Frank Stapleton £0 to Ajax
1/8/87 Johnny Sivebaek £0.22 to St Ettienne
26/8/87 Terry Gibson £0.2m to Wimbledon
Total Received: £0.46m

United net spent: £1.5m

Running Gross Total: £2.01m
Running Net Total: (minus) -£0.872m

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1988/89

Spent:
01/6/88 Jim Leighton £0.75m from Aberdeen
10/6/88 Lee Sharpe £0.185m from Torquay United
20/7/88 Mark Hughes £1.8m from Barcelona
28/10/88 Mal Donaghy £0.65m from Luton Town
11/11/88 Ralph Milne £0.175m from Bristol City
30/11/88 Jules Maiorana £0.03m from Histon
Total spent: £3.59m

Received:
1/8/88 Arthur Albiston £0 to West Bromwich Albion
1/8/88 Kevin Moran £0 to Sporting Gijon
1/8/88 Andy Comyn £0 to Alvechurch
25/8/88 Graeme Hogg £0.15m to Portsmouth
1/9/88 Chris Turner £0.175m to Sheffield Wednesday
1/11/88 Jesper Olsen £0.4m to Bordeaux
3/11/88 Peter Davenport £0.75m to Middlesbrough
15/11/88 Liam O'Brien £0.25m to to Newcastle United
4/3/89 Paul Dalton £0.02m to Hartlepool United
23/3/89 Gordon Strachan £0.3m to Leeds United
Total Received: £2.045m

United net spent: £1.525m

Running Gross Total: £5.6m
Running Net Total: £0.653m

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1989/90

Spent:
01/7/89 Mike Phelan £0.75m from Norwich City
24/7/89 Neil Webb £1.5m from Nottingham Forest
24/8/89 Brian Carey £0.1m from Cork City
29/8/89 Gary Pallister £2.3m from Middlesbrough
14/9/89 Paul Ince £1m from West Ham United
18/9/89 Danny Wallace £1.2m from Southampton
26/9/89 Andy Rammell £0.04m from Atherton United
Total spent: £6.89m

Received:
1/7/89 Wayne Heseltine £0.04m to Oldham Athletic
1/08/89 Norman Whiteside £0.6m to Everton
03/8/89 Paul McGrath £0.45m to Aston Villa
25/10/89 Shaun Goater £0 to Rotherham United
Total Received: £1.09m

United net spent: £5.8m

Running Gross Total: £12.49m
Running Net Total: £6.453m

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1990/91

Spent:
1/6/90 Neil Whitworth £0.15m from Wigan Athletic
20/6/90 Denis Irwin £0.625m from Oldham
6/6/90 Les Sealey £0 from Luton Town
26/3/91 Andrei Kanchelskis £1.42m from Shakhtar Donetsk
Total spent: £2.195m

Received:
1/8/90 Mike Duxbury £0 to Blackburn Rovers
14/9/90 Andy Rammell £0.1m to Barnsley
21/12/90 Colin Gibson £0.1m to Leicester City
10/1/91 Viv Anderson £0 to Sheffield Wednesday
6/3/91 Wayne Bullimore £0 to Barnsley
Total Received: £0.2m

United net spent: £1.995m

Running Gross Total: £14.685m
Running Net Total: £8.448m

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1991/92

Spent:
8/8/91 Paul Parker £2m from Queens Park Rangers
12/8/91 Peter Schmeichel £0.53 from Brondby
Total spent: £2.53m

Received:
10/7/91 Mike Pollitt £0 to Bury
19/7/91 Les Sealey £0 to Aston Villa
26/7/91 John Sharples £0 to Hearts
8/8/91 Deniol Graham £0.05m to Barnsley
7/2/92 Jim Leighton £0.2m to Dundee
19/3/92 Jason Lydiate £0 to Bolton
24/4/92 Sean McAuley £0 to St Johnstone
Total Received: £0.25m

United net spent: £2.28m

Running Gross Total: £17.215m
Running Net Total: £10.728m

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1992/93

Spent:
1/8/92 Patrick McGibbon £0.1m from Portadown
7/8/92 Dion Dublin £1m from Cambridge United
27/11/92 Eric Cantona £1.2m from Leeds United
6/1/93 Les Sealey £0 from Aston Villa
Total spent: £2.3m

Received:
13/8/92 Mal Donaghy £0.15m to Chelsea
14/8/92 Mark Robins £0.8m to Norwich City
26/8/92 Derek Brazil £0.085m to Cardiff City
23/11/92 Neil Webb £0.8m to Nottingham Forest
19/3/93 Kieran Toal £0 to Motherwell
Total Received: £1.835m

United net spent: £0.465m

Running Gross Total: £19.515m
Running Net Total: £11.193m

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1993/94

Spent:
22/7/93 Roy Keane £3.75m from Nottingham Forest
Total spent: £3.75m

Received:
29/6/93 Russell Beardsmore £0 to Bournemouth
30/6/93 George Switzer £0 to Darlington
16/7/93 Brian Carey £0.25m to Leicester City
30/9/93 Adrian Doherty £0 to Derry
30/9/93 Ian Wilkinson £0 to Stockport County
15/10/93 Danny Wallace £0.25m to Birmingham City
13/1/94 Darren Ferguson £0.25m to Wolverhampton Wanderers
19/1/94 Lee Martin £0.35m to Celtic
Total Received: £1.1m

United net spent: £2.65m

Running Gross Total: £23.265m
Running Net Total: £13.843m

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1994/95

Spent:
1/7/94 David May £1.25m from Blackburn Rovers
12/7/94 Graeme Tomlinson £0.1m from Bradford City
12/1/95 Andy Cole £7m from Newcastle United
Total spent: £8.35m

Received:
30/6/94 Craig Lawton £0 to Port Vale
30/6/94 Les Sealey £0 to Blackpool
8/7/94 David Pierce £0 to Rotherham United
8/7/94 Ian Hart £0 to Crewe Alexandra
11/7/94 Clayton Blackmore £0 to Middlesbrough
11/7/94 Mike Phelan £0 to West Bromwich Albion
2/9/94 Neil Whitworth £0.265m to Kilmarnock
6/9/94 Colin McKee £0.265m to Kilmarnock
9/9/94 Dion Dublin £2m to Coventry City
12/1/95 Keith Gillespie £1m to Newcastle United (part exchange as part of Cole deal)
Total Received: £3.53m

United net spent: £4.82m

Running Gross Total: £31.615m
Running Net Total: £21.778m

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1995/96

Spent:
25/9/95 Nick Culkin £0.25m from York City
31/1/96 Tony Coton £0.5m from Manchester City
Total spent: £0.75m

Received:
22/6/95 Paul Ince £7m to Inter Milan
23/6/95 Mark Hughes £1.5m to Chelsea
30/6/95 Craig Dean £0 Tamworth
30/6/95 David Johnson £0 to Bury
30/6/95 Richard Flash £0 to Wolverhampton Wanderers
2/7/95 Paul Lyons £0 to Rochdale
2/7/95 Patrick Lee £0 to Middlesbrough
2/7/95 Paul Heckinbottom £0 to Sunderland
5/7/95 Mark Rawlinson £0 to Bournemouth
19/7/95 Richard Irving £0.075m to Nottingham Forest
26/7/95 Ashley Westwood £0.04m to Crewe Alexandra
11/8/95 Gary Walsh £0.25m to Middlesbrough
25/8/95 Andrei Kanchelskis £5m to Everton
2/9/95 Elliott Dickman £0 to Sunderland
Total Received: £13.865m

United net spent: (minus) -£13.115m

Running Gross Total: £32.365m
Running Net Total: £8.663m

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1996/97

Spent:
1/7/96 Raimond Van Der Gouw £0m from Vitesse Arnhem
10/7/96 Ronny Johnsen £1.5m from Besiktas
24/7/96 Karel Poborsky £3.5m Slavia Prague
29/7/96 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer £1.5m from Molde
8/8/96 Jordi Cryuff £1.4m from Barcelona
Total spent: £7.9m

Received:
22/5/96 Steve Bruce £0 to Birmingham City
31/5/96 Paul Parker £0 to Derby County
12/7/96 Tony Coton £0.6m to Sunderland
14/8/96 Lee Sharpe £4.5m to Leeds United
8/12/96 Jovan Kirovski £0 to Borussia Dortmund
Total Received: £5.1m

United net spent: £2.8m

Running Gross Total: £40.265m
Running Net Total: £11.463m

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1997/98

Spent:
26/6/97 Teddy Sheringham £3.5m from Tottenham Hotspur
30/6/97 Erik Nevland £1.5m from Viking
11/8/97 Henning Berg £5m from Blackburn Rovers
24/3/98 Jonathan Greening £1.15m from York City
Total spent: £11.15m

Received:
15/5/97 Colin Murdock £0.1m to Preston North End
22/7/97 John Macken £1.25 to Preston North End (deal included a £1m sell-on fee that was fulfilled when he moved to Manchester City in 2002)
28/7/97 Pat McGibbon £0.25m to Wigan Athletic
1/8/97 Simon Davies £0.2m to Luton Town
8/8/97 Michael Appleton £0.5m to Preston North End
26/9/97 Stephen Newham £0 to Middlesbrough
30/12/97 Karel Poborsky £3m to Benfica
31/12/97 Neil Mustoe £0 to Wigan Athletic
28/1/98 John O'Kane £0.4m to Everton
1/4/98 Andy Duncan £0.02m to Cambridge United
17/4/98 Tommy Smith £0 to Cambridge United
Total Received: £5.72m

United net spent: £5.43m

Running Gross Total: £51.415m
Running Net Total: £15.893m

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1998/99

Spent:
1/6/98 Daniel Nardiello £0.2m from Wolverhampton Wanderers
1/7/98 Jaap Stam £10.75m from PSV Eindhoven
8/7/98 Russell Best £0 from Notts County
22/7/98 Jesper Blomqvist £4.4m from Parma
3/8/98 John O'Shea £? from Waterford
20/8/98 Dwight Yorke £12.6m from Aston Villa
17/2/99 Bojan Djordjic £? from Brommapojkarna
Total spent: £27.95m

Received:
31/5/98 Brian McClair £0 to Motherwell
31/5/98 Kevin Pilkington £0 to Port Vale
31/5/98 Graeme Tomlinson £0 to Macclesfield
12/6/98 Grant Brebner £0.3m to Reading
24/6/98 Ben Thornley £0.175m to Huddersfield Town
30/6/98 Stuart Brightwell £0 to Hartlepool United
30/6/98 David Brown £0 to Hull City
30/6/98 Ross Millard £0 to Northwich Victoria
30/6/98 Gavin Naylor £0 to Middlesbrough
4/7/98 Leon Mills £0 to Wigan Athletic
6/7/98 Gary Pallister £2.5m to Middlesbrough
4/11/98 Chris Casper £0.3m to Reading
24/3/99 Michael Ryan £0 to Wrexham
25/3/99 Paul Gibson £0 to Notts County
25/3/99 Philip Mulryne £0.5m to Norwich City
16/4/99 Terry Cooke £1m to Manchester City
Total Received: £4.775m

United net spent: £23.175m

Running Gross Total: £79.365m
Running Net Total: £39.068m

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1999/2000

Spent:
1/7/99 Mark Bosnich £0 from Aston Villa
25/8/99 Quinton Fortune £1.5m from Atletico Madrid
31/8/99 Massimo Taibi £4.5m from Venezia
10/9/99 Mikael Silvestre £4m from Inter Milan
6/11/99 James Jowsey £0.25m from Scarborough
Total spent: £10.25m

Received:
20/6/99 Peter Schmeichel £0 to Sporting Lisbon
19/12/99 Erik Nevland £0.25m to Viking
1/2/2000 Ryan Ford £? to Notts County
3/3/2000 Ian Fitzpatrick £0 to Halifax
23/3/2000 Richie Wellens £? to Blackpool
Total Received: £0.25m

United net spent: £10m

Running Gross Total: £89.615m
Running Net Total: £49.068m

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2000/01

Spent:
31/5/2000 Fabien Barthez £7.8m from Monaco
10/8/2000 Mads Timm £0.05m from Odense
Total spent: £7.85m

Received:
1/6/2000 John Curtis £1.5m to Blackburn
30/6/2000 Paul Wheatcroft £0 to Bolton Wanderers
30/6/2000 Jordi Cryuff £0 to Alaves
5/7/2000 Danny Higginbotham £2m to Derby County
7/7/2000 Massimo Taibi £2.5m to Reggina
25/7/2000 Michael Twiss £0 to Port Vale
23/8/2000 Steven Rose £0 to Bristol Rovers
28/11/2000 Alex Notman £0.25m to Norwich City
15/12/2000 Henning Berg £1.75m to Blackburn
3/1/01 David Healey £1.8m to Preston North End
18/1/01 Mark Bosnich £0 to Chelsea
Total Received: £9.8m

United net spent: (minus) -£1.95m

Running Gross Total: £97.465m
Running Net Total: £47.118m

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2001/02

Spent:
1/7/01 Rood van Nistelrooy £19m from PSV Eindhoven
12/7/01 Juan Sebastian Veron £28.1m from Lazio
27/7/01 Roy Carroll £2.5m from Wigan Athletic
30/8/01 Laurent Blanc £0 from Inter Milan
22/1/02 Diego Forlan £6.9m from Independiente
Total spent: £56.5m

Received:
14/5/01 Rhodri Jones £0 to Rotherham United
15/5/01 Ashley Dodd £0 to Port Vale
26/5/01 Teddy Sheringham £0 to Tottenham Hotspur
30/6/01 Marc Whiteman £0 to Bury
1/7/01 Josh Walker £0 to Shrewbury
1/7/01 Jesper Blomqvist £0 to Everton
7/7/01 Michael Rose £0 to Chester
20/7/01 Stephen Cosgrove £0m to Motherwell
9/8/01 Mark Wilson £1.5m to Middlesbrough
9/8/01 Jonathan Greening £2m to Middlesbrough
11/8/01 George Clegg £0 to Bury
27/8/01 Jaap Stam £16.5m
1/10/01 Gareth Strange £0 to Accrington Stanley
16/11/01 Marek Szmid £0 to Southend United
29/12/01 Andy Cole £7.6m to Blackburn Rovers
20/2/02 Michael Clegg £0 to Oldham Athletic
Total Received: £27.6m

United net spent: £28.9m

Running Gross Total: £153.965m
Running Net Total: £76.018m

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2002/03

Spent:
12/5/02 Luke Steele £0.5m from Peterborough
1/7/02 Kieran Richardson £? from West Ham United
8/7/02 Chris Eagles £0 from Watford
22/7/02 Rio Ferdinand £27.55m from Leeds United
30/8/02 Ricardo £1.5m from Valladolid
7/5/03 Kyle Moran £? from Shelbourne
30/4/03 Floribert N'Galula £? from Anderlecht
Total spent: £29.55m

Received:
17/5/02 Paul Rachubka £0.2m to Charlton Athletic
28/6/2002 Raimond van der Gouw £0 to West Ham United
1/7/02 Ronnie Wallwork £0 to West Bromwich Albion
9/7/02 Nick Culkin £0 to Queens Park Rangers
23/7/02 Denis Irwin £0 to Wolverhampton Wanderers
24/7/02 Andy Taylor £0 to Northwich Victoria
26/7/02 Dwight Yorke £2m to Blackburn Rovers
6/3/03 Ben Muirhead £0 to Bradford City
Total Received: £2.2m

United net spent: £27.35m

Running Gross Total: £183.515m
Running Net Total: £103.368m

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2003/04

Spent:
5/6/03 Jonathan Spector £0m from Chicago Sockers
1/7/03 David Bellion £2m from Sunderland
3/7/03 Eric Djemba-Djemba £3.5m from Nantes
15/7/03 Tim Howard £2.3m from Metro Stars
12/8/03 Kleberson £6m from Atletico Paranaense
12/8/03 Cristiano Ronaldo £12.24m from Sporting Lisbon
9/9/03 Jami Puustinen £0 from FC Espoo
17/12/03 Lee Martin £0.2m from Wimbledon
12/1/04 Dong Fangzhou £0.5m from Dalian Shide
23/1/04 Louis Saha £12.825m from Fulham
Total spent: £39.565m

Received:
27/5/03 Kirk Hilton £0 to Blackpool
26/6/03 Lee Roche £0 to Burnley
1/7/03 John Rankin £0 to Ross County
1/7/03 Chris Kingsberry £0 to Sunderland
2/7/03 David Beckham £21.625m to Real Madrid
8/7/03 Danny Webber £0 to Watford
6/8/03 Juan Veron £15m to Chelsea
6/2/04 Alan Tate £0 to Swansea City
11/3/04 Matt Williams £0 to Notts County
27/4/04 Fabien Barthez £0 to Marseille
Total Received: £36.625m

United net spent: £2.94m

Running Gross Total: £223.08m
Running Net Total: £106.308m

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2004/05

Spent:
27/5/04 Alan Smith £6m from Leeds United
11/6/04 Gabriel Heinze £6.9m from Paris Saint-Germain
1/7/04 Liam Miller £0 from Celtic
1/7/04 Gerard Pique £0 from Barcelona
1/7/04 David Gray £0.05m from Hearts
6/7/04 Giuseppe Rossi £0 from Parma
17/11/04 Sean Evans £?m from Shrewsbury Town
31/8/04 Wayne Rooney £27m from Everton
Total spent: £39.95m

Received:
26/5/04 Danny Pugh £0 to Leeds United
4/6/04 Ben Williams £0 to Crewe Alexandra
30/6/04 Neil Wood £0 to Coventry City
15/7/04 Mark Lynch £? to Sunderland
29/7/04 Nicky Butt £2.5m to Newcastle United
2/8/04 Luke Chadwick £0 to West Ham United
20/8/04 Diego Forlan £2m to Villareal
9/1/05 Bojan Djordjic £0 to Rangers
31/1/05 Eric Djemba-Djemba £1.35m to Aston Villa
1/4/05 David Poole £0 to Yeovil Town
Total Received: £5.85m

United net spent: £34.1m

Running Gross Total: £263.03m
Running Net Total: £140.408m

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2005/06

Spent:
1/6/05 Edwin van der Sar £2m from Fulham
5/7/05 Ji-Sung Park £4m
19/7/05 Ben Foster £1m
4/1/06 Nemanja Vidic £7m
10/1/06 Patrice Evra £5.5m from Monaco
Total spent: £19.5m

Received:
21/5/05 Roy Carroll £0 to West Ham United
27/5/05 Daniel Nardiello £0 to Barnsley
16/6/05 Ricardo £0 to Osasuna
30/6/05 Michael Stewart £0 to Hibernian
1/7/05 Ashley Parillon £0 to Preston North End
4/8/05 Philip Neville £3.5m to Everton
8/8/05 Kleberson £2.5m to Besiktas
18/11/05 Roy Keane £0 to Celtic
20/1/06 Jami Puustinen £0 to Honka
20/1/06 David Fox £0 to Blackpool
31/1/06 Kenny Cooper £0 to Dallas
31/1/06 Colin Heath £0 to Chesterfield
Total Received: £6m

United net spent: £13.5m

Running Gross Total: £282.53m
Running Net Total: £153.908m

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2006/07

Spent:
1/7/2006 Danny Galbraith £0.05m from Hearts
31/7/06 Michael Carrick £18.6m from Tottenham Hotspur
10/8/06 Tomasz Kuszczak loaned from West Bromwich Albion
26/10/06 Evandro Brandao £? from Walsall
1/1/07 Henrik Larsson Loan from Helsingborg - returned on 12/3/07
Total spent: £18.65m

Received:
3/6/06 John Obi Mikel £12m settlement from Chelsea
15/6/06 Jonathan Spector £0.5m to West Ham United
1/7/06 David Bellion £? to Nice
1/7/06 Eddie Johnson £0 to Bradford City
1/7/06 Tommy Lee £0 to Macclesfield Town
1/7/06 Phil Picken £0 to Chesterfield Town
14/7/06 Sylvan Ebanks-Blake £0.2m to Plymouth Argyle
26/7/06 Quinton Fortune £0 to Bolton
28/7/06 Ruud van Nistelrooy £10.2m to Real Madrid
10/8/06 Luke Steele £0 to West Bromwich Albion (part of Kuszczak deal )
10/8/06 Paul McShane £0 to West Bromwich Albion (part of Kuszczak deal)
31/8/06 Liam Miller £0 to Sunderland
4/1/07 David Jones £1m to Derby County
Total Received: £23.9m

United net spent: (minus) -£5.25m

Running Gross Total: £301.18m
Running Net Total: £148.658m

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2007/08

Spent:
1/7/07 Tomasz Kuszczak £2.125m from West Bromwich Albion
1/7/07 Owen Hargreaves £17m from Bayern Munich
1/7/07 Anderson £17m from Porto
1/7/07 Nani £14m from Sporting Lisbon
10/8/07 Carlos Tevez loan from MSI worth £9m
11/11/08 John Cofie £? + 25% sell-on from Burnley
1/1/08 Manucho £? from Petro Athletico
31/1/08 Rodrigo Possebon £? from Internacional
Total spent: £59.125m

Received:
1/7/07 Tim Howard £3m to Everton
16/7/07 Kieran Richardson £5.5m to Sunderland
31/7/07 Giuseppe Rossi £6.6m to Villareal
3/8/07 Alan Smith £6m to Newcastle United
23/8/07 Gabriel Heinze £8.2m to Real Madrid
1/1/08 Adam Eckersley £0 to Port Vale
18/1/08 Ryan Shawcross £2m to Stoke City
22/1/08 Phil Bardsley £2m to Sunderland
Total Received: £33.3m

United net spent: £25.825m

Running Gross Total: £360.305m
Running Net Total: £174.483m

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2008/09

Spent:
1/7/08 Davide Petrucci £0.2m from Roma
9/7/08 Fabio Da Silva £2.6m from Fluminese
9/7/08 Rafael Da Silva £2.6m from Fluminese
1/9/08 Dimitar Berbatov £30.75m from Tottenham Hotspur
1/1/09 Zoran Tosic £6.3m from Partizan
8/1/09 Ritchie De Laet £? from Stoke City
Total spent: £42.45m

Received:
22/5/08 Kieran Lee £0 to Oldham Athletic
27/5/08 Gerard Pique £5m (some reports as high as £7.9m)
29/7/08 Chris Eagles £1.25m to Burnley
20/8/08 Mikael Silvestre £0.75m to Arsenal
1/9/08 Louis Saha £? to Everton
26/3/08 Gary Woods £0 to Doncaster Rovers
Total Received: £7m

United net spent: £35.45m

Running Gross Total: £402.755m
Running Net Total: £209.933m

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2009/10

Spent:
1/7/09 Antonio Valencia £16m from Wigan Athletic
1/7/09 Sean McGinty £0.5m from Charlton Athletic
3/7/09 Michael Owen £0 from Newcastle United
8/7/09 Gabriel Obertan £3m from Bordeaux
17/7/09 Mame Biram Diouf £2m Molde
6/10/09 Paul Pogba £? from Le Havre
19/3/10 Joe Coll £? from Donegal
Total spent: £21.5m

Received:
26/6/09 Evandro Brandao £0 to Sporting Braga
1/7/09 Danny Galbraith £0 to Hibernian
1/7/09 Cristiano Ronaldo £80m to Real Madrid
15/7/09 Richard Eckersey £0.5m to Burnley
6/7/09 Lee Martin £1.6m to Ipswich Town
11/7/09 Fraizer Campbell £3.5m to Sunderland
17/7/09 Manucho £? to Valladolid
20/1/10 Danny Simpson £0.5m to Newcastle United
Total Received: £86.1m

United net spent: (minus) -£64.6m

Running Gross Total: £424.255m
Running Net Total: £145.333m

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2010/11

Spent:
1/7/10 Marnick Vermijl £0.22m from Standard Liege
1/7/10 Chris Smalling £10m from Fulham (some sources say £7m)
1/7/10 Javier Hernandez £7m from Chivas
12/8/10 Bebe £7.4m from Vitoria S.C.
1/1/11 Anders Lindegaard £3.5m from Aalesunds
Total spent: £28.12m

Received:
1/7/10 Ben Foster £6m to Birmingham City
1/7/10 Zoran Tosic £8m to CSKA Moscow
1/7/10 Tom Heaton £0 to Cardiff City
1/7/10 Ron Robert Zieler £0 to Hannover
16/7/10 David Gray £0 to Preson North End
9/8/10 Craig Cathcart £0.5m to Blackpool
7/1/11 James Chester £0.3m to Hull City
Total Received: £14.8m

United net spent: £13.32m

Running Gross Total: £452.375m
Running Net Total: £158.653m

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2011/12

Spent:
13/06/11 Phil Jones £16.5m from Blackburn Rovers
23/6/11 Ashley Young £15m from Aston Villa
29/6/11 David De Gea £18.9m from Atletico Madrid
Total spent: £50.4m

Received:
11/05/11 Joe Dudgeon £0.3m to Hull City
12/05/11 Corry Evans £0.5m to Hull City
06/07/11 Wes Brown £1m to Sunderland
07/07/11 John O'Shea £4.5 to Sunderland (rumoured fee, cannot find reliable source)
05/07/11 Nicholas Ajose £0.3m to Peterborough United
09/08/11 Gabriel Obertan £3m to Newcastle
13/01/12 Darron Gibson £0.5m to Everton
28/01/12 Mame Biram Diouf £1.5m to Hannover 96
31/01/12 Ravel Morrison £0.65m (potentially rising to £2.65m)
Total Received: £11.75m

United net spent: £38.65m

Running Gross Total: £502.775m
Running Net Total: £196.803m

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2012/13

Spent:
12/06/12 Nick Powell £3m (potentially rising to £6m) from Crewe Alexadra
22/06/12 Shinji Kagawa £12m (potentially rising to £17m) from Borussia Dortmund
05/07/12 Sean Goss £0.1m from Exeter City
17/08/12 Robin Van Persie £22.5m (potentially rising to £24m) from Arsenal
Total Spent: £47.1m

Received:
16/05/12 Ritchie De Laet £1m to Leicester City
16/05/12 Matty James £1m to Leicester City
19/06/12 Tomasz Kuszczak £0 to Brighton & Hove Albion
30/06/12 Michael Owen £0 released
30/06/12 Ezekiel Fryers £0 released (moved to Standard Liege)
29/06/12 Oliver Norwood £0 to Huddersfield Town
03/07/12 Paul Pogba £0 to Juventus
09/07/12 Ji-Sung Park £2m (potentially rising to £5m) to Queens Park Rangers
Total Received: £4m

United net spent: £43.1m

Running Gross Total: £549.875m
Running Net Total: £139.903m

Summaries:

Total Premier League gross spend: £532.66m
Total Premier League net spend: £229.18m

Average gross spend per Premier League season (1992/93-2010/11): £25.4m
Average net spend per Premier League season (1992/93-2010/11): £10.9m

Gross spend before Glazer takeover: £245.8m (average per season of £19.42m)
Net spend before Glazer takeover: £132.6m (average per season of £10.2m)

Gross spend since Glazer takeover: £292.1m (average per season of £36.5m)
Net spend since Glazer takeover: £99.5m (average per season of £12.4m)

For people who want to factor out the Ronaldo transfer for some bizarre reason:

Net PL spend minus Ronaldo money: £309.2m
Average net per PL season minus Ronaldo money: £14.7m

Net spend since Glazer takeover minus Ronaldo money: £179.5
Average net spend per season since Glazer takeover minus Ronaldo money: £22.4m

 

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Liverpool F.C. These figures are mainly taken from LFC History which, although it may not be the most impartial source, does seem to be complete.

1986/87

Spent:
31/07/86 Barry Venison £0.2m from Sunderland
02/09/86 Steve Staunton £0.02m from Dundalk
?/10/86 Alan Irvine £0.075m from Falkirk
27/01/87 John Aldridge £0.75m from Oxford
24/02/87 Nigel Spackman £0.4m from Chelsea
Total spent: £1.445m

Received:
?/08/86 Sammy Lee £0.2m to QPR
Total Received: £0.2m

Net spent: £1.245m

Running Gross Total: £1.445m
Running Net Total: £1.245m

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1987/88

Spent:
09/06/87 John Barnes £0.9m from Watford
14/07/87 Peter Beardsley £1.9m from Newcastle United
21/08/87 Mike Marsh £0 from Kirkby Town
19/10/87 Ray Houghton £0.825m from Oxford
Total spent: £3.625m

Received:
01/07/87 Ian Rush £3.2m to Juventus
28/8/87 Alan Irvine £0.1 to Dundee United
?/06/87 John McGregor £0.07m to Rangers
?/09/87 Ken De Mange £0.065 to Leeds United
25/09/87 Mark Seagraves £0.1m to Manchester City
09/10/87 Brian Mooney £0.082m to Preston North End
04/01/88 John Wark £0.1m to Ipswich Town
16/02/88 Paul Walsh £0.5m to Tottenham Hotspur
Total Received: £4.217m

Net spent: (minus) -£0.592m

Running Gross Total: £5.07m
Running Net Total: £0.653m

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1988/89

Spent:
01/08/88 Nick Tanner £0.02m from Bristol Rovers
18/08/88 Ian Rush £2.8m from Juventus
20/10/88 David Burrows £0.55m from West Bromwich Albion
19/01/89 Barry Jones £0.0005m
Total spent: £3.3705m

Received:
?/?/88 Kevin MacDonald £0 to Coventry City
02/02/89 Nigel Spackman £0.5m to QPR
10/02/89 John Durnin £0.25m to Oxford
Total Received: £0.75m

Net spent: £2.6205m

Running Gross Total: £8.4405m
Running Net Total: £3.2735m

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1989/90

Spent:
01/06/89 Glenn Hysen £0.6m from Fiorentina
17/07/89 Steve Harkness £0.075m from Carlisle
Total spent: £0.675m

Received:
?/06/89 Jim Beglin £0 to Leeds United
13/09/89 John Aldridge £1.25m to Real Sociedad
Total Received: £1.25m

Net spent: (minus) -£0.575m

Running Gross Total: £9.1155m
Running Net Total: £2.6985m

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1990/91

Spent:
29/06/90 Ronny Rosenthal £1m from Standard Liege
?/10/90 Tony Cousins £0.07m from Dundalk
27/11/90 Don Hutchison £0.175m from Hartlepool
10/01/91 Jimmy Carter £0.8m from Millwall
15/01/91 Jamie Redknapp £0.35m from Bournemouth
30/01/91 David Speedie £0.675m from Coventry City
Total spent: £3.07m

Received:
03/10/90 Jim Magilton £0.1m to Oxford
18/01/91 Alex Watson £0.15m to Bournemouth
Total Received: £0.25m

Net spent: £2.82m

Running Gross Total: £12.1855m
Running Net Total: £5.5185m

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1991/92

Spent:
15/07/91 Mark Wright £2.2m from Derby County
19/07/91 Dean Saunders £2.9m from Derby County
13/08/91 Mark Walters £1.25m from Rangers
04/10/91 Rob Jones £0.3m from Crewe Alexandra
16/12/91 Michael Thomas £1.5m from Arsenal
10/02/92 Istvan Kozma £0.3m from Dunfirmline
19/03/92 Scott Paterson £0.015m from Cove Rangers
Total spent: £8.465m

Received:
?/08/91 David Speedie £0.5m to Blackburn Rovers
05/08/91 Peter Beardsley £1m to Everton
07/08/91 Steve Staunton £1.1m to Aston Villa
15/08/91 Gary Gillespie £0.9m to Celtic
08/10/91 Jimmy Carter £0.5m to Arsenal
24/12/91 Steve McMahon £0.9m to Manchester City
13/01/92 Gary Ablett £0.75m to Everton
01/05/92 Glenn Hysen £0 to GAIS
Total Received: £5.65m

Net spent: £2.815m

Running Gross Total: £20.6505m
Running Net Total: £8.3335m

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1992/93

Spent:
12/03/92 Lee Jones £0.3m from Wrexham
06/07/92 David James £1m from Watford
29/07/92 Paul Stewart £2.3m from Tottenham Hotspur
01/09/92 Torben Piechnik £0.5m from FC Copenhagen
18/12/92 Stig Inge Bjornebye £0.6m Rosenborg
Total spent: £4.7m

Received:
01/06/92 David Collins £0 to Oxford
10/07/92 Barry Jones £0 to Wrexham
28/07/92 Ray Haughton £0.825m to Aston Villa
31/07/92 Barry Venison £0.25m to Newcastle United
10/09/92 Dean Saunders £2.3m to Aston Villa
?/11/92 Michael Fox £0 to Runcorn
?/04/93 Tony Cousins £0 to Middlesbrough
Total Received: £3.375m

Net spent: £1.325m

Running Gross Total: £25.3505m
Running Net Total: £9.6585m

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1993/94

Spent:
07/06/93 Nigel Clough £2.275m from Nottingham Forest
22/07/93 Neil Ruddock £2.5m from Tottenham Hotspur
17/09/93 Julian Dicks £1.6m from West Ham (plus players in swap deal - LFC History list it as a free, but it is usually reported as being worth £2.6m)
25/02/94 Mark Gayle £0 from Crewe Alexandra
Total spent: £6.375m

Received:
01/06/93 Istvan Kozma £0 to Ujpest
17/09/93 David Burrows £0 to West Ham (part of Dicks deal)
17/09/93 Mike Marsh £0 to West Ham (part of Dicks deal)
23/09/93 Mike Hooper £0.55m to Newcastle United
26/01/94 Ronny Rosenthal £0.25m to Tottenham Hotspur
Total Received: £0.8m

Net spent: £5.575m

Running Gross Total: £31.7255m
Running Net Total: £15.2335m

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1994/95

Spent:
01/06/94 Michael Stensgaard £0.4m from Hvidovre
01/09/94 Phil Babb £3.6m from Coventry City
02/09/94 John Scales £3.5m from Wimbledon
21/03/95 Mark Kennedy £1.5m from Millwall
Total spent: £9m

Received:
20/05/94 Julian Dicks £0.3m to West Ham
01/06/94 Torben Piechnik £0 to AGF
11/08/94 Bruce Grobbelaar £0 to Southampton
30/08/94 Don Hutchison £1.5m to West Ham
09/09/94 Ronnie Whelan £0 to Southend
20/01/95 Steve Nichol £0 to Notts County
Total Received: £1.8m

Net spent: £7.2m

Running Gross Total: £40.7255m
Running Net Total: £22.4335m

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1995/96

Spent:
01/07/95 Stan Collymore £8.5m from Nottingham Forest
15/08/95 Stephen Pears £0 from Middlesbrough
07/09/95 Jason McAteer £4.5m from Bolton Wanderers
Total spent: £13m

Received:
17/01/96 Mark Walters £0 to Southampton
24/01/96 Nigel Clough £1.5m to Manchester City
21/02/96 Jan Molby £0 to Swansea City
05/03/96 Paul Stewart £0 to Sunderland
20/05/96 Ian Rush £0 to Leeds United
Total Received: £1.5m

Net spent: £11.5m

Running Gross Total: £53.7255m
Running Net Total: £33.9335m

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1996/97

Spent:
01/08/96 Patrik Berger £3.25 from Dortmund
01/09/96 Nicky Rizzo £0 from Sydney Olympic
10/01/97 Bjørn Tore Kvarme £0 from Rosenborg
Total spent: £3.25m

Received:
01/06/96 Stephen Pears £0 to Hartlepool
06/12/96 Phil Charnock £0 to Crewe Alexandra
11/12/96 John Scales £2.6m to Tottenham Hotspur
13/05/97 Stan Collymore £7m to Aston Villa
30/05/97 Lee Jones £0.1m to Tranmere Rovers
Total Received: £9.7m

Net spent: (minus) -£6.45m

Running Gross Total: £56.9755m
Running Net Total: £27.4835m

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1997/98

Spent:
02/06/97 Øyvind Leonhardsen £3.5m from Wimbledon
10/07/97 Paul Ince £4.2m from Inter Milan
15/07/97 Danny Murphy £1.5m from Crewe Alexandra
30/07/97 Karl-Heinz Riedle £1.8m from Dortmund
01/08/97 Jørgen Nielsen £0.4m from Hvidovre
01/12/97 Haukur I. Gudnason £0.15m from Keflavik
19/12/97 Brad Friedel £1m from Columbus Crew
Total spent: £12.55m

Received:
01/06/97 Michael Stensgaard £0 to FC Copenhagen
11/08/97 John Barnes £0 to Newcastle United
26/03/98 Mark Kennedy £1.75m to Wimbledon
Total Received: £1.75m

Net spent: £10.8m

Running Gross Total: £69.5255m
Running Net Total: £38.2835m

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The rest of the Liverpool transfers:


1998/99

Spent:
05/06/98 Sean Dundee £1.8m from Karlsruhe
03/07/98 Steve Staunton £0 from Aston Villa
21/07/98 Vegard Heggem £3.5m from Rosenborg
28/11/98 Jean Michel Ferri £1.5m from Istanbulspor
06/01/99 Frode Kippe £0.7m from Lillestrøm
26/01/99 Rigobert Song £2.6m from Salernitana
18/02/99 Djimi Traore £0.55m from Laval
Total spent: £10.65m

Received:
25/07/98 Nicky Rizzo £0.3m to Crystal Palace
30/07/98 Neil Ruddock £0.4m to West Ham
01/08/98 Michael Thomas £0 to Benfica
27/01/99 Jason McAteer £4m to Blackburn Rovers
09/03/99 Steve Harkness £0.35m to Benfica
Total Received: £5.05m

Net spent: £5.6m

Running Gross Total: £80.1755m
Running Net Total: £43.8835m

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1999/2000

Spent:
19/05/99 Sami Hyypia £2.5m from Willem II
24/05/99 Vladimir Smicer £3.75m from Lens
01/06/99 Titi Camara £2.6m from Marseille
02/.06/99 Stephane Henchoz £3.5m from Blackburn Rovers
15/06/99 Sander Westerveld £4m from Vitesse Arnhem
01/07/99 Erik Meijer £0 from Leverkusen
22/07/99 Dietmar Hamann £8m from Newcastle United
10/03/00 Emile Heskey £11m from Leicester City
Total spent: £35.35m

Received:
27/05/99 Rob Jones £0 to West Ham
01/06/99 Gareth Roberts £0.05m to Panionios
17/06/99 David James £1.8m to Aston Villa
01/07/99 Steve McManaman £0 to Real Madrid
01/07/99 Tony Warner £0 to Millwall
14/07/99 Jean Michel Ferri £1.5m to Sochaux
22/07/99 Jamie Cassidy £0 to Cambridge United
30/07/99 Paul Ince £1m to Middlesbrough
30/07/99 Sean Dundee £1.5m to VfB Stuttgart
06/08/99 Øyvind Leonhardsen £2.8m to Tottenham Hotspur
30/08/99 Bjørn Tore Kvarme £0.75m to St Etienne
28/09/99 KarlHeinz Riedle £0.2m to Fulham
Total Received: £9.6m

Net spent: £25.75m

Running Gross Total: £115.5255m
Running Net Total: £69.6335m

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2000/01

Spent:
07/06/00 Bernard Diomede £3m from Auxerre
01/07/00 Gary McAllister £0 from Coventry City
01/07/00 Pegguy Arphexad £0 from Leicester City
01/07/00 Markus Babbel £0 from Bayern Munich
18/07/00 Nick Barmby £6m from Everton
25/08/00 Christian Ziege £5.5m from Middlesbrough
22/09/00 Gregory Vignal £0.5m from Montpellier
28/11/00 Daniel Sjolund £1m from West Ham
07/12/00 Igor Biscan £5.5m from Dynamo Zagreb
04/01/01 Jari Litmanen £0 from Barcelona
Total spent: £21.5m

Received:
26/06/00 Stig Inge Bjørnebye £0.3m to Blackburn Rovers
01/07/00 Phil Babb £0 to Sporting Lisbon
03/08/00 David Thompson £2.75m to Coventry City
18/08/00 Dominic Matteo £4.75m to Leeds United
03/11/00 Brad Friedel £0m to Blackburn Rovers
28/11/00 Rigobert Song £2.5m to West Ham
06/12/00 Steve Staunton £0 to Aston Villa
11/12/00 Erik Meijer £0 to Hamburg SV
21/12/00 Titi Camara £2.6m to West Ham
27/12/00 Haukur I. Gudnason £0 to Keflavik
20/03/01 Jon Newby £0.1m to Bury
Total Received: £13m

Net spent: £8.5m

Running Gross Total: £137.0255m
Running Net Total: £78.1335m

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2001/02

Spent:
20/06/01 John Arne Riise £4m from Monaco
26/07/01 Milan Baros £3.2m from Banik Ostrava
31/08/01 Chris Kirkland £6.25m from Coventry City
31/08/01 Jerzy Dudek £4.85m from Feyenoord
30/01/02 Abel Xavier £0.75m from Everton
Total spent: £19.05m

Received:
01/07/01 Ian Armstrong £0 to Port Vale
04/07/01 Layton Maxwell £0 to Cardiff City
17/07/01 Christian Ziege £4m to Tottenham Hotspur
29/11/01 Robbie Fowler £12.75m to Leeds United
17/12/01 Sander Westerveld £3.75m to Real Sociedad
23/01/02 Alan Navarro £0.225m to Tranmere Rovers
01/03/02 Frode Kippe £0 to Lillestrøm
16/04/02 Jamie Redknapp £0 to Tottenham Hotspur
20/04/02 John Miles £0 to Stoke City
13/05/02 Gary McAllister £0 to Coventry City
Total Received: £20.725m

Net spent: (minus) -£1.675m

Running Gross Total: £156.0755m
Running Net Total: £76.4585m

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2002/03

Spent:
16/05/02 Bruno Cheyrou £3.7m from Lille
01/06/02 El Hadji Diouf £10m from Lens
09/07/02 Alou Diarra £0 from Bayern Munich
29/07/02 Patrice Luzi £0 from Monaco
06/08/02 Salif Diao £4.7m from Sedan
Total spent: £18.4m

Received:
01/07/02 Jørgen Nielsen £0 to Farum
08/08/02 Nick Barmby £3.75m to Leeds United
15/08/02 Stephen Wright £3m to Sunderland
30/08/02 Jari Litmanen £0 to Ajax
Total Received: £6.75m

Net spent: £11.65m

Running Gross Total: £174.4755m
Running Net Total: £88.1085m

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2003/04

Spent:
01/07/03 Anthony Le Tallec £1.5m from Le Havre
01/07/03 Florent S.-Pongolle £1.5m from Le Havre
01/07/03 Steve Finnan £3.5m from Fulham
09/07/03 Harry Kewell £5m from Leeds United
08/08/03 Carl Medjani £0 from St Etienne
Total spent: £11.5m

Received:
01/07/03 Patrik Berger £0 to Portsmouth
01/07/03 Bernard Diomede £0 to Ajaccio
01.07/03 Vegard Heggem £0 to Unknown
01.07/03 Pegguy Arphexad £0 to Coventry City
15.01/04 Daniel Sjolund £0 to Djurgården
02.02/04 Abel Xavier £0 to Hannover 96
Total Received: £0m

Net spent: £11.5m

Running Gross Total: £185.9755m
Running Net Total: £99.6085m

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2004/05

Spent:
01/07/04 Djibril Cissé £14.5m from Auxerre
26/07/04 Josemi Rey £2m from Malaga
17/08/04 Antonio Nunez £0 from Real Madrid (part of Owen deal)
20/08/04 Xabi Alonso £10.7m from Real Sociedad
20/08/04 Luis Garcia £6m from Barcelona
05.01/05 Mauricio Pellegrino £0 from Valencia
13.01/05 Fernando Morientes £6.3m from Real Madrid
21.01/05 Scott Carson £1m from Leeds United
Total spent: £40.5m

Received:
18/05/04 Emile Heskey £4.75m to Birmingham City (final £1.5m of reported £6.25m fee was not paid as Birmingham were relegated)
16/07/04 Markus Babbel £0 to VfB Stuttgart
10/08/04 Danny Murphy £2.5m to Charlton Athletic
14/08/04 Michael Owen £8m to Real Madrid (LFC History lists it as £8.5 but all other sources say £8m + Nunez)
28/01/05 Stephane Henchoz £0 to Celtic
Total Received: £15.25m

Net spent: £25.25m

Running Gross Total: £226.4755m
Running Net Total: £124.8585m

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2005/06

Spent:
04/07/05 Antonio Barragan £0.24m from Sevilla
04/07/05 Boudewijn Zenden £0 from Middlesbrough
04/07/05 Jose Reina £6m from Villareal
14/07/05 Mohamed Sissoko £5.6m from Valencia
20/07/05 Peter Crouch £7m from Southampton
15/08/05 Miki Roque £? from Lleida
18/08/05 Jack Hobbs £0.15m from Lincoln City (Times say £0.65m)
22/08/05 Besian Idrizaj £0.19m from LASK Linz
20/10/05 Mark Gonzalez £1.5m from Albacete
01/01/06 Paul Anderson £0 from Hull City (player exchange with Welsh)
04/01/06 Jan Kromkamp £0 from Villareal (player exchange with Josemi)
12/01/06 David Martin £0.25m from MK Dons
12/01/06 Daniel Agger £5.8m from Brøndby
27/01/06 Robbie Fowler £0 from Manchester City
Total spent: £26.73m

Received:
13/06/05 Vladimir Smicer £0 to Bordeaux
15/06/05 El Hadji Diouf £3.5m to Bolton Wanderers
17/06/05 Mauricio Pellegrino £0 to Alaves
23/06/05 Alou Diarra £2m to Lens
01/07/05 Igor Biscan £0 to Panathinaikos
01/07/05 Jon Otsemobor £0 to Rotherham United
01/07/05 Gregory Vignal £0 to Portsmouth
29/07/05 Antonio Nunez £2m to Celta Vigo (no other sources state this figure, so it's basically a guess)
23/08/05 Milan Baros £6.5m to Aston Villa
01/01/06 John Welsh £0 to Hull City (player exchange with Anderson)
02/01/06 Josemi Rey £0 to Villareal (player exchange with Kromkamp)
Total Received: £14m

Net spent: £12.73m

Running Gross Total: £253.2055m
Running Net Total: £137.5885m

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2006/07

Spent:
01/07/06 Craig Bellamy £6m from Blackburn Rovers
04/07/06 Gabriel Paletta £2m from Club Atlético Banfield
05/07/06 Fábio Aurélio £0 from Valencia
26/07/06 Jermaine Pennant £6.7m from Birmingham City
18/08/06 Dirk Kuyt £9m from Feyenoord
21/08/06 Nabil El Zhar £0.2m from St Etienne
11/01/07 Astrit Ajdarevic £0.75m from Falkenberg
24/01/07 Jordy Brouwer £? from Ajax
30/01/07 Francisco Durán £0.066m from Malaga
31/01/07 Álvaro Arbeloa £2.5m from Deportivo
Total spent: £27.216m

Received:
13/06/06 Zak Whitbread £0.2m to Millwall
29/06/06 Bruno Cheyrou £? to Rennes
03/07/06 David Raven £? to Carlisle
05/07/06 Fernando Morientes £3m to Valencia
11/07/06 Dietmar Hamann £0 to Bolton Wanderers
03/08/06 Antonio Barragan £0.675m to Deportivo
09/08/06 Djimi Traore £2m to Charlton Athletic
12/08/06 Carl Medjani £0 to Lorient
30/08/06 Neil Mellor £0.5m to Preston North End
31/08/06 Jan Kromkamp £1.75m to PSV Eindhoven
18/01/07 Darren Potter £0.525m to Wolverhampton Wanderers
22/01/07 Stephen Warnock £1.5m to Blackburn Rovers
25/01/07 Salif Diao £0 to Stoke City
04/05/07 Florent S.-Pongolle £2.7m to Recreativo de Huelvo
Total Received: £12.85m

Net spent: £14.366m

Running Gross Total: £280.4215m
Running Net Total: £151.7545m

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2007/08

Spent:
11/05/07 Lucas Leiva £6m from Gremio (LFC History says £5m but all other reports say £6m)
25/05/07 Krisztián Németh £? MTK Hungaria
28/06/07 Mikel Domínguez £0.27m Athletic Bilbao
01/07/07 Sebastian Leto £1.8m Club Atlético Lanús
04/07/07 Fernando Torres £20.2m Atletico Madrid (other sources say as high as £26.5m - argue between yourselves over this one)
06/07/07 Andriy Voronin £0m from Leverkusen
12/07/07 Yossi Benayoun £5m from West Ham United
13/07/07 Ryan Babel £11.5m from Ajax
09/08/07 Charles Itandje £? from Lens
26/08/07 Emiliano Insúa £1.3m from Boca Juniors
17/09/07 Daniel Ayala £0.16m from Sevilla
08/11/07 Lauri Dalla Valle £0.6m from JIPPO
11/01/08 Martin Skrtel £6.5m from Zenit St Petersburg
29/02/08 Javier Mascherano £18.6m from Media Sports Investment
Total spent: £71.93m (or £78.23m if you believe the larger figure for Torres)

Received:
27/10/07 Chris Kirkland £3.5m to Wigan Athletic
13/06/07 Danny O' Donnell £0.1m to Crewe Alexandra
01/07/07 Boudewijn Zenden £0 to Marseille
01/07/07 Jerzy Dudek £0 to Real Madrid
01/07/07 Robbie Fowler £0 to Cardiff
03/07/07 Luis Garcia £4m to Atletico Madrid
09/07/07 Djibril Cissé £6m to Marseille
10/07/07 Craig Bellamy £7.5m to West Ham United
17/07/07 Mark Gonzalez £3.5m to Real Betis
26/08/07 Gabriel Paletta £1.2m to Boca Juniors
28/12/07 James Smith £0 to Stockport County
28/01/08 Mohamed Sissoko £8.2m to Juventus
31/01/08 Lee Peltier £0 Yeovil
Total Received: £34m

Net spent: £37.93m (or £44.23m if you believe the larger figure for Torres)

Running Gross Total: £352.3515m
Running Net Total: £189.6845m

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2008/09

Spent:
03/07/08 Philipp Degen £0 from Dortmund
04/07/08 Andrea Dossena £7m from Udinese
11/07/08 Diego Cavalieri £3.5m from Palmeiras
24/07/08 David N'Gog £1.5m from Paris St Germain
28/07/08 Robbie Keane £19m from Tottenham Hotspur
31/08/08 Albert Riera £8m from Espanyol
Total spent: £39m

Received:
01/07/08 John Arne Riise £4m to AS Roma
01/07/08 Harry Kewell £0 to Galatasaray
02/07/08 Anthony Le Tallec £? to Le Mans
11/07/08 Peter Crouch £11m to Portsmouth
14/07/08 Danny Guthrie £2.25m to Newcastle United
18/07/08 Scott Carson £3.25m to WBA
31/08/08 Steve Finnan £? to Espanyol
02/02/09 Robbie Keane £12m to Tottenham Hotspur (possibly rising to £16m)
24/04/09 Jack Hobbs £? to Leicester City
Total Received: £32.5m

Net spent: £6.5m

Running Gross Total: £391.3515m
Running Net Total: £196.1845m

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2009/10

Spent:
26/06/09 Glen Johnson £17.5m from Portsmouth
07/08/09 Alberto Aquilani £17.1m from AS Roma
21/08/09 Sotirios Kyrgiakos £2m from AEK Athens
12/01/10 Maxi Rodriguez £0 from Atletico Madrid
Total spent: £36.6m

Received:
30/06/09 Paul Anderson £0.25m to Nottingham Forest
30/06/09 Astrit Ajdarevic £0 to Leicester City
01/07/09 Jermaine Pennant £0 to Real Zaragoza
01/07/09 Sebastian Leto £3m to Panathinaikos
30/07/09 Álvaro Arbeloa £3.5m to Real Madrid
05/08/09 Xabi Alonso £30m to Real Madrid
08/01/10 Andrea Dossena £4.7m to Napoli
10/01/10 Andriy Voronin £1.8m to Dinamo Moscow
04/02/10 Nikolay Mihaylov £1.5m to FC Twente
Total Received: £44.75m

Net spent: (minus) -£8.15m

Running Gross Total: £427.9515m
Running Net Total: £188.0345m

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2010/11

Spent:
10/05/10 Jonjo Shelvey £1.7m from Charlton Athletic (could rise to £3m)
08/07/10 Milan Jovanović £0 from Standard Liege
21/07/10 Joe Cole £0 from Chelsea
21/07/10 Danny Wilson £2m from Rangers (possibly rising to £5m)
31/07/10 Fábio Aurélio £0 from Liverpool
11/08/10 Christian Poulsen £4.55m from Juventus (possibly rising to £5.55m)
18/08/10 Brad Jones £2.3m from Middlesbrough
29/08/10 Raul Meireles £11.5m from Porto
31/08/10 Paul Konchesky £3.5m from Fulham (plus players L. Dalla Valle & Kacaniklic)
01/01/11 Yusuf Mersin £1m from Millwall
31/01/11 Luis Suarez £23m from Ajax
31/01/11 Andy Carroll £35m from Newcastle United
Total spent: £84.55m

Received:
19/05/10 Mikel Domínguez £2.6m to Athletic Bilbao
01/07/10 Fábio Aurélio £0 to Liverpool
01/07/10 David Martin £0 to MK Dons
02/07/10 Yossi Benayoun £6m to Chelsea
23/07/10 Albert Riera £3.3m to Olympiacos (possibly rising to £5m if Olympiacos win the league this season)
23/08/10 Diego Cavalieri £1m to Cesena (LFC History say £3m, but I can find no source that says higher than £1m)
25/08/10 Krisztián Németh £1m to Olympiacos
30/08/10 Javier Mascherano £17.25m to Barcelona
31/08/10 Lauri Dalla Valle £0 to Fulham (part of Konchesky deal)
31/08/10 Alex Kacaniklic £0 to Fulham (part of Konchesky deal)
31/08/10 Damien Plessis £? to Panathinaikos
25/01/11 Ryan Babel £5.8m to Hoffenheim
31/01/11 Fernando Torres £50m to Chelsea
Total Received: £86.95m

Net spent: -£2.4m

Running Gross Total: £512.5015m
Running Net Total: £185.6345m

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2011/12

Spent:

09/06/11 Jordan Henderson £20m from Sunderland
07/07/11 Charlie Adam £8.5m from Blackpool
15/07/11 Alexander Doni £0 from Roma
15/07/11 Stewart Downing £20m from Aston Villa
12/08/11 Jose Enrique £6m from Newcastle United
30/08/11 Sebastian Coates £7m from Nacional
31/08/11 Craig Bellamy £0 from Manchester City
30/01/12 Danny Ward £0.1m from Wrexham
Total spent: £61.6m

Received:
15/07/11 Paul Konchesky £1.5m to Leicester City
19/07/11 Chris Mavinga £1m to Rennes
03/08/11 Thomas Ince £0 to Blackpool
05/08/11 Milan Jovanovic £0 to Anderlecht
16/08/11 Daniel Ayala £0.85m to Norwich
18/08/11 Nabil El Zhar £0m to Levante UD
22/08/11 Sotirios Kyrgiakos £0 to Wolfsburg
27/08/11 Emiliano Insúa £3.7m to Sporting Lisbon
31/08/11 Christian Poulsen £0 to Evian
31/08/11 Raul Meireles £12m to Chelsea
31/08/11 David N'Gog £4m to Bolton Wanderers
31/08/11 Philipp Degen £0m released
Total Received: £23.05m

Net spent: £38.55m

Running Gross Total: £574.1015m
Running Net Total: £224.1845m

 

[decorativeed]

Liverpool Summaries:

Total Premier League gross spend to date: £553.415m
Total Premier League net spend to date: £215.851m

Average gross spend per Premier League season (1992/93-2010/11): £27.7m
Average net spend per Premier League season (1992/93-2010/11): £10.8m

Gross spend by Benitez: £229.176m* (average per season of £38.196m)
Net spend by Benitez: £71.976m** (average per season of £11.996m)

Gross spend during Hicks & Gillette ownership: £173.08m (£179.38m if higher Torres fee is used)
Net spend during Hicks & Gillette ownership: £30.68m (£36.98m if higher Torres fee is used)

Average gross spend per season during Hicks & Gillette ownership: £43.27m (£44.845m if higher Torres fee is used)
Average net spend per season during Hicks & Gillette ownership: £7.67m (£9.245m if higher Torres fee is used)

*This figure uses the transfers starting from Josemi Rey and ending with Jonjo Shelvey. It also uses the lower figure for Torres.
** Benitez' first transfer out was that of Markus Babbel to Stuttgart, his final transfer out was Benayoun to Chelsea.

 

[decorativeed]

Side-by-side comparisons (highest spenders - both gross and net - per season are bolded):

_____Manchester United____-_______Liverpool_____

______________________1986/87_______________
Gross______£0.05m________________£1.445m
Net______ -£2.372m________________£1.245m

______________________1987/88_______________
Gross______£1.96m________________£3.625m
Net________£1.5m________________-£0.592m

______________________1988/89_______________
Gross______£3.59m________________£3.3705m
Net________£1.525m_______________£2.6205m

______________________1989/90_______________
Gross______£6.89m________________£0.675m
Net________£5.8m________________-£0.575m

______________________1990/91_______________
Gross______£2.195m_______________£3.07m
Net________£1.995m_______________£2.82m

______________________1991/92_______________
Gross______£2.53m________________£8.465m
Net________£2.28m________________£2.815m

______________________1992/93_______________
Gross______£2.3m_________________£4.7m
Net________£0.465m_______________£1.325m

______________________1993/94_______________
Gross______£3.75m________________£6.375m
Net________£2.65m________________£5.575m

______________________1994/95_______________
Gross______£8.35m________________£9m
Net________£4.82m________________£7.2m

______________________1995/96_______________
Gross______£0.75m________________£13m
Net_______-£13.115m______________£11.5m

______________________1996/97_______________
Gross______£7.9m_________________£3.25m
Net________£2.8m________________-£6.45m

______________________1997/98_______________
Gross______£11.15m_______________£12.55m
Net________£5.43m________________£10.8m

______________________1998/99_______________
Gross______£27.95m_______________£10.65m
Net________£23.175m______________£5.6m

______________________1999/00_______________
Gross______£10.25m_______________£35.35m
Net________£10m__________________£25.75m

______________________2000/01_______________
Gross______£7.85m________________£21.5m
Net_______-£1.95m________________£8.5m

______________________2001/02_______________
Gross______£56.5m________________£19.05m
Net________£28.9m_______________-£1.675m

______________________2002/03_______________
Gross______£29.55m_______________£18.4m
Net________£27.35m_______________£11.65m

______________________2003/04_______________
Gross______£39.565m______________£11.5m
Net________£2.94m________________£11.5m

______________________2004/05_______________
Gross______£39.95m_______________£40.5m
Net________£34.1m________________£25.25m

______________________2005/06_______________
Gross______£19.5m________________£26.73m
Net________£13.5m________________£12.73m

______________________2006/07_______________
Gross______£18.65m_______________£27.216m
Net_______-£5.25m________________£14.366m

______________________2007/08_______________
Gross______£59.125m______________£71.93m (or £78.23m)
Net________£25.825m______________£37.93m (or £44.23m)

______________________2008/09_______________
Gross______£42.45m_______________£39m
Net________£35.45m_______________£6.5m

______________________2009/10_______________
Gross______£21.5m________________£36.6m
Net_______-£64.6m_______________-£8.15m

______________________2010/11_______________
Gross______£28.12m_______________£84.55m
Net________£13.32m______________-£2.4m

______________________2011/12_______________
Gross______£50.4m_______________£61.6m
Net________£38.65m_______________£38.55m

_____________________________________________

Total spends 1986/87-2011/12:

_____Manchester United____-_______Liverpool_____

Gross_____£502.775m________________£574.1015m
Net______ £196.803m________________£224.1845m

Total spends in Premier League 1992/93-2011/12:

_____Manchester United____-_______Liverpool_____

Gross_____£485.56m________________£553.415m
Net______ £186.075m________________£215.851m

In summary, during Sir Alex Ferguson's 26 seasons at United to date, the club have outspent Liverpool in 7 seasons gross and in 11 seasons net. In that time, United have spent £71.3m gross and £27.4m net less than Liverpool.

During the 20 seasons of the Premier League era to date, United have outspent Liverpool in 6 seasons gross and in 9 seasons net. In that time, United have spent £67.9m gross and £29.8m net less than Liverpool.

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Factoring out the Ronaldo transfer by looking only at seasons before 2009/10:

1986/87-2008/09

_____Manchester United____-_______Liverpool_____

Gross_____£402.755m________________£391.3515m
Net______ £207.818m________________£196.1845m

1992/93-2008/09:

_____Manchester United____-_______Liverpool_____

Gross_____£385.54m________________£367.451m
Net______ £197.09m________________£188.051m

United slightly outspent Liverpool over that period, spending around £11m more - both gross and net - over the 1986/87-2008/09 period. The equivalent of one mid-price player in today's market.

 

[decorativeed]

I do not have such good info for other clubs. The likes of Soccerbase are incomplete others such as Neil Brown's site have most transfers listed, but do not list the fees paid for some bizarre reason. Most clubs do not have fansites as well researched as LFC History, so comparing other clubs transfers over this period will be a difficult task. If anyone else wants to help out in this thread, that would be great.

Also, there are bound to be one or two mistakes in here, I'm typing this stuff out while looking after a baby and a toddler!

 

[Frosty]

This thread should be used for transfer comparisons between United and other clubs from 1986-present. Like decorativeed said, if anyone wishes to compile statistics for City, Arsenal, Chelsea or Spurs you are welcome to do so.

The aim will be to delete all posts bar the official statistics, so do not spam this thread.

 

[Member 5225]

Fantastic effort to compile this

 

[RK]

Needs inflation factored in.

 

[decorativeed]

Needs inflation factored in.

When you can compare one season of transfers at one club to another club's transfers from the same season, why on earth do you need to factor inflation in?

 

[Team Brian GB]

I am currently in the process of putting Chelsea's numbers together since 1986 - it turns out nobody has really done it so I have to go back through the reference books finding out how much we sold youth products to Brighton for in the late eighties (there were lots of them randomly).

 

[Feeky Magee]

I like you Brian.

 

[Team Brian GB]

Seeing as this is going to take me about three years to compile I'll update it in dribs and draps from the summer of 1986 through to this past January window:



Chelsea F.C.
Pre Premier League Era: 1986 - 1992


1986/87

Spent:
Steve Wicks £0.47m from Queens Park Rangers
Steve Clarke £0.42m from St Mirren
Gordon Durie £0.38m from Hibernian
Roger Freestone £0.09m from Newport County
Roy Wegerle £0 from Tacoma Stars
Total spent: £1.36m

Received:
Nigel Spackman £0.4m to Liverpool
Terry Howard £0.05m to Leyton Orient
Paul Canoville £0 to Reading
Gordon Davies £0 to Manchester City
Steve Francis £0 to Reading
Dale Jasper £0 to Brighton & Hove Albion
Total Received: £0.45m

Chelsea net spent: £0.91m

Running Gross Total: £1.36m
Running Net Total: £0.91m


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1987/88

Spent:
Tony Dorigo £0.475m from Aston Villa
Kevin Wilson £0.35m from Ipswich Town
Kevin Hitchcock £0 from Mansfield Town
Graeme Le Saux £0 from St Paul's
Clive Wilson £0 from Manchester City
Perry Digweed (on loan) from Brighton & Hove Albion
Total spent: £0.825m

Received:
David Speedie £0.75m to Coventry City
Doug Rougvie £0.075m to Brighton & Hove Albion
Keith Jones £0.04m to Brentford
Keith Dublin £0.035m to Brighton & Hove Albion
Tony Godden £0.035m to Birmingham City
Colin Lee £0.0175m to Brentford
Robert Issac £0 to Brighton & Hove Albion
John Millar £0 to Blackburn Rovers
Total Received: £0.9505m

Chelsea net spent: - £0.1255m

Running Gross Total: £2.185m
Running Net Total: £0.7845m

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1988/89

Spent:
Dave Beasant £0.725m from Newcastle United
Graham Roberts £0.475m from Rangers
Peter Nicholas £0.35m from Aberdeen
Ken Monkou £0.1m from Feyenoord
Dave Mitchell £0 from Feyenoord
Total spent: £1.65m

Received:
Pat Nevin £0.925m to Everton
Colin Pates £0.4m to Charlton Athletic
Micky Bodley £0.05m to Northampton Town
John Coady £0 to Derry City
John McNaught £0 to Hamilton Academical
Darren Wood £0 to Sheffield Wednesday
Total Received: £1.375m

Chelsea net spent: £0.275m

Running Gross Total: £3.835m
Running Net Total: £1.0595m

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1989/90

Spent:
Alan Dickens £0.635m from West Ham United
Erland Johnsen £0 from Bayern Munich
Total spent: £0.635m

Received:
Joe McLaughlin £0.6m to Charlton Athletic
Roy Wegerle £0.075m to Luton Town
Billy Dodds £0 to Dundee United
Total Received: £1.335m

Chelsea net spent: - £0.7m

Running Gross Total: £4.47m
Running Net Total: £0.3595m

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1990/91

Spent:
Dennis Wise £1.6m from Wimbledon
Andy Townsend £1.2m from Norwich
Total spent: £2.8m

Received:
Clive Wilson £0.45m to Queens Park Rangers
Mick Hazard £0 to Portsmouth
Graham Roberts £0 to West Bromwich Albion
Total Received: £0.45m

Chelsea net spent: £2.35m

Running Gross Total: £7.27m
Running Net Total: £2.7095m

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1991/92

Spent:
Paul Elliott £1.4m from Celtic
Tom Boyd £0.8m from Motherwell
Vinnie Jones £0.575m from Sheffield United
Clive Allen £0.25m from Manchester City
Joe Allon £0.1m from Hartlepool United
Tony Cascarino £0 from Celtic
Michael Gilkes (on loan) from Reading
Total spent: £3.075m

Received:
Gordon Durie £2.2m to Tottenham Hotspur
Jason Cundy £0.8m to Tottenham Hotspur
John Bumstead £0 to Charlton Athletic
Dave Mitchell £0 to Swindon Town
Peter Nicholas £0 to Watford
Kevin Wilson £0 to Notts County
Total Received: £3.0m

Chelsea net spent: £0.075m

Running Gross Total: £10.345m
Running Net Total: £2.7845m

________________________________________________________________

 

[Team Brian GB]

Chelsea F.C.
Early Premier League Era: 1992 - 2003

1992/93

Spent:
Robert Fleck £2.1m from Norwich
Nigel Spackman £0.485m from Rangers
John Spencer £0.45m from Rangers
Anthony Barness £0.35m from Charlton Athletic
Steve Livingstone £0.35m from Blackburn Rovers
David Hopkin £0.3m from Morton
Andy Dow £0.25m from Dundee
Dmitri Kharine £0.2m from CSKA Moscow
Mal Donaghy £0.15m from Manchester United
Nick Colgan £0 from Drogheda United
Mick Harford £0 from Derby County
Gerry Peyton (on loan) from Everton
Total spent: £4.635m

Received:
Ken Monkou £0.75m to Southampton
Vinnie Jones £0.7m to Wimbledon
Graeme Le Saux £0.7m to Blackburn Rovers
Kerry Dixon £0.575m to Southampton
Joe Allon £0.25m to Brentford
Mick Harford £0.25m to Sunderland
Clive Allen £0m to West Ham United
Total Received: £3.225m

Chelsea net spent: £1.41m

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1993/94

Spent:
Mark Stein £1.6m from Stoke City
Gavin Peacock £1.5m from Newcastle United
Jakob Kjeldbjerg £0.485m from Silkeborg
Total spent: £3.585m

Received:
Andy Townsend £2.1m to Aston Villa
Graham Stuart £0.85m to Everton
Dave Beasant £0.3m to Southampton
Ian Pearce £0.3m
Steve Livingstone £0.14m to Grimsby Town
Total Received: £3.69m

Chelsea net spent: - £0.105m

Running Gross Total: £8.22m
Running Net Total: £1.305m


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1994/95

Spent:
Paul Furlong £2.3m from Watford
David Rocastle £1.25m from Manchester City
Scott Minto £0.75m from CHarlton Athletic
Total spent: £4.3m


Received:
Neil Shipperley £1.25m to Southampton
Tony Cascarino £0 to Marseille
Total Received: £1.25m

Chelsea net spent: £3.05m

Running Gross Total: £12.52m
Running Net Total: £4.355m


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1995/96

Spent:
Dan Petrescu £2.3m from Sheffield Wednesday
Mark Hughes £1.5m from Manchester United
Ruud Gullit £0 from AC Milan
Total spent: £3.8m


Received:
David Hopkin £0.85m to Crystal Palace
Muzzy Izzet £0.8m to Leicester City
Robert Fleck £0.65m to Norwich City
Gareth Hall £0.25m to Sunderland
Darren Barnard £0.175m to Bristol City
Anthony Barness £0.165m to Charlton Athletic
Total Received: £2.89m

Chelsea net spent: £0.91m

Running Gross Total: £16.32m
Running Net Total: £5.265m

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1996/97

Spent:
Roberto Di Matteo £4.9m from SS Lazio
Gianfranco Zola £4.5m from Parma
Franck Leboeuf £2.5m from Strasbourg
Celestine Babayaro £2.25m from Anderlecht
Gianluca Vialli £0 from Juventus
Frode Grodas £0 from Lillestrom
Total spent: £14.15m


Received:
John Spencer £2.5m to Queens Park Rangers
Frank Sinclair £1.5m to Birmingham City
Gavin Peacock £0.8m to Queens Park Rangers
Total Received: £4.8m


Chelsea net spent: £9.35m

Running Gross Total: £30.47m
Running Net Total: £14.615m

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1997/98

Spent:
Graeme Le Saux £5m from Blackburn Rovers
Ed de Goey £2.25m from Feyenoord
Gustavo Poyet £2.2m from Real Zaragoza
Bernard Lamborde £1.5m from Bordeaux
Tore Andre Flo £0.3m from Brann
Danny Granville £0.3m from Cambridge United
Total spent: £11.55m


Received:
Craig Burley £2.7m to Celtic
Total Received: £2.7m


Chelsea net spent: £8.85m

Running Gross Total: £42.02m
Running Net Total: £23.465m

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1998/99

Spent:
Pierluigi Casiraghi £5.4m from SS Lazio
Marcel Desailly £4.8m from AC Milan
Albert Ferrer £2.2m from Barcelona
Bjarne Goldbaek £0.33m from FC Copenhagen
Mikael Forssell £0 from HJK Helsinki
Brian Laudrup £0 from Rangers
Total spent: £12.73m


Received:
Frank Sinclair £2m to Leicester City
Brian Laudrup £1.7m (compensation) to FC Copehagen
Danny Granville £1.6m to Leeds United
Mark Hughes £0.65m to Southampton
Total Received: £5.95m


Chelsea net spent: £6.78m

Running Gross Total: £54.75m
Running Net Total: £30.245m

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1999/2000

Spent:
Chris Sutton £10m from Blackburn Rovers
Gabriele Ambrosetti £3.5m from Vicenza
Emerson Thome £2.7m from Sheffield Wednesday
Didier Deschamps £2.5m from Juventus
Jes Hogh £0.3m from Fenerbahce
Carlo Cudicini £0.16m from Castel di Sangro
Mario Melchiot £0 from Ajax
Stuart Reddington £0 from Lincoln United
George Weah £0 from AC Milan
Total spent: £19.16m


Received:
Michael Duberry £4.5m to Leeds United
Andy Myers £0.8m to Bradford City
Bjarne Goldbaek £0.65m to Fulham
Dmitri Kharine £0 to Celtic
George Weah £0 to Manchester City
Total Received: £5.95m


Chelsea net spent: £13.21m

Running Gross Total: £73.91m
Running Net Total: £43.455m

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2000/2001

Spent:
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink £15m from Athletico Madrid
Jesper Gronkjaer £7.5m from Ajax
Mario Stanic £5.4m from Parma
Eidur Gudjohnsen £3.4m from Bolton Wanderers
Slavisa Jokanovic £1.7m from Deportivo La Coruna
Winston Bogarde £0 from Barcelona
Christian Panucci £0 from Inter Milan
Total spent: £33m


Received:
Tore Andre Flo £13m to Glasgow Rangers
Chris Sutton £6m to Glasgow Celtic
Emerson Thome £4.5m to Sunderland
Didier Deschamps £3m to Valencia CF
Dan Petrescu £1m to Bradford City
Neil Clement £0.15m to West Bromwich Albion
Nick Crittenden £0 to Yeovil Town
Christian Panucci £0 to Inter Milan
Total Received: £27.65m


Chelsea net spent: £5.35m

Running Gross Total: £106.91m
Running Net Total: £48.805m


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2001/2002

Spent:
Frank Lampard £11m from West Ham United
Emmanuel Petit £7.5m from Barcelona
Boudewijn Zenden £7.5m from Barcelona
William Gallas £6.2m from Marseille
Mark Bosnich £0 from Manchester United
Total spent: £32.2m


Received:
Jon Harley £3.5m to Fulham
Gustavo Poyet £3m to Tottenham Hotspur
Dennis Wise £1.7m to Leicester City
Franck Lebeouf £1.2m to Marseille
Bernard Lambourde £0.3m to Portsmouth
Total Received: £10.2m


Chelsea net spent: £22.2m

Running Gross Total: £139.11m
Running Net Total: £71.005m

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2002/2003

Spent:
Enrique De Lucas £0 from Espanyol
Total spent: £0m


Received:
Samuele Dalla Bona £1m to AC Milan
Total Received: £1m


Chelsea net spent: - £1m

Running Gross Total: £139.11m
Running Net Total: £70.005m

 

[Team Brian GB]

Chelsea F.C.
Latter Premier League Era: 2003 - Present



2003/2004

Spent:
Damien Duff £17m from Blackburn Rovers
Hernan Crespo £16.8m from Inter Milan
Claude Makelele £16.8m from Real Madrid
Adrian Mutu £15.8m from Parma
Juan Sebastian Veron £12.5m from Manchester United
Scott Parker £10m from Charlton Athletic
Geremi £9m from Real Madrid
Wayne Bridge £7m from Southampton
Joe Cole £6.6m from West Ham United
Glen Johnson £6m from West Ham United
Alexei Smertin £3.5m from Bordeaux
Marco Ambrosio £0 from Chievo
Jurgen Macho £0 from Sunderland
Neil Sullivan £0 from Tottenham Hotspur
Total spent: £121m


Received:
Gabriele Ambrosetti £0 to Piacenza
Ed De Goey £0 to Stoke City
Enrique De Lucas £0 to Alaves
Slavisa Jokanovic £0 to Atletico Ciudad
Graeme Le Saux £0 to Southampton
Jody Morris £0 to Leeds United
Gianfranco Zola £0 to Cagliari
Total received: £0
Chelsea Net Spent: £121m


Chelsea net spend since 2003: £121,000,000
Chelsea gross spend since 2003: £121,000,000


Running Gross Total since 1992: £260,110,000
Running Net Total since 1992: £191,005,000

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2004/2005

Spent:
Didier Drogba £24m from Marseille
Ricardo Carvalho £19.8m from Porto
Paulo Ferreira £13.2m from Porto
Arjen Robben £12m from PSV Eindhoven
Tiago Mendes £11m from Benfica
Petr Cech £7m from Rennes
Mateja Kezman £5m from PSV Eindhoven
Jiri Jarosik £3m from CSKA Moscow
Total spent: £95m


Received:
Jesper Gronkjaer £2.5m to Birmingham City
Marco Ambrosio £0 to Grasshopper
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink £0 to Middlesbrough
Mario Melchiot £0 to Birmingham City
Adrian Mutu £0
Neil Sullivan £0 to Leeds United
Boudewijn Zenden £0 to Middlesbrough
Total Received: £2.5m
Chelsea Net Spent: £92.5m


Chelsea net spend since 2003: £213,500,000
Chelsea gross spend since 2003: £216,000,000


Running Gross Total since 1992: £355,110,000
Running Net Total since 1992: £284,505,000

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2005/2006

Spent:
Michael Essien £24.4m from Lyon
Shaun Wright-Phillips £21m from Manchester City
Asier Del Horno £8m from Atletico Bilbao
Lassana Diarra £1m from Le Havre
Scott Sinclair £0.3m from Bristol Rovers
Total spent: £54.7m


Received:
Tiago £7m to Lyon
Mateja Kezman £6.5m to Atletico Madrid
Scott Parker £6.5m to Newcastle United
Mikael Forssell £3m to Birmingham City
Jiri Jarosik £2m to Glasgow Celtic
Celestine Babayaro £1m to Newcastle United
Alexei Smertin £1m to Dynamo Moscow
Total Received: £27m
Chelsea Net Spent: £27.7m


Chelsea net spend since 2003: £241,200,000
Chelsea gross spend since 2003: £270,700,000


Running Gross Total since 1992: £409,810,000
Running Net Total since 1992: £312,705,000

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2006/2007

Spent:
Andriy Shevchenko £30m from AC Milan
John Mikel Obi £16m from Lynn Oslo
Salomon Kalou £8m from Feyenoord
Khalid Boulahrouz £7m from Hamburger SV
Ashley Cole £5m from Arsenal
Ben Sahar £0.3m from Hapoel Tel Aviv
Michael Ballack £0 from Bayern Munich
Henrique Hilario £0 from Nacional
Total spent: £66.3m


Received:
Eidur Gudjohnsen £8m to Barcelona
Asier Del Horno £6m to Valencia CF
Robert Huth £6m to Stoke City
Damien Duff £5m to Newcastle United
Carlton Cole £2m to West Ham United
William Gallas £0 to Arsenal
Total Received: £27m
Chelsea Net Spent: £39.3m


Chelsea net spend since 2003: £279,500,000
Chelsea gross spend since 2003: £338,000,000


Running Gross Total since 1992: £476,110,000
Running Net Total since 1992: £342,005,000


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2007/2008


Spent:
Nicolas Anelka £15m from Bolton Wanderers
Florent Malouda £13.5m from Lyon
Branislav Ivanovic £8m from Zenit St Petersburg
Tal Ben-Haim £0 from Bolton Wanderers
Claudio Pizarro £0 from Bayern Munich
Steve Sidwell £0 from Reading
Total Spent: £36.5m


Received:
Arjen Robben £24m to Real Madrid
Lassana Diarra £4m to Arsenal
Glen Johnson £4m to Portsmouth
Juan Sebastian Veron £0 to Estudiantes
Total received: £32m
Chelsea net spend: £4.5m


Chelsea net spend since 2003: £284,000,000
Chelsea gross spend since 2003: £374,500,000


Running gross total since 1992: £512,610,000
Running net total since 1992: £346,505,000

 

[esmufc07]

Didn't Cudicini was so cheap

 

[decorativeed]

Manchester City FC: Figures mainly from soccerbase. Likely to be several errors and ommisions but cannot find a better record.

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1986/87

Spent:
17/10/86 Imre Varadi £0.05m from West Brom
19/03/87 Paul Stewart £0.2m from Blackpool
Total Spent: £0.25m

Received:
01/08/86 Andy Thackeray £0 to Huddersfield
19/03/87 Clive Wilson £0.25m to Chelsea
26/03/87 Darren Beckford £0.015m to Port Vale
Total Received: £0.265m

Net spend: (minus) -£0.015m

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1987/88

Spent:
01/06/87 Tony Adcock £0.075m from Colchester
25/09/87 Mark Seagraves £0.1m from Liverpool
22/01/88 Trevor Morley £0.175m from Northampton
Total Spent: £0.35m

Received:
10/06/87 Nicky Reid £0 to Blackburn
24/11/87 Chris Coleman £0 to Swansea
24/11/87 Earl Barrett £0.035m to Oldham
14/01/88 Perry Suckling £0.1m to Crystal Palace
25/01/88 Tony Adcock £0.085m to Northampton
Total Received: £0.22m

Net Spend: £0.13m

Running gross spend: £0.6m
Running Net spend: £0.115m

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1988/89

Spent:
01/07/88 Andy Dibble £0.24m from Luton
06/07/88 Brian Gayle £0.325m from Wimbledon
15/0788 Wayne Biggins £0.15m from Norwich
04/08/88 Nigel Gleghorn £0.0475m from Ipswich
30/09/88 Carl Bradshaw £0.05m from Sheff Wed
12/01/89 Gary Megson £0.25m from Sheff Wed
24/01/89 Andy Milner £0 from Netherfield
14/03/89 David Oldfield £0.6m from Luton
Total Spent: £1.6625m

Received:
21/06/88 Paul Stewart £1.7m to Tottenham
26/07/88 Eric Nixon £0.06m to Tranmere
04/07/88 John Beresford £0 to Barnsley
30/09/88 Imre Varadi £0.05m to Sheff Wed
27/10/88 Paul Warhurst £0.01m to Oldham
31/10/88 Paul Simpson £0.2m to Oxford
Total Received: £2.02m

Net Spend: -£0.3575m

Running gross spend: £2.2625m
Running Net spend: (minus) -£0.2425m

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1989/90

Spent:
02/08/89 Ian Bishop £0.465m from Bournemouth
17/08/89 Gary Fleming £0.15m from Nottm Forest
18/08/89 Clive Allen £1.1m from Bordeaux
23/10/89 Justin Fashanu £? from Edmonton Brickmen
16/11/89 Colin Hendry £0.7m from Blackburn
15/12/89 Peter Reid £0 from QPR
15/12/89 Alan Harper £0.15m from Sheff Wed
29/12/89 Mark Ward £1m from West Ham
12/01/90 Wayne Clarke £0.5m from Leicester
23/02/90 Adrian Heath £0.3m from Aston Villa
21/03/90 Niall Quinn £0.8m from Arsenal
Total Spent: £5.165m

Received:
02/08/89 Paul Moulden £0.16m to Bournemouth
10/08/89 Wayne Biggins £0.25m to Stoke
07/09/89 Carl Bradshaw £0.05m to Sheff Utd
09/09/89 Nigel Gleghorn £0.175m to Birmingham
20/11/89 Justin Fashanu £? to West Ham
28/12/89 Ian Bishop £0.5m to West Ham
28/12/89 Trevor Morley £0.5m to West Ham
10/01/90 Gerry Taggart £0.075m to Barnsley
12/01/90 David Oldfield £0.15m to Leicester
18/01/90 Andy Milner £0.02m to Rochdale
19/01/90 Brian Gayle £0.33m to Ipswich
23/03/90 Gary Fleming £0.085m to Barnsley
Total Received: £2.295m

Net Spend: £2.87m

Running gross spend: £7.4275m
Running Net spend: £2.6275m

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1990/91

Spent:
17/07/90 Neil Pointon £0.6m from Everton
20/07/90 Tony Coton £1m from Watford
25/07/90 Mark Brennan £0.5m from Middlesborough
22/03/91 Andy Hill £0.2m from Bury
Total Spent: £2.3m

Received:
25/05/90 Ian Thompstone £0 to Oldham
17/07/90 Andy Hinchcliffe £0.8m to Everton
09/08/90 Neil Lennon £0 to Crewe
24/09/90 Mark Seagraves £0.1m to Bolton
Total Received: £0.9m

Net Spend: £1.4m

Running gross spend: £9.7275m
Running Net spend: £4.0275

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1991/92

Spent:
14/08/91 Keith Curle £2.5m from Wimbledon
??/??/9 Danny Hoekman £?
24/12/91 Steve McMahon £0.9m from Liverpool
06/03/92 Fitzroy Simpson £0.5m from Swindon
11/03/92 Michel Vonk £0.5m from SVV/Dordrecht
Total Spent: £4.4m

Received:
30/07/91 Ashley Ward £0.08m to Leicester
12/08/91 Alan Harper £0.2m to Everton
12/08/91 Mark Ward £1.1m to Everton
08/11/91 Colin Hendry £0.7m to Blackburn
06/12/91 Clive Allen £0.25m to Chelsea
01/01/92 Steve Macauley £0 to Fleetwood
02/01/92 Jason Beckford £0.05m to Birmingham
27/03/92 Adrian Heath £0.05m to Stoke
Total Received: £2.43m

Net Spend: £1.97m

Running gross spend: £14.1275m
Running Net spend: £5.9975m

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1992/93

Spent:
??/05/92 Rick Holden £0.9m from Oldham
25/08/92 Terry Phelan £2.5m from Wimbledon
??/??/92 Kare Ingebrigtsen £0.55m from Rosenborg
06/01/93 Ray Ranson £? from Newcastle
12/02/93 Steve Finney £0 from Preston
Total Spent: £3.95m

Received:
10/07/92 Neil Pointon £0.6m to Oldham
10/07/92 Steve Redmond £0.3m to Oldham
01/08/92 Michael Hughes £0.45m to Strasbourg
02/09/92 Mark Peters £0 to Norwich
24/11/92 Mark Brennan £0.2m to Oldham
Total Received: £1.55m

Net Spend: £2.4m

Running gross spend: £18.0775m
Running Net spend: £8.3975m

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1993/94

Spent:
20/09/93 Alan Kernaghan £1.6m from Middlesbrough
29/10/93 Carl Griffiths £0.5m from Shrewsbury
??/??/93 Alfons Groenendijk £0.5m from Ajax
22/12/93 David Rocastle £2m from Leeds
02/03/94 Uwe Rosler £0.75m from Dynamo Dresden
10/03/94 Paul Walsh £0.75m from Portsmouth
24/03/94 Peter Beagrie £1.1m from Everton
Total Spent: £7.2m

Received:
01/10/93 Peter Reid £0 to Southampton
11/10/93 Rick Holden £0.45m to Oldham
22/12/93 David White £2m to Leeds
Total Received: £2.45m

Net Spend: £4.75m

Running gross spend: £25.2775m
Running Net spend: £13.1475m

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1994/95

Spent:
24/06/94 Nicky Summerbee £1.5m from Swindon
01/08/94 Ray Kelly £0.03m from Athlone Town
15/12/94 John Burridge £0 from Falkirk
Total Spent: £1.53m

Received:
12/08/94 David Rocastle £1.25m to Chelsea
26/08/94 Mike Sheron £1m to Norwich
01/12/94 Steve McMahon £0 to Swindon
Total Received: £2.25m

Net Spend: (minus) -£0.72m

Running gross spend: £26.8075m
Running Net spend: £12.4275m

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1995/96

Spent:
17/08/95 Eike Immel £0.4m from Stuttgart
17/08/95 Kit Symons £1.2m from Portsmouth
17/08/95 Georgi Kinkladze £2m from Dynamo Tbilisi
11/09/95 Gerry Creaney £1.5m from Portsmouth
25/11/95 Martin Phillips £0.5m from Exeter
24/01/96 Nigel Clough £1.5m from Liverpool
28/03/96 Mikhail Kavelashvili £1.4m from Alania Vlad.
01/04/96 Scott Hiley £0.25m from Birmingham
Total Spend: £8.75m

Received:
15/06/95 Steve Finney £0 to Swindon
05/07/95 Mike Quigley £0 to Hull
11/08/95 John Burridge £0 to Notts Co
17/08/95 Carl Griffiths £0.2m to Portsmouth
17/08/95 Fitzroy Simpson £0.2m to Portsmouth
18/08/95 Adie Mike £0.06m to Stockport
25/08/95 Andy Hill £0.15m to Port Vale
14/09/95 Paul Walsh £0.5m to Portsmouth
29/12/95 David Brightwell £0.03m to Bradford
31/01/96 Tony Coton £0.5m to Manchester United
Toal Received: £1.64m

Net Spend: £7.11m

Running gross spend: £35.5575m
Running Net spend: £19.5375m

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1996/97

Spent:
23/08/96 Paul Dickov £1m from Arsenal
25/10/96 Eddie McGoldrick £0.3m from Arsenal
23/11/96 Neil Heaney £0.5m from Southampton
31/01/97 Kevin Horlock £1.25m from Swindon
07/02/97 Paul Beesley £0.5m from Leeds
04/03/97 Tommy Wright £0.45m from Nottm Forest
14/03/97 Ged Brannan £0.75m from Tranmere
29/04/97 Nicky Weaver £0.2m from Mansfield
Total Spent: £4.95m

Received:
31/07/96 David Kerr £0.02m to Mansfield
01/08/96 Stephen Rishworth £0 to Wrexham
02/08/96 Keith Curle £0.65m to Wolves
16/08/96 John Sharpe £0 to Exeter
17/08/96 Niall Quinn £1.3m to Sunderland
09/01/97 Michael Frontzeck £0.25m to Freiburg
11/03/97 Andy Dibble £0 to Rangers
27/03/97 Steve Lomas £1.6m to West Ham
Total Received: £3.82m

Net Spend: £1.13m

Running gross spend: £40.5075m
Running Net spend: £20.6675m

 

[decorativeed]

Rest of the Manchester City FC transfers:
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1997/98

Spent:
30/07/97 Lee Bradbury £3m from Portsmouth
10/08/97 Tony Scully £0.2m from Crystal Palace
14/08/97 Barry Conlon £0 from QPR
24/10/97 Murtaz Shelia £0.4m from Alania Vlad.
14/11/97 Craig Russell £1m from Sunderland
01/12/97 Kris Winters £0 from Nottm Forest
04/12/97 Andy Porteous £0 from Nottm Forest
10/03/98 Richard Jobson £0 from Leeds
20/03/98 Jamie Pollock £1m from Bolton
26/03/98 Shaun Goater £0.4m from Bristol C
26/03/98 Ian Bishop £0 from West Ham
Total Spent: £6m

Received:
02/07/97 Peter Beagrie £0.2m to Bradford
03/08/97 Chris Beech £0 to Cardiff
31/10/97 Jim Bentley £0 to Telford
14/11/97 Nicky Summerbee £1m to Sunderland
25/12/97 Alan Kernaghan £0 to St Johnstone
12/03/98 Jason Van Blerk £0.25m to West Brom
26/03/98 John Foster £0 to Carlisle
Total Received: £1.45m

Net Spend: £4.55m

Running gross spend: £46.5075m
Running Net spend: £25.2175m

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1998/99

Spent:
06/11/98 Andy Morrison £0.08m from Huddersfield
26/11/98 Gareth Taylor £0.4m from Sheff Utd
15/04/99 Terry Cooke £1m from Manchester United
Total Spent: £1.48m

Received:
15/05/98 Georgi Kinkladze £5m to Ajax
03/06/98 Brian McGlinchey £0 to Port Vale
21/08/98 Scott Hiley £0 to Southampton
25/08/98 Martin Phillips £0.1m to Portsmouth
29/08/98 Paul Beesley £0m to Port Vale
29/08/98 David Morley £0 to Southend
01/09/98 Barry Conlon £0 to Southend
23/10/98 Nigel Clough £0 to Burton
26/10/98 Ged Brannan £0.378m to Motherwell
29/10/98 Lee Bradbury £1.5m to Crystal Palace
04/03/98 Anthony Fenton £0 to Portsmouth
Received: £6.978m

Net Spend: (minus) -£5.498m

Running gross spend: £47.4875m
Running Net spend: £19.7195m

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1999/2000

Spent:
08/07/99 Mark Kennedy £1m from Wimbledon
26/10/99 Lee Peacock £0.5m from Mansfield
12/11/99 Danny Granville £1m from Leeds
29/11/99 Rob Taylor £1.5m from Gillingham
24/12/99 Tony Grant £0.45m from Everton
22/03/00 Spencer Prior £0.5m from Derby
Total Spent: £4.95m

Received:
02/06/99 Steve Rimmer £0 to Port Vale
01/07/99 Alan Bailey £0 to Stockport
06/07/99 Neil Heaney £0 to Darlington
22/08/99 Andy Porteous £0 to Berwick
13/09/99 Mikhail Kavelashvili £0 to FC Zurich
07/12/99 Alan Reilly £0 to Halifax
13/01/00 Michael Brown £0.4m to Sheff Utd
21/01/00 Chris Greenacre £0 to Mansfield
23/03/00 Tony Vaughan £0.35m to Nottm Forest
Total Received: £0.75m

Net Spend: £4.2m

Running gross spend: £52.4375m
Running Net spend: £23.9195m

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2000/01

Spent:
12/06/00 Alf-Inge Haaland £2.5m from Leeds
01/08/00 George Weah £0 from AC Milan
09/08/00 Paulo Wanchope £3.65m from West Ham
11/08/00 Steve Howey £2m from Newcastle
22/08/00 Paul Ritchie £0.5m from Rangers
18/10/00 Richard Dunne £3m from Everton
24/10/00 Laurent Charvet £1m from Newcastle
29/12/00 Darren Huckerby £3m from Leeds
10/01/01 Carlo Nash £0.1m from Stockport
Total Spent: £15.75m

Received:
12/06/00 Craig Russell £0 to St Johnstone
09/08/00 Lee Peacock £0.6m to Bristol City
11/08/00 Jamie Pollock £0.75m to Crystal Palace
15/08/00 Rob Taylor £1.55m to Wolves
17/10/00 George Weah £0 to Marseille
10/11/00 Nick Fenton £0.15m to Notts Co
13/12/00 Gary Mason £0 to Dunfermline
22/12/00 Danny Allsopp £0.3m to Notts Co
02/03/01 Richard Jobson £0 to Tranmere
07/03/01 Lee Crooks £0.19m to Barnsley
09/03/01 Ian Bishop £0 to Miami Fusion
20/03/01 Tommy Wright £0 to Bolton
Total Received: £3.54m

Net Spend: £12.21m

Running gross spend: £68.1875m
Running Net spend: £36.1295m

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2001/02

Spent:
20/06/01 Stuart Pearce £0 from West Ham
17/07/01 Simon Colosimo £0 from South Melbourne
21/07/01 Eyal Berkovic £1.5m Celtic
06/09/01 Nicky Summerbee £0 from Bolton
14/09/01 Ali Benarbia £0 from Paris St-Germain
15/09/01 Alioune Toure £0 from Nantes
28/09/01 Lucien Mettomo £0 from St Etienne
13/11/01 Christian Negouai £1.5m from Charleroi
16/01/02 Niclas Jensen £0.7m from FC Copenhagen
05/02/02 Jon Macken £5m from Preston
27/02/02 Sun Jihai £2m from Dalian Wanda
Total Spent: £10.7m

Received:
22/06/01 Gareth Taylor £0 Burnley
28/06/01 Spencer Prior £0.7m to Cardiff
01/07/01 Richard McKinney £0 to Swindon
01/07/01 Shaun Holmes £0 to Wrexham
04/07/01 Mark Kennedy £2m to Wolves
01/08/01 Jim Whitley £0 to Wrexham
07/08/01 Stephen Hodgson £0 to Macclesfield
11/10/01 Tony Grant £0.25m to Burnley
10/11/01 Nicky Summerbee £0 to Nottm Forest
28/12/01 Danny Granville £0.5m to Crystal Palace
23/01/02 Dickson Etuhu £0.3m to Preston
15/02/02 Leon Mike £0.05m to Aberdeen
22/02/02 Paul Dickov £0.15m to Leicester
Total Received: £4.4m

Net Spend: £6.3m

Running gross spend: £78.8875m
Running Net spend: £42.4295m

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2002/03

Spent:
19/05/02 Sylvain Distin £4m from Paris St-Germain
06/06/02 Vicente Matias Vuoso £3.5m from Independiente
07/06/02 Nicolas Anelka £13m from Paris St-Germain
01/07/02 Mikkel Bischoff £0.75m from AB Copenhagen
01/07/02 Peter Schmeichel £0 from Aston Villa
21/08/02 Karim Kerkar £0 from Le Havre
24/01/03 David Sommeil £3.5m from Bordeaux
30/01/03 Robbie Fowler £6m from Leeds
Total Spent: £30.75m

Received:
07/06/02 Alioune Toure £0 to Paris St-Germain
03/07/02 Tyrone Mears £0.2m to Preston
05/07/02 Terry Cooke £0 to Grimsby
30/07/02 Chris Killen £0.2m to Oldham
16/08/02 Terry Dunfield £0 to Bury
21/10/02 Richard Edghill £0 to Wigan
13/01/03 Laurent Charvet £0 to Sochaux
20/01/03 Rhys Day £0 to Mansfield
Total Received: £0.4m

Net Spend: £30.35m

Running gross spend: £109.6375m
Running Net spend: £72.7795m

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2003/04

Spent:
04/06/03 David Seaman £0 from Arsenal
04/06/03 Michael Tarnat £0 from Bayern Munich
21/07/03 Trevor Sinclair £2.5m from West Ham
24/07/03 Paul Bosvelt £0 from Feyenoord
02/08/03 Antoine Sibierski £0.7m from Lens
29/08/03 Claudio Reyna £2.5m from Sunderland
30/08/03 Steve McManaman £0 from Real Madrid
14/01/04 David James £2m from West Ham
Total Spent: £7.7m

Received:
23/05/03 Tyrone Loran £0 to Tranmere
06/06/03 Steve Howey £0 to Leicester
08/07/03 Niclas Jensen £0.75m to Dortmund
24/07/03 Brian Murphy £0 to Swansea
01/08/03 Shaun Goater £0.5m to Reading
04/08/03 Jeff Whitley £0 to Sunderland
14/08/03 Carlo Nash £0 to Middlesbrough
15/08/03 Kevin Horlock £0.3m to West Ham
22/08/03 Paul Ritchie £0 to Walsall
29/08/03 Lucien Mettomo £0.5m to Kaiserslautern
26/12/03 Darren Huckerby £0.75m to Norwich
09/01/04 Eyal Berkovic £0 to Portsmouth
17/03/04 Chris Shuker £0 to Barnsley
Total Received: £2.8m

Net Spend: £4.9m

Running gross spend: £117.3375m
Running Net spend: £77.6795m

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2004/05

Spent:
21/06/04 Ben Thatcher £0.1m from Leicester
21/06/04 Geert De Vlieger £0 from Willem II
13/07/04 Danny Mills £0 from Leeds
26/08/04 Ronald Waterreus £0 from PSV Eindhoven
Total Spent: £0.1m

Received:
01/06/04 Stephen Elliott £0.125m to Sunderland
01/07/04 Vicente Matias Vuoso £0 to Santos Laguna
01/07/04 Glenn Whelan £0 to Sheff Wed
01/07/04 Danny Tiatto £0 to Leicester
06/07/04 Michael Tarnat Hannover Free 06 Jul, 2004
01/08/04 Craig Davies Oxford Free 01 Aug, 2004
13/08/04 Kieran Westwood Carlisle Free 13 Aug, 2004
26/08/04 Paulo Wanchope Malaga £500,000 26 Aug, 2004
31/01/05 Ronald Waterreus Rangers Signed 31 Jan, 2005
31/01/05 Nicolas Anelka Fenerbahce £7,000,000 31 Jan, 2005
03/03/05 Patrick McCarthy Leicester £100,000 03 Mar, 2005
Total Received: £7.725m

Net Spend (minus) -£7.625m

Running gross spend: £117.4375m
Running Net spend: £70.0545m

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2005/06

Spent:
20/07/05 Andy Cole £0 from Fulham
27/07/05 Darius Vassell £2m from Aston Villa
30/01/06 Georgios Samaras £6m from Heerenveen
31/01/06 Matthew Mills £0.25m from Southampton
Total Spent: £8.25m

Received:
02/06/05 Jon Macken £1.1m to Crystal Palace
07/07/05 Christian Negouai £0 to Standard Liege
18/07/05 Shaun Wright-Phillips £21m to Chelsea
04/08/05 Carlos Logan £0 to Darlington
21/10/05 Danny Warrender £0 to Blackpool
27/01/06 Robbie Fowler £0 to Liverpool
31/01/06 Jonathan D'Laryea £0 to Mansfield
Total Received: £22.1m

Net Spend: (minus) -£13.85m

Running gross spend: £125.6875m
Running Net spend: £56.2045m

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2006/07

Spent:
22/05/06 Joe Hart £0.6m from Shrewsbury
26/05/06 Paul Dickov £0 from Blackburn
20/06/06 Ousmane Dabo £0 from Lazio
12/07/06 Dietmar Hamann £0.4m from Liverpool
21/07/06 Bernardo Corradi £0 from Valencia
10/08/06 Hatem Trabelsi £0 from Ajax
15/08/06 Andreas Isaksson £2m from Rennes
31/01/07 Michael Ball £0 from PSV Eindhoven
Total spent: £3m

Received:
24/05/06 David Sommeil £0 to Sheff Utd
13/06/06 Mikkel Bischoff £0 to Coventry
05/07/06 Bradley Wright-Phillips £0.5m to Southampton
31/0706 Lee Croft £0.6m to Norwich
02/08/06 Willo Flood £0.2m to Cardiff
11/08/06 David James £1.2m to Portsmouth
31/08/06 Antoine Sibierski £2m to Newcastle
31/08/06 Andy Cole £0.5m to Portsmouth
11/01/07 Ben Thatcher £0.5m to Charlton
Total Received: £5.5m

Net Spend: (minus) -£2.5m

Running gross spend: £128.6875m
Running Net spend: £53.7045m

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2007/08

Spent:
13/07/07 Rolando Bianchi £8.8m from Reggina
14/07/07 Gelson Fernandes £4.2m from Sion
17/07/07 Geovanni £0 from Cruzeiro
26/07/07 Martin Petrov £4.7m from Atl Madrid
02/08/07 Javier Garrido £1.5m from Sociedad
02/08/07 Vedran Corluka £8m from Dyn. Zagreb
02/08/07 Elano £8m from Shakhtar
03/08/07 Valeri Bojinov £5.75 from Fiorentina
31/01/08 Felipe Caicedo £5.2m from Basle
31/01/08 Benjani £3.87m from Portsmouth
Total Spent: £50.02m

Received:
23/05/07 Sylvain Distin £0 to Portsmouth
14/06/07 Joey Barton £5.8m to Newcastle
04/07/07 Nicky Weaver £0 to Charlton
10/07/07 Trevor Sinclair £0 to Cardiff
16/07/07 Stephen Jordan £0 to Burnley
01/08/07 Nathan D'Laryea £0 to Rochdale
09/01/08 Marc Laird £0 to Millwall
31/01/08 Ishmael Miller £0.9m to West Brom
31/01/08 Ousmane Dabo £0.2m to Lazio
Total Received: £6.9m

Net Spend: £43.12m

Running gross spend: £178.7075m
Running Net spend: £96.8245m

_________________________

2008/09

Spent:
02/07/08 Jo £18m from CSKA Moscow
30/07/08 Tal Ben-Haim £5m from Chelsea
22/08/08 Vincent Kompany £6m from Hamburg
28/08/08 Shaun Wright-Phillips £9m from Chelsea
31/08/08 Glauber Berti £0 from Nuremberg
31/08/08 Pablo Zabaleta £6.45m from Espanyol
01/09/08 Robinho £32.5m from Real Madrid
03/01/09 Wayne Bridge £12m from Chelsea
19/01/09 Craig Bellamy £14m from West Ham
21/01/09 Nigel de Jong £18m from Hamburg
01/02/09 Shay Given £5.9m from Newcastle
Total Spent: £126.85m

Received:
02/07/08 Sun Jihai £0 to Sheff Utd
02/07/08 Andreas Isaksson £? to PSV Eindhoven
05/07/08 Geovanni £0 to Hull
15/07/08 Georgios Samaras £? to Celtic
30/07/08 Bernardo Corradi £0 to Reggina
31/07/08 Matthew Mills £0.3m to Doncaster
01/08/08 Ashley Grimes £0 to Millwall
07/08/08 Paul Dickov £0 to Leicester
23/08/08 Rolando Bianchi £? to Torino
01/09/08 Vedran Corluka £8.5m to Tottenham
01/01/09 Sam Williamson £0 to Wrexham
Total Received: £8.8m

Net Spend: £118.05m

Running gross spend: £305.5575m
Running Net spend: £214.8745m

_________________________

2009/10

Spent:
01/07/09 Gareth Barry £12m from Aston Villa
01/07/09 Roque Santa Cruz £17.5m from Blackburn
01/07/09 Stuart Taylor £0 from Aston Villa
14/07/09 Carlos Tevez £45m from MSI
19/07/09 Emmanuel Adebayor £25m from Arsenal
29/07/09 Kolo Toure £16m from Arsenal
24/08/09 Sylvinho £0 from Barcelona
25/08/09 Joleon Lescott £22m from Everton
08/01/10 Patrick Vieira £0 from Inter
01/02/10 Adam Johnson £7m from Middlesbrough
Total Spent: £144.5m

Received:
01/07/09 Darius Vassell £0 to Ankaragucu
01/07/09 Adrian Cieslewicz £? to Wrexham
05/07/09 Daniel Sturridge £3.5m to Chelsea
10/07/09 Gelson Fernandes £2m to St Etienne
24/07/09 Ched Evans £3m to Sheff Utd
30/07/09 Elano £8m to Galatasaray
14/08/09 Kasper Schmeichel £? to Notts Co
01/09/09 Richard Dunne £5m to Aston Villa
18/09/09 Angelos Tsiaklis £0 to Wrexham
Total Received: £21.5m

Net Spend: £123m

Running gross spend: £450.0575m
Running Net spend: £337.8745m

_________________________

2010/11

Spent:
02/06/10 Jerome Boateng £10.46m from Hamburg
09/06/10 Alex Henshall £0.25m from Swindon
30/06/10 David Silva £26m from Valencia
02/07/10 Yaya Toure £24m from Barcelona
07/07/10 Albert Rusnak £? from FC Kosice
24/07/10 Aleksander Kolarov £16m from Lazio
13/08/10 Mario Balotelli £24m from Inter Milan
18/08/10 James Milner £26m from Aston Villa
07/01/11 Edin Dzeko £27m from Wolfsburg
Total Spent: £153.71m

Received:
16/06/10 Paul Marshall £0 to Walsall
30/06/10 Jack Redshaw £0 to Rochdale
01/07/10 Martin Petrov £0 to Bolton
04/07/10 Valeri Bojinov £? to Parma
08/07/10 Filip Mentel £0 to Dundee Utd
30/07/10 Javier Garrido £2.75m to Lazio
18/08/10 Stephen Ireland £8m to Aston Villa
31/08/10 Adam Clayton £? to Leeds
31/08/10 Robinho £18.2m to Milan
31/01/11 David Ball £? to Peterborough
Total Received: £28.95m

Net Spend: £124.76m

Running gross spend: £603.7675m
Running Net spend: £462.6345m

_________________________

2011/12

Spent:
04/07/11 Gael Clichy £7m from Arsenal
06/07/11 Stefan Savic £6m from Partizan
27/07/11 Sergio Aguero £38m from Atletico Madrid
12/08/11 Costel Pantilimon £? from FCU Poli
24/08/11 Samir Nasri £24m from Arsenal
Total Spent: £75m

Received:
13/05/11 James Poole £? to Hartlepool
24/06/11 Shaleum Logan £0 to Brentford
24/06/11 Andrew Tutte £0 to Rochdale
25/06/11 Scott Kay £0 to Macclesfield
29/06/11 Felipe Caicedo £0.88m to Levante
01/07/11 Donal McDermott £0 to Huddersfield
01/07/11 Jo £? to Internacional
18/07/11 Jerome Boateng £11.847m to Bayern Munich
19/07/11 Shay Given £3.5m to Aston Villa
Total Received: £16.227m

Net Spend: £58.773m

Running gross spend: £678.7675m
Running Net spend: £521.4075m

 

[decorativeed]

Manchester City Summaries:

Total Premier League gross spend to date: £664.64m
Total Premier League net spend to date: £515.41m

Average gross spend per Premier League season (1992/93-2011/12): £33.23m
Average net spend per Premier League season (1992/93-2011/12): £25.77m

Gross spend since Abu Dhabi takeover: £455.61m
Net spend since Abu Dhabi takeover: £380.433m

Average gross spend per season since Abu Dhabi takeover: £113.9m
Average net spend per season since Abu Dhabi takeover: £95.1m

 

[decorativeed]

Side-by-side comparisons (highest spenders - both gross and net - per season are bolded):

_____Manchester United____-_______Manchester City_____

______________________1986/87_______________
Gross______£0.05m_________________£0.265m
Net______ -£2.372m_______________-£0.015m

______________________1987/88_______________
Gross______£1.96m________________£0.35m
Net________£1.5m________________-£0.13m

______________________1988/89_______________
Gross______£3.59m________________£1.6625m
Net________£1.525m______________-£0.3575m

______________________1989/90_______________
Gross______£6.89m________________£5.165m
Net________£5.8m________________-£2.87m

______________________1990/91_______________
Gross______£2.195m________________£2.3m
Net________£1.995m_______________£1.4m

______________________1991/92_______________
Gross______£2.53m_________________£4.4m
Net________£2.28m________________£1.97m

______________________1992/93_______________
Gross______£2.3m__________________£3.95m
Net________£0.465m________________£2.4m

______________________1993/94_______________
Gross______£3.75m_________________£7.2m
Net________£2.65m_________________£4.75m

______________________1994/95_______________
Gross______£8.35m________________£1.53m
Net________£4.82m_______________-£0.72m

______________________1995/96_______________
Gross______£0.75m_________________£8.75m
Net_______-£13.115m_______________£7.11m

______________________1996/97_______________
Gross______£7.9m_________________£4.95m
Net________£2.8m_________________£1.13m

______________________1997/98_______________
Gross______£11.15m_______________£6m
Net________£5.43m________________£4.55m

______________________1998/99_______________
Gross______£27.95m_______________£1.48m
Net________£23.175m_____________-£5.498m

______________________1999/00_______________
Gross______£10.25m_______________£4.95m
Net________£10m__________________£4.2m

______________________2000/01_______________
Gross______£7.85m_________________£15.75m
Net_______-£1.95m_________________£12.21m

______________________2001/02_______________
Gross______£56.5m________________£10.7m
Net________£28.9m________________£6.3m

______________________2002/03_______________
Gross______£29.55m________________£30.75m
Net________£27.35m________________£30.35m

______________________2003/04_______________
Gross______£39.565m______________£7.7m
Net________£2.94m_________________£4.9m

______________________2004/05_______________
Gross______£39.95m_______________£0.1m
Net________£34.1m_______________-£7.725m

______________________2005/06_______________
Gross______£19.5m________________£8.25m
Net________£13.5m_______________-£13.85m

______________________2006/07_______________
Gross______£18.65m_______________£3m
Net_______-£5.25m________________-£2.5m

______________________2007/08_______________
Gross______£59.125m______________£50.02m
Net________£25.825m_______________£43.12m

______________________2008/09_______________
Gross______£42.45m_______________£126.85m
Net________£35.45m_______________£118.05m

______________________2009/10_______________
Gross______£21.5m________________£144.5m
Net_______-£64.6m________________£123m

______________________2010/11_______________
Gross______£28.12m_______________£153.71m
Net________£13.32m_______________£124.76m

______________________2011/12_______________
Gross______£50.4m________________£75m
Net________£38.65m_______________£58.773m

_____________________________________________

Total spends 1986/87-2011/12:

_____Manchester United____-_______Manchester City_____

Gross_____£502.78m________________£662.78m
Net______ £197.3m________________£505.41

Total spends in Premier League 1992/93-2011/12:

_____Manchester United____-_______Manchester City_____

Gross_____£485.6m________________£648.6m
Net______ £189.5m________________£599.4m

In summary, during Sir Alex Ferguson's 26 seasons at United to date, the club have outspent City in 14 seasons gross and in 12 seasons net. In that time, United have spent £160m gross and £308m net less than City.

During the 20 seasons of the Premier League era to date, United have outspent City in 11 seasons gross and in 8 seasons net. In that time, United have spent £163m gross and £410m net less than City.

_____________________________________________

Comparison of spending in Alex Ferguson's first 10 years as United manager:

1986/87-1995/96

_____Manchester United____-______Manchester City_____

Gross_____£32.37m________________£35.57m
Net______ £5.5m__________________£13.54m

Alex Ferguson's Manchester United "bought" three league titles, three FA Cups, a European Cup Winner's Cup and a League Cup by spending less money in both gross and net terms in his first ten years as manager than Manchester City did on their way to relegation in the same time period. More money was spent on Clive Allen than Paul Ince, Tony Coton than Peter Schmeichel, Keith Curle and Terry Phelan's combined fees cost more than Roy Keane and Eric Cantona's.

 

[Ish]

Great stuff Ed.

 

[Team Brian GB]

I haven't finished Chelsea's figures yet and I won't until the transfer window closes, what I can say so far is that the transfer of Anelka in January 2008 took Chelsea's premier league gross spending beyond £500 Million, Torres in January took the figure beyond £500 Million for post-2003 spending.

As it stands, Chelsea's spending is around £725 Million since 1992 - just under £600 Million of that since 2003.

 

[decorativeed]

Appreciate your contribution Brian, cheers.

 

[peterstorey]

You need to do annual 'football spend' now, ie wages + transfers, to get the real picture.

 

[Grinner]

Joe Allon..that's one from the past. I remember my mate betting me 20 quid they'd win the league after signing the great Robert Fleck. I couldn't shake fast enough. cnut never paid me though. Typical chelsea wanker!

 

[UnofficialDevil]

I just use this site, seems to have enough info on all teams transfers market value etc etc

Manchester United - Player changes, player transfers - transfermarkt.de

 

[UnofficialDevil]

And here you can see all of United's transfers since 1951

Manchester United - All transfers - transfermarkt.de

 

[Grinner]

Hopefully Glaston will do sp*rs. That'll be a comedy treat.

 

[UnofficialDevil]

And the complete transfer balance sheet since 1951

Manchester United - Transfer balance sheet ? revenues and expenditures - transfermarkt.de

 

[UnofficialDevil]

 

[UnofficialDevil]

Transfer records

 

[decorativeed]

They seem to pluck most of those figures out of the air though. No other sources back up 3.5m Euros being paid for Rodrigo Possebonfor example, so where do they get that from? I've already said why I used the figures I have used and have spent many hours researching United's transfers where they can be backed up with a reliable source. I have deliberately steered clear of sites that just list figures with nothing at all to back them up.

 

[UnofficialDevil]

They seem to pluck most of those figures out of the air though. No other sources back up 3.5m Euros being paid for Rodrigo Possebonfor example, so where do they get that from? I've already said why I used the figures I have used and have spent many hours researching United's transfers where they can be backed up with a reliable source. I have deliberately steered clear of sites that just list figures with nothing at all to back them up.

Well the whole site is just about transfers and there is so much info it cant just be out of the air, they must do research just like you?

the UK version is probably better its in pounds

Statistics - Player changes - transfermarkt.co.uk

 

[decorativeed]

Well the whole site is just about transfers and there is so much info it cant just be out of the air, they must do research just like you?

the UK version is probably better its in pounds

Statistics - Player changes - transfermarkt.co.uk

The difference is that my research for the United ones is available for everyone to see. 99% of the United transfers in this thread are linked to a reliable report from a good media source such as a BBC, Independent or Guardian report. They just post figures with no explanation of where they came from.

 

[Snow]

I've just done some tinkering with transfers comparisons and I used THIS site to get my figures. Might be 1m +- here and there so it's a rough numbers.

However you don't want to do all the scrolling. It's not nice. I made this google spreadsheet and teamed up with Maciek, who made the spreadsheet look nice on the Caf.

Here's the spreadsheet
Premier League Transfer Spread sheet

And here's the spreadsheet looking pretty and nice on the eye.
Made by Maciek

Clubs:

Spoiler

Managers/owners:

Spoiler

All:

Spoiler

 

[gooDevil]

Great stuff, thanks!

Poor Liverpool, not much to show for all that money spent. Nevermind City!

 

[decorativeed]

Why did you use that site though, Snow? All my figures are sourced and transparent, theirs are just plucked from thin air, very few of them sourced. I made this thread and researched it specifically because Transferleague were unreliable.

 

[Snow]

Why did you use that site though, Snow? All my figures are sourced and transparent, theirs are just plucked from thin air, very few of them sourced. I made this thread and researched it specifically because Transferleague were unreliable.

Because it doesn't matter if it's 27m or 26m. Fact is your sources don't have the exact figures either. The Rio money is a total guess. All that's know is that it should have been something over 30m but Leeds cashed out early so it's little less than that.

My point wasn't to show exact figures on specific transfers. That's easy to edit later on. It's to show the graphs and the greater picture on one page.

Transferleague has the simplest layout to copy. You don't have to search again and again. It's all there on 5 different pages.

It's very rare that you get specific figures like Torres 50m or Ronaldo 80m. There are so many appearance fees and goal fees and that sort of stuff.

 

[ravelston]

Why did you use that site though, Snow? All my figures are sourced and transparent, theirs are just plucked from thin air, very few of them sourced. I made this thread and researched it specifically because Transferleague were unreliable.

Using the Ferdinand transfer as an example, you give a fee of 27.55m yet the source you quote (BBC) gives 29.3 plus and additional 1.5m paid to clear the unpaid installments. That, and the agent fees and the levy, get to the 31.120m that you find in the 2004 or 2005 accounts. So, why the 27.55m?

Because it doesn't matter if it's 27m or 26m. Fact is your sources don't have the exact figures either. The Rio money is a total guess. All that's know is that it should have been something over 30m but Leeds cashed out early so it's little less than that.

My point wasn't to show exact figures on specific transfers. That's easy to edit later on. It's to show the graphs and the greater picture on one page.

Transferleague has the simplest layout to copy. You don't have to search again and again. It's all there on 5 different pages.

It's very rare that you get specific figures like Torres 50m or Ronaldo 80m. There are so many appearance fees and goal fees and that sort of stuff.

Trouble is that none of the sites produce figures that match up with the amounts we actually know, and their totals are wildly out of line - this can be checked from the Cash Flow Statements in the published accounts. (Conveniently, we also have the 2004 and 2005 Financial Statements which provided a wealth of information on the transfer fees of players on the books - or recently sold - at that time.)