{"id":80566,"date":"2026-09-04T10:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/80566\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:44:19","slug":"man-utd-11th-real-madrid-6th-top-250-clubs-with-highest-net-spend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/80566\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd 11th &#038; Real Madrid 6th: Top 250 clubs with highest net spend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gala &amp; Fener in top 20\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/net-spend-spot-1-1788513696-205382.png\" title=\"Man Utd 11th &amp; Real Madrid 6th: Top 250 clubs with highest net spend\" alt=\"Man Utd 11th &amp; Real Madrid 6th: Top 250 clubs with highest net spend\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                                       \u00a9TM\/IMAGO\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>The transfer window has closed for the majority of top leagues and we can now evaluate which clubs made the biggest profits this summer. It was a historic window with over \u20ac10 billion spent on transfers with <a title=\"Manchester City\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/manchester-city\/startseite\/verein\/281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Manchester City<\/a> breaking the record for highest expenditure in one window and <a title=\"Chelsea FC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/chelsea-fc\/startseite\/verein\/631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea<\/a> for biggest income.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>While most attention amongst supporters focuses on new arrivals, club chiefs are under no illusions that outgoings are equally important, especially with increased scrutiny with financial fair play regulations. Therefore, we\u2019ve analysed which clubs had the highest net spends this summer &#8211; data is accurate as of 10am on September 4th. We\u2019ve produced a graphic for the top 20 clubs, but you can view the full list below which will update and remain completely accurate.<\/p>\n<p>Which clubs made the highest net spend: Summer 2026\/27<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the top 20 list is dominated by <a title=\"Premier League\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/premier-league\/startseite\/wettbewerb\/GB1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">English Premier League<\/a> clubs with seven in the top 10 and <a title=\"Liverpool FC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/liverpool-fc\/startseite\/verein\/31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> occupying the top spot. The Reds\u2019 business has been subjected to much criticism but their net spend of \u20ac238.4 million is the highest of any club in the world. <a title=\"Andoni Iraola\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/andoni-iraola\/profil\/trainer\/60677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andoni Iraola\u2019s<\/a> men spend \u20ac269.6m on new arrivals, while raising just \u20ac31.2m through player sales. English clubs fill the top four positions with <a title=\"Tottenham Hotspur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/tottenham-hotspur\/startseite\/verein\/148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tottenham<\/a> (\u20ac202m) second, <a title=\"Ipswich Town\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/ipswich-town\/startseite\/verein\/677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ipswich Town<\/a> (\u20ac201m) third and <a title=\"Manchester City\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/manchester-city\/startseite\/verein\/281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Manchester City<\/a> fourth (\u20ac189m).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/highest-net-spend-1788513630-205379.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"629\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>As the graphic above illustrates, <a title=\"Real Madrid\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/real-madrid\/startseite\/verein\/418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Real Madrid<\/a> (\u20ac167m) complete the top five with an expenditure of \u20ac225m and income of \u20ac58.5m &#8211; it\u2019s worth noting that Transfermarkt splits first-team and academy sales with Madrid bringing in \u20ac22m through the latter. Interestingly, all three promoted Premier League clubs had a higher net spend than <a title=\"Manchester United\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/manchester-united\/startseite\/verein\/985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Manchester United<\/a>. <a title=\"Juventus FC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/juventus-fc\/startseite\/verein\/506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Juventus<\/a> are the highest ranked Serie A club, <a title=\"Paris FC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/paris-fc\/startseite\/verein\/10004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paris FC<\/a> the only Ligue 1 representative with no <a title=\"Bundesliga\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/bundesliga\/startseite\/wettbewerb\/L1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bundesliga<\/a> clubs featuring. <a title=\"Galatasaray\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/galatasaray\/startseite\/verein\/141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Galatasaray<\/a> and <a title=\"Fenerbahce\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/fenerbahce\/startseite\/verein\/36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fenerbahce<\/a> rank 18th and 20th respectively.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\n                                Note:<br \/>\n                                When you search for something on Google, you\u2019ll see a box with the latest news alongside the usual results. If you set Transfermarkt as your preferred source, our content will appear there more often.<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=transfermarkt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" onclick=\"tmEvent(&#039;news&#039;,&#039;click&#039;,&#039;google-preferences&#039;);&#010;\"><br \/>\n                                    Add Transfermarkt as your preferred source here.                                <\/a>\n                            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gala &amp; Fener in top 20\u00a0 \u00a9TM\/IMAGO The transfer window has closed for the majority of top leagues&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3527,788,223,12210,10234,9585,10316,85,5039,2991,82,272,263,27780,100,4104,83,1644,22544,3196,5384,21626],"class_list":["post-80566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-andoni-iraola","tag-bundesliga","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-fenerbahce","tag-galatasaray","tag-ipswich-town","tag-juventus-fc","tag-laliga","tag-ligue-1","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-madrid","tag-manchester-city","tag-manchester-united","tag-paris-fc","tag-premier-league","tag-rafael-leao","tag-real-madrid","tag-serie-a","tag-super-lig","tag-tottenham-hotspur","tag-yan-diomande","tag-youri-tielemans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}