This in depth analysis by Sporting Intelligence is mainly focused on Arsenal whose net spending on transfers over the period 2000-12 was one tenth that of Chelsea. It attempts to assess how successful or otherwise Arsene Wenger’s strategy has been.
This in depth analysis by Sporting Intelligence is mainly focused on Arsenal whose net spending on transfers over the period 2000-12 was one tenth that of Chelsea. It attempts to assess how successful or otherwise Arsene Wenger’s strategy has been.
It does have data about other clubs, including the spending on net transfers and wages by the ‘top six’ clubs over the twelve year period. Chelsea come top with a spend of £2.078 billion. The two Manchester clubs are close to each other, United on £1.43bn and City on £1.4bn. Liverpool follow on £1.1bn with Spurs on £777m.
One of the most interesting pieces of data is a breakdown of wages at Arsenal in the year to 1990 before the formation of the Premier League. The top salary was in the £240k-£250k range and the next highest payment was £150k-£155k.