Total Premiership spending....

[Braggster]

Re Pompey - quite so, TLOB.

Spurs/Arsenal are an interesting case, agreed.

Though I would maintain that you have to include wages to get the true picture. They are at least as important as fees, in fact probably more important. And arse are less parsimonious with wages than with transfer fees.

 

[Joycee Banercheck]

Part of the answer is, in Pompey's case, to regard the reported figures with extreme suspicion.

and the dodgy ownership deals

-- Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:35 pm --

Spurs have spent a fair bit haven't they? I suppose that's what happens though when you sell your squad and then buy it all back a year later.

the thing I find amazing is that Spurs and Liverpool have spent in total £200m more than Arsenal over a sustained period of time and yet they have very little to show for it.

Ramos ballsed it all up though. Why they got rid of Jol I'll never know. That set them back a season at least.

 

[tonea2003]

frightening really the amount of poppy you have to spend just to get competitive in the prem.
just shows the mid table and below brigade have absolutely no chance of succeeding

 

[Invisible_Goat]

Premiership Transfer Profit(since 1997/98):

Manchester United -£214,380,000.
Chelsea -£501,102,000.
Liverpool -£223,158,600.
Arsenal -£27,958,500.
Everton -£47,970,000.
Aston Villa -£140,148,000.
Tottenham -£298,642,500.
Man City -£331,188,300.

Any other clubs you want?

The problem with this info is that, back when the premiere league started you could buy a top top player for much less money...inflation has rocketed, especially recently...consider that we spent 20 odd mil on lescott, and back in 1996 Alan Shearer was bought for £15mil....so if the prices had been the same then rags would have probly spent near to a billion, becuase for years they were the team that spent the most money on players

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

Premiership Transfer Profit(since 1997/98):

Manchester United -£214,380,000.
Chelsea -£501,102,000.
Liverpool -£223,158,600.
Arsenal -£27,958,500.
Everton -£47,970,000.
Aston Villa -£140,148,000.
Tottenham -£298,642,500.
Man City -£331,188,300.

Any other clubs you want?

The problem with this info is that, back when the premiere league started you could buy a top top player for much less money...inflation has rocketed, especially recently...consider that we spent 20 odd mil on lescott, and back in 1996 Alan Shearer was bought for £15mil....so if the prices had been the same then rags would have probly spent near to a billion, becuase for years they were the team that spent the most money on players

well it's hard for me to come up with a conversion rate.

 

[theres only one carlito]

Can someone help me out with an argument vs a rag?

Im looking for stats on us + 'the big four'-total spending (on tansfer fees) over the following periods


1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Since the prem started


Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Right mate! Uniteds total spend on players since 92/93 324.54m. Give or take a bit. City's total spend for the same period 316.14m. However there are a few discrepencies with both totals because some players i couldnt find a transfer fee for so if you find these and add them on their respective totals. UNITED-Erik Nevland,Anderson,Kuszczak,Nani,Manucho,Z Tosic. CITY-Bernardo Corradi,Valeri Bojinov,Vedran Corluka,Shay Given,Nidel de jong,P Zabaletta,Tal ben haim,C Tevez. Have to say that we have spent a hell of a lot on a lot of crap if im honest some off the players we have bought is crazy looking back. hope this helps m8.<br /><br />-- Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:13 pm --<br /><br />

• steve finney FREE terry phelan 2.5m nicky summerbee 1.5m peter beagrie 1.1 paul walsh 750k uwe rosler 750k david rocastle 2m carl griffiths 500k alan kernaghan 1.6m john burridge free ray kelly 30k scott hiley 250k mikhail kavelashvilli 1.4m nigel clough 1.5m martin phillips 500k gerry creaney 1.5m eike immel 400k kinkladze 2m kit symons 1.2m nicky weaver 200k ged brannan 750k tommy wright 450k paul beesley 500k kevin horlock 1.25m neil heaney 500k eddie mcgoldrick 300k paul dickov 1.0m ian bishop free shaun goater 400k jamie pollock 1m richard jobson free andy porteous free craig russell 1m mutaz shelia 400k barry conlon free tony scully 200k lee bradbury 3.0m terry cooke 1m gareth taylor 400k andy morrisson 80k alf inge haaland 2.5m spencer prior 500k tony grant 450k rob taylor 1.5m danny granville 1m lee peacock 500k mark kennedy 1m carlo nash 100k darren huckerby 3.0m laurent charvet 1m richard dunne 3m paul ritchie 500k steve howey 2m george weah free david sommiel 3.5m karim kerker free mickkel bischoff 750k peter schmicheal free trevor sinclair 2.5m paul bosvelt free ant sibierski 700k c reyna 2.5m steve macmanaman free gert de veilgar free ben thatcher 100k david james 2m ronald watereus free danny mills free paulo wanchope 3.65m osmane dabo free joe hart 600k mathew mills 250k g samaras 6m d vassell 2m a cole free anelka 13m m v vuoso 3.5m s distin 4m sun jihai 2m jon maken 5m niclas jensen 700k christian negouai 1.5m lucien mettomo 1.5m alioune toure free nicky summerbee free eyal berkovic 1.5m simon colosimo nominal stuart pearce free micheal tarnat free robbie fowler 6m micheal ball free andreas issaksson 2m hatem trebelsi free dietmar hamman 400k benjani 3.87m felipe caicedo 5.2m elano 8m javier garrido 1.5m martin petrov 4.7m giovanni free rolando bianchi 8.8m craig bellamy 14m wayne bridge 12m robinho 32.5m glauber berti free sweep 9m v kompany 6m jo 18m adam johnson 7m p viera free j lescott 24m sylvinho free kolo toure 16m g bary 12m santa cruz 17.5 m.

 

[johnniecity]

dont forget harrys back pocket

Some other clubs transfer profits:

Portsmouth +£16,276,500.
Leeds -£20,533,500.
Newcastle -£135,072,000.

It really does beggar belief how Pompey can have made a £16m profit in transfers over the last decade yet still be in their current financial meltdown, they must have been paying wages and signing on fees that were astronomical.

 

[Whitworth warrior]

Premiership Transfer Profit(since 1997/98):

Manchester United -£214,380,000.
Chelsea -£501,102,000.
Liverpool -£223,158,600.
Arsenal -£27,958,500.
Everton -£47,970,000.
Aston Villa -£140,148,000.
Tottenham -£298,642,500.
Man City -£331,188,300.

Any other clubs you want?

The problem with this info is that, back when the premiere league started you could buy a top top player for much less money...inflation has rocketed, especially recently...consider that we spent 20 odd mil on lescott, and back in 1996 Alan Shearer was bought for £15mil....so if the prices had been the same then rags would have probly spent near to a billion, becuase for years they were the team that spent the most money on players

United paid over the odds back then just like City are doing now, so that's evened out.

 

[Blue Train]

This means nothing without taking inflation into effect.

In 1989 United paid a paltry £2.3m for Gary Pallister, whereas in 2009 we blew £24m on Joleon Lescott. Is it fair to compare the two fees side by side?

What this doesn't take into account is that in 1989 that was 'the national record for a defender at the time, as well as being the highest fee between British clubs and the second highest fee to be paid by a British club'.

United under Ferguson blew everyone out of the water consistently over 20 years. Until Chelsea started to outbid them they were the biggest spenders in Europe every close season. They bought their success more than anyone.

We have spent a major wedge of inflated fees in three seasons to transform us from a relegation team to a title challenging team. In real terms it comes nowhere near what they've spent to buy their success.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

This means nothing without taking inflation into effect.

In 1989 United paid a paltry £2.3m for Gary Pallister, whereas in 2009 we blew £24m on Joleon Lescott. Is it fair to compare the two fees side by side?

What this doesn't take into account is that in 1989 that was 'the national record for a defender at the time, as well as being the highest fee between British clubs and the second highest fee to be paid by a British club'.

United under Ferguson blew everyone out of the water consistently over 20 years. Until Chelsea started to outbid them they were the biggest spenders in Europe every close season. They bought their success more than anyone.

We have spent a major wedge of inflated fees in three seasons to transform us from a relegation team to a title challenging team. In real terms it comes nowhere near what they've spent to buy their success.

but how do you judge what that rate of inflation is?