This was the net cost of the Premier clubs in the last five years: € 3,840M

The Premier League It remains the world's leading league in transfer spending, but it is also in record transfers. The balance of expenses and income says so. English clubs have registered a net expense of 3,840 million euros in the last five years (period between the 2015-2016 seasons and the one that has not yet ended, 2019-2020).

A balance between what was spent on transfers and income from sales, which places Manchester City as the club with the highest deficit in this section. Although it is its staunch rival, and neighbor, the entity that has the highest transfers in the last five years. The record has it the 105 million paid by Manchester United by the French Paul Pogba, the highest figure paid in recent years by an English club. They are followed by 87, who also paid the reds devils by defender Maguire. The third place in that ranking also belongs to United, with almost € 85M paid to Everton by Romelu Lukaku, a figure almost similar to the millions of euros paid by Liverpool for the central defender, Virgil Van Dijk.

The citizens have generated a net deficit in their treasury (what is spent minus the income) of 675.23 million euros. Far above the rest of the teams in the Premier League, and well above that United (€ 543.88M), which has also been able to sell in this period for high figures (at the same Lukaku, Di Maria, Mkhitaryan…).

The track record harvested in these five years, by the team trained by Guardiola, supports the spending on transfers, although it has not managed to transfer its domestic superiority to Europe: 2 Premier, 1 FA Cup, 4 League Cups and 2 Community Shield. More than anyone in England. Their final balance of trophies is very high but in these years they have paid large numbers for De Bruyne (€ 76M); Rodrigo (€ 70M); Mahrez (€ 67.8M); Laporte (€ 65M); Sterling (€ 63.7M); Stones (€ 55.6M) or Sané (€ 52M). Contracts that have meant a lot of expense for the coffers of the City Footbal Group, owned by Mansour bin Zayed.

Chelsea and Liverpool control spending without losing competitiveness

From the list of 20 clubs in the Premier, drawn up by Transfermarkt, surprising to see, in the middle of the table down, three big english clubs: Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham. Especially striking is the position of the blues and the red since despite their economic balance they have continued to win. Both sets have made investments that have caused big headlines, although They have managed to balance their balance sheets with very good sales (Coutinho has the record transfer: € 145M, paid by Barça). And we must not forget that Real Madrid disbursed € 100M for taking over Eden Hazard's services. Controlled management that has not affected their sports competitiveness. Chelsea have added 1 Premier; 1 FA Cup and a Europa League in this period. Meanwhile, those of Klopp have achieved a Champions League and a European Super Cup, in addition to losing two European finals. To which must be added, he is close to adding his first Premier League in 30 years.

Norwich: economic 'rare bird'

If there is a club that has surprised is this analysis is Norwich City. The club, recently promoted since the Championship, has never been known for making great signings. In addition, it has made “good” sales these years. For example, the 23 million euros Leicester paid for James Maddison. That economic engineering that has reported a profit of almost 30 million euros (28.5). Unusual case in these times. Although it is still early to know if instead of being 'rare bird' he was a visionary, Given the uncertainty that the market can impregnate after the coronavirus pandemic.