Everton's surprising position in Premier League net spend table across the past five years

With the international break in full swing, Everton and Liverpool fans have been left wanting after just three games.

For Everton, it may have come at the right time. Another disappointing start has set in motion another gloomy outlook but it is almost a mirror image from the start of last season, so there is hope for an improved campaign when club football returns.

They were charged and found guilty of breaching PSR rules last season and suffered two separate points deductions which almost thrust them into relegation trouble but, when looking at the net spend across the last five years, Everton factor very low in the Premier League standings.

Poor spending has seen the club struggle overall after what was an initial promise when Farhad Moshiri took over control of the club in 2016. There was a lot of money allocated to signing players but many of those deals took the club backwards rather than forwards - and they went from European football to languishing in relegation battles.

Big departures over the last five years have included Amadou Onana (£50m) Moise Kean (£25m) Richarlison (£60m) Antony Gordon (£45m) and Lucas Digne (£25m). While the biggest signings included Ben Godfrey (£25m) Allan (£22m) Amadou Onana (£35m) and Beto (£25m) and it’s clear the club have allowed top players to leave without replacing them accordingly.

Their most recent window saw Iliman Ndiaye, Jake O’Brien and Tim Iroegbunam arrive on permanent transfers and only time will tell how their careers play out - the hope is that it’s better than those that have come before. With all the noise around spending and net spend and transfer totals, we’ve decided to focus on the full net spend list for all 20 teams.

20th - Everton: £27.66m

19th - Wolves: £-12.74m

18th - Leicester City: £-23.36m

17th - Brighton: £-38.08m

16th - Southampton: £-60.26m

15th - Brentford: £-95.7m

14th - Ipswich Town: £-111.85m

13th - Bournemouth: £-118.00m

12th - Fulham: £-123.39m

11th - Manchester City: £-139.11m

10th - Crystal Palace: £-146.3m

9th - Aston Villa: £-217m

8th - Nottingham Forest: £-223.66m

7th - Liverpool: £-253.1m

6th - West Ham: £-276.6m

5th - Newcastle: £-370.98m

4th - Tottenham: £-458.78m

3rd - Arsenal: £-469.63m

2nd - Manchester United: £-547.96m

1st - Chelsea: £-795.24m