Transfer Budgets

The Muppet

PHB wrote:

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Well, I was kinda hoping somebody would post the data about wages, so might be best to keep it yearly until that is posted.
In terms of the other stuff, it gets very complicated in terms of who did what imo. Like, if you discount the cost of buying Cisse, do you discount the gain from the potential selling of him? It gets it a bit messy when you go past clubs, and the stuff Muppet posted should really be used as a general guideline more than anything else.

Getting accurate data about wages is going to be difficult if not impossible. I think it would be fair to assume that there would not be any significant change to the figures even if we could include wages. I doubt there is any hugh difference between the various clubs wage structure.

Actual tranfers should not be discounted. The spreadsheet is an accurate reflection of the money the 6 clubs have spent on purchasing players.

therecklessone

FWIW, wage bills for 2005/06:

Chelsea (£114m)
Manchester United (£85m)
Arsenal (£83m)
Liverpool (£69m)
Newcastle (£52m)
Tottenham (£41m)

PHB

therecklessone wrote:

FWIW, wage bills for 2005/06:

Chelsea (£114m)
Manchester United (£85m)
Arsenal (£83m)
Liverpool (£69m)
Newcastle (£52m)
Tottenham (£41m)

Is there anywhere you can get the yearly data for this?

therecklessone

The Deloitte & Touche yearly report mentions them I believe, but I think you have to pay for the full report.

The Muppet

therecklessone wrote:

The Deloitte & Touche yearly report mentions them I believe, but I think you have to pay for the full report.

Are those figures for Players wages only or is it for the total club staff?

The Insider

Thought this was interesting in the context of this discussion:

Top 20 Largest Transfers in English Football:

Shevchenko £30M (CFC)
Ferdinand £29M (MUFC)
Veron £28M (MUFC)
Essien £26M (CFC)
Rooney £25M (MUFC
Drogba £24M (CFC)
SWP £23M (CFC)
RVN £18.5M (MUFC)
Carrick £18M (MUFC)
Carvalho £18M (CFC)
Ferdinand £18M (LEEDS)
Hargreaves £17M (MUFC)
Nani £17M (MUFC)
Reyes £16M (AFC)
Anderson £16M (MUFC)
Obi-Mikel £16M (CFC)
Duff £16M (CFC)
Owen £16M (NUFC)
Shearer £15M) (NUFC)
Veron £15M (CFC)

Edit: Ferdinand was not on there for the transfer from West Ham to Leeds, added him again and removed Cisse.

therecklessone

The Muppet wrote:

Are those figures for Players wages only or is it for the total club staff?

I've no idea Tom, Spurs and Newcastle both publish yearly accounts if you want to cross-reference.

PHB

There was an error in the Newcastle spreadsheet, but it's fixed now.

ciaran76

Maybe this sheet could be updated again as a few big transfers have happened recently.

PHB

Ok updated to include the latest transfers, pretty sure I got them all, key data is:

Total Net:

Chelsea £364,670,000
Manchester United £176,559,500
Liverpool £174,110,000
Newcastle United £144,721,000
Tottenham £119,577,500
Arsenal £55,776,000

The Managers Total Net since 04/05:

Mourinho £185,930,000
Fergie £95,370,000
Benitez £82,970,000
Jol £59,750,000
Newcastle United £54,350,000
Wenger £4,620,000

Still lots to be done this summer though

PHB

ok, added in Liverpools new transfers and sales, as are Chelseas.

Still a bit of work to be done, specifically United : Tevez in, the players to be sold, and Liverpool are signing one more apparently. Also, Arsenal surely couldn't be done in the market yet.

PHB

ok, added all the transfers up to the current day for the top clubs.
Findings are.....

Fergie V Benitez V Mourinho V Jol V Wenger V Newcastle

Net Spend 04/05 to Present Day

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Total Net

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Average per year
Mourinho

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£185,930,000

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£61,976,667
Fergie

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£83,070,000

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£27,690,000
Benitez

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£78,770,000

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£26,256,667
Newcastle United--£53,850,000

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£17,950,000
Jol

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£58,250,000

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£19,416,667
Wenger

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£-480,000

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£-160,000

Wenger never ceases to amaze me.

JPA

I haven't looked through this thread but why are Newcastle top 5?

PHB

Cause they spend a ****load of money