Aston Villa among top ten spenders in English football over the past decade
Aston Villa are amongst the top ten spenders in English football over the past decade, according to research conducted around the transfer market.
Villa total a net spend of more than £260m over the past decade, taking into account players sold by the club for a profit too - putting them seventh in the study put together by Paddy Power.
The Villans have splashed the cash once again this summer, with more than £75m spent on the likes of Ollie Watkins, Bertrand Traore, Matty Cash and Emiliano Martinez - with the potential for more to be spent with the transfer window still open.
Wolves aren't too far behind their nearby neighbours, having a net spend of £177m, which puts them 11th in the study, which took all 92 clubs into account.
West Brom sit 17th with a net spend of £107m, with Walsall the only club of the four in a net profit, having made £3.3m over the past decade.
Unsurprisingly, Manchester City sit top of the pile overall, having a net spend of a whopping £867, £50m more than Manchester United, who are second.
Chelsea (£410m) sit third in the study, with Arsenal (£380m), Liverpool (£335m) and Everton (£271m) all above the Midlanders.
No current Premier League side has brought in more money in than they spent, but new boys Leeds have made the smallest loss of any top-flight team (£41m).
