Comparing each Premier League club’s squad value with their league position in the 2024-25 season.

Manchester United are by some margin the worst performer in the Premier League when you compare each club’s total spending on transfer fees with their position in the league table.

This isn’t much of a surprise and ultimately leads to Erik ten Hag getting the boot – but what about the rest? Which parties are performing above their capacity and which chairmen should feel like they are getting more bang for their buck?

Brentford and Fulham are the top performers, given that they have spent around €300 million on transfer fees on their respective teams, placing them only 17th and 18th respectively in the squad spending table – so they, are certainly doing well, sitting comfortably in the middle of the table. , hoping to cement their top-flight status for another year.

Nottingham Forest and Brighton are also doing well to sit in the top half of the table as things stand, given that their spending significantly outstrips a number of the teams they are currently ahead of.

At the top of the table, Liverpool and Aston Villa are performing well, finishing 2nd and 4th respectively in terms of money invested in their teams.

Even perennial champions Manchester City, once again top of the table, are estimated to have built Pep Guardiola’s team with lower transfer costs than Manchester United and Chelsea.

At the other end of the scale are Tottenham, in eighth, who must be disappointed with their results this season given that Ange Postecoglou’s side were built at greater expense than Liverpool and Villa.

Surprisingly, Spurs’ squad is the fifth most expensive to assemble in England’s top flight.

Chelsea, who have made great strides in their bid to qualify for the Champions League under Enzo Maresca, may have to consider that their ambitions are the least of their ambitions given that they have the most expensive squad in the Premier League, costing more than £1 billion euros.

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We’ve listed all the Premier League clubs by their league position compared to their team’s spending on transfers, ranking them from top performers to bottom laggards.

1. Brentford
League position: 9th place
Cost of the composition: 17th place
Total cost of the train: 306 million euros.
Difference: +8

2. Fulham
League position: 10th place
Cost of the composition: 18th place
Total cost of the train: 293 million euros.
Difference: +8

3. Nottingham Forest
League position: 7th place
Cost of the composition: 12th place
Total cost of the train: 398 million euros.
Difference: +5

4. Liverpool
League position: 2nd.
Cost of the composition: 6th place
Total cost of the train: 735 million euros.
Difference: +4

5. Aston Villa
League position: 4th place
Cost of the composition: 8th place
Total cost of the train: 475 million euros.
Difference: +4

6. Brighton
League position: 6th place
Composition cost: 9th place
Total cost of the train: 433 million euros.
Difference: +3

7. Everton
League position: 16th place
Cost of the composition: 19th place
Total cost of the train: 291 million euros.
Difference: +3

8. Manchester City
League position: 1st place
Cost of the composition: 3rd place
Total cost of the train: one million euros.
Difference: +2

9. Bournemouth
League position: 11th place
Cost of the composition: 13th place
Total cost of the train: one million euros.
Difference: +2

10. Ipswich Town
League position: 18th place
Unit cost: 20th place
Total cost of the train: one million euros.
Difference: +2

11. Arsenal
League position: 3rd place
Cost of the composition: 4th place
Total cost of the train: million euros
Difference: +1

12. Leicester City
League position: 15th place
Cost of the composition: 14th place
Total cost of the train: one million euros.
Difference: -1

13. West Ham
League position: 13th place
Cost of the composition: 11th place
Total cost of the train: one million euros.
Difference: -2

14. Crystal Palace
League position: 17th place
Cost of the composition: 15th place
Total cost of the train: one million euros.
Difference: -2

15. Tottenham
League position: 8th place
Composition cost: 5th place
Total cost of the train: one million euros.
Difference: -3

16. Chelsea
League position: 5th place
Cost of composition: 1 place
Total cost of the train: one million euros.
Difference: -4

17. Southampton
League position: 20th place
Cost of the composition: 16th place
Total cost of the train: one million euros.
Difference: -4

18. Newcastle United
League position: 12th place
Cost of the composition: 7th place
Total cost of the train: one million euros.
Difference: -5

19. Wolves
League position: 19th place
Cost of the composition: 10th place
Total cost of the train: one million euros.
Difference: -9

20. Manchester United
League position: 14th place
Unit Cost: 2nd
Total cost of the train: one million euros.
Difference: -12