{"id":291846,"date":"2025-07-25T23:47:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T23:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/291846\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T23:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T23:47:14","slug":"championship-net-spend-table-since-2020-wrexham-above-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/291846\/","title":{"rendered":"Championship net spend table since 2020: Wrexham above Birmingham…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the 2020-21 season, 11 Championship<\/a> clubs have a positive net spend, while the other 13 have spent more on transfer fees than they\u2019ve received.<\/p>\n

While the lure of Premier League football is becoming increasingly lucrative, Championship clubs are spending more money than ever before in order to compete.<\/p>\n

Clubs that have made it to the Premier League in recent years do have a significant financial advantage over those who haven\u2019t, given they are in receipt of parachute payments.<\/p>\n

The clubs that are relegated from the Premier League are given roughly\u00a0\u00a330million each season for three years.<\/p>\n

Given the level of money that clubs need to spend in order to make themselves competitive when they do reach the Premier League, it won\u2019t come as much of a surprise that newly relegated Ipswich, Southampton and Leicester all rank highly on the net-spend table.<\/p>\n

Since 2020-21, Ipswich have a net spend of\u00a0-\u20ac134.16million, with the bulk of that figure coming from last season in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Likewise, Southampton and Sheffield United have also made significant outlays in the transfer market in recent years, with both clubs having a net spend of above\u00a0\u20ac35million.<\/p>\n

Of the clubs in the top six of the net spend table, Coventry are the only side who haven\u2019t received parachute payments in the last five years.<\/p>\n

Instead, they\u2019ve been able to generate funds via player sales, with the likes of\u00a0Viktor Gyokeres and\u00a0Gustavo Hamer being sold for significant fees.<\/p>\n

However, despite those sales, Coventry still have a net spend of over\u00a0\u20ac24million across the last five years. Since 2023-24, Coventry have spent around \u20ac60million on new players.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Wrexham have a slightly higher net spend than Birmingham since 2020, despite the Welsh club paying significantly less on transfer fees during the last five years.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because Birmingham\u2019s large spend has been offset by player sales like Jude Bellingham and\u00a0Jordan James, whereas Wrexham haven\u2019t had any major sales in recent years.<\/p>\n

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Watford have made significantly more from player sales than they\u2019ve spent in recent years.<\/p>\n

In total, they made a net profit of over\u00a0\u20ac160million in the transfer market since the 2021-22 campaign.<\/p>\n

Since being relegated form the Premier League, the club has sold the likes of\u00a0Yaser Asprilla,\u00a0Ismael Kone,\u00a0Joao Pedro,\u00a0Ismaila Sarr,\u00a0Hassane Kamara and\u00a0Emmanuel Dennis all for significant sums of money.<\/p>\n

Blackburn Rovers rank 23rd on the net spend table, having not spent much themselves and having sold the likes of\u00a0Adam Wharton and\u00a0Sammie Szmodics for significant profits.<\/p>\n

Other clubs such as Middlesbrough, Swansea, Bristol City and Norwich have also generated significant funds via player sales and rank quite low on the net-spend table.<\/p>\n

Using figures provided by Transfermarkt, here is the full breakdown of each Championship club\u2019s net spend since the 2020-21 campaign.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Ipswich Town: -\u20ac134.16million
2. Southampton: -\u20ac59.46million
3.\u00a0Sheffield United: -\u20ac36.64million
4. West Brom: -\u20ac28.05million
5. Coventry: -\u20ac24.68million
6. Leicester City: -\u20ac20.13million
7. Preston North End: -\u20ac12.09million
8. Wrexham: -\u20ac10.66million
9. Birmingham: -\u20ac8.17million
10. Charlton: -\u20ac5.58million
11. Millwall: -\u20ac4.27million
12. Portsmouth: -\u20ac4.27million
13. Sheffield Wednesday: -\u20ac3.89million
14. Oxford United: +\u20ac1.79million
15. Derby County: +\u20ac5.28million
16. QPR: +\u20ac9.07million
17. Stoke City: +\u20ac9.49million
18. Hull City: +\u20ac9.82million
19. Middlesbrough: +\u20ac20.41million
20. Swansea: +\u20ac23.60million
21. Bristol City: +\u20ac23.71million
22. Norwich City: +\u20ac35.31million
23. Blackburn Rovers: +\u20ac41.32million
24. Watford: +\u20ac169.31million<\/p>\n

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