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#6 Tottenham Hotspur - £207 million
Current Premier League leaders Tottenham Hotspur have always been shrewd operators in the transfer market.
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Ahead of the 2020-21 season, Spurs spent big to improve their defense and midfield. This included the purchase of Tanguy Ndombele for £54 million. But the result was their worst finish (7th) in 12 years.
Before a quiet transfer window in 2018-19, Spurs splurged to bring in Davinson Sanchez, Lucas Moura, Serge Aurier and Fernando Llorente. The London club let go Kyle Walker to Manchester City for £47.4 million.
After a disappointing seventh-place finish last season, Spurs have brought in the likes of Bryan Gil, Emerson Royal and Pape Sarr this summer. They have also managed to keep hold of their talisman, Harry Kane, despite strong interest from Manchester City.
Although these are early days in the season, Spurs are the only team to win all three Premier League games this season. It remains to be seen how Nuno Espirito Santo's men fare in the sterner tests ahead.
#5 Everton - £221 million
One of a handful of clubs never to have endured relegation from the Premier League, Everton had a quiet transfer window this summer.
The Liverpool-based club spent big last year bringing in the likes of Ben Godfrey, Allan, Abdoulaye Doucore and James Rodriguez. But they only finished tenth after a promising start to the season.
Everton splurged over £100 million ahead of the 2019-20 campaign, but finished a lowly 12th. Significant departures that summer included Idrissa Gueye and Nikola Vlasic. A year ago, they brought in the likes of Richarlison, Yerry Mina and Lucas Digne for almost £80 million. But Everton didn't qualify for Europe that time either.
In 2017-18, Everton spent close to £200 million, signing the likes of Gylfi Sigurdsson, Jordan Pickford, Davy Klaasen and Theo Walcott. They let go of the prolific Romelu Lukaku for £76.2 million to Manchester United.
Four years later, Everton are yet to have a top-five Premier League finish in eight years. It remains to be seen if they can break into the upper echelons of the Premier League this season under the management of Rafa Benitez.
#4 Chelsea - £239 million
Chelsea have been one of the big spenders across Europe, especially in the last two seasons.
The defending Champions League winners have made many quality additions to their roster in the last five years. This season, the Blues incredibly recorded a negative net spend (-£2.1 million). Despite splurging over £100 million to bring in Romelu Lukaku, they let go Tammy Abraham, Kurt Zouma and Fikayo Tomori, among other fringe players.
Last summer, despite the COVID-19 pandemic wrecking clubs' finances, Chelsea spent over £200 million in an extensive overhaul. They brought in the likes of Timo Werner, Kai Havertz, Hakim Ziyech, Ben Chilwell and Eduoard Mendy. Five of those six players, barring Ziyech, had promising debut campaigns for the Premier League giants.
Slapped with a transfer ban by FIFA ahead of the 2019-20 campaign, Chelsea made Mateo Kovavic's loan move permanent and sold Eden Hazard for £103.5 million. A year prior to that, Chelsea splurged close to £200 million to bring in Kepa Arrizabalaga, Christian Pulisic and Jorginho, while letting go of Thibaut Courtois for £31.5 million.
Shortly after winning the 2016-17 Premier League, the Blues had one of their most prolific transfer windows in years. They brought in the likes of Alvaro Morata, Danny Drinkwater, Antonio Rudiger and Olivier Giroud. Except for Giroud and Rudiger, the others largely failed to make any impact, though.
That summer, the Premier League giants let go Diego Costa, Nemanja Matic, Nathan Ake and Juan Cuadrado. Those four players were sold for almost £175 million, which helped the Blues balance their books.
