The Championship’s ‘net spend’ table

WHAT IS A ‘NET SPEND`?

In Football, a net spend is the amount of money a club has spent on transfer fees minus the amount raised in player sales. For example, if a club buys one player costing £5m but sells another player for £4m, their net spend is £1m.

WHO ARE THE CHAMPIONSHIP`S BIGGEST / LOWEST NET SPENDERS?

Aston Villa are the Championship`s highest net spenders of the summer so far. New manager Roberto Di Matteo`s net spend is £11.9m. Surprisingly, Bristol City are second with a net spend of £6.6m.

Newcastle United are the lowest net spenders despite splashing the cash this summer However, The Geordies have made a transfer window profit of £12.8m by selling players giving them a net spend of minus £12.8m. It is similar situation with Norwich, who have a net spend of minus £9.4m.

At the time of writing, Blues` net spend is £700,000. Of course, the below table will change between now and the end of the transfer window on August 31 – but this is a good indication of the money that has been spent so far.

CHAMPIONSHIP NET SPENDERS LEAGUE TABLE

Aston Villa (£11.9m)
Bristol City (£6.6m)
Sheffield Wed (£5.6m)
Huddersfield Town (£3.7m)
Cardiff City (£3.5m)
Wigan Athletic (£2.6m)
Preston North End (£1.6m)
Ipswich Town (£1.5m)
Rotherham United (£1.1m)
Fulham (£1.08m)
Barnsley (£1m)
Birmingham City (£0.7m)
Burton Albion (£0.4m)
Brighton (-£0.1m)
Wolves (-£0.8m)
Nottingham Forest (-£1m)
Reading (-£1.3m)
Leeds United (-£2.7m)
QPR (-£4m)
Derby County (-£4.5m)
Blackburn Rovers (-£5.5m)
Brentford (-£6m)
Norwich City (-£9.4m)
Newcastle United (-£12.8)