RANKED:Premier League's Biggest Spenders: Which Owner Invests Most?

The Premier League, known for its thrilling football style of play, financial prowness in the tranfer market spending extravagantly on top talents around the world. Also has the best lucrative broadcast deals, sponsorships, and the commercial potential of football. Club owners are prepared to invest heavily in their squads injeting huge sum of money into their teams, vying for on-field success and the desired Premier League title.

This blog post analysis delves into the Premier League’s biggest spenders, ranking the club owners based on their investment in player transfers, facilities, and other essential aspects of squad development. Information in this post where gathered from historical reports, annual accounts and data collected by football finance experts.

Let's dive in, the ranking is based on the biggest spenders to the smallest spenders

1. Chelsea ($2.65bn)- BlueCo Group

No english team owner has spent more money into their squad than BlueCo group at Chelsea. The BlueCo takeover of Chelsea is the biggest the PremierLeague has seen in its history. The BlueCo tookover from Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich who was sactioned by the UK goverment during Russia invasion of Ukraine. Under Roman Abramovich ownership, his investment yielded huge success, winning the Premier League title five times and a Champions League trophy.

BlueCo group bought Chelsea in 2022 for £2.5billion, as well as committing an extra £1.75billion for infrastructure (i.e. Renovating the Stamford Bridge, the club's home stadium, the academy, the Women's team). Since then, more than £1billion have benn invested into signing new players, showcasing a commitment to reinforcing the squad.

2. Manchester City (£1.5bn)-Sheikh Mansour

The Abu Dhabi United Group's ownership transformed Manchester City into a dominant force in the Premier League. In 2008, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan the owner of Abu Dhabi United Group struck a deal to buy under-performing Manchester City for £200million. Since then, the new owner spending spree habit has transformed the club into a dominant force which the Premier League hasn't seen, winning a record-breaking four Premier League title in a row and a Champions League trophy.

Manchester City has been accused of breaching the Premier League spending rules on 115 occasions, something they denied.

3. Arsenal (£1.26bn)- Stan Kroenke

4. Fulham (£938m)- Shahid Khan

Shahid Khan who was one of the first American Investors in the Premier League bought, Fulham for £150 million a decade ago. He also has a Jacksonville Jaguars team in the American football League Soccer. Since the takeover Fulham are yet to record a profit, with losses peaking at £94million in 2020-21.

5. Everton (£878m)- Farhad Moshiri

Currently bottom of the Premier League table, Everton owners has been marked by significant spending, particularly during Marco Silva's tenure. The Evert onowner injected £750 million into the Toffees, big part of the money will be funded into the ongoing construction of the club's new stadium.

6. Manchester United (£845m)- Glazer family

Manchester United owners have been hit with critism from for the fans about their management approach. However, their financial investment in the squad cannot be underestimated spending a total of £477million since the takeover in 2005. But according to New York Stock Exchange in 2012, dividends paid over the Glazers’ tenure run to £432million. Which leaves the owners cash injection into the club as £45 million of their own money in almost two decades.

7. Aston Villa (£582m)- V Sports

Since taking over the club in 2018, the new owners have showed willingness to invest into the club. With over £522million funded into the club, with an additional contribution of £123million in 2022-23 alone. Their aim is to return the club to its former glory as a consistent top-half side. Strategic signings under manager Unai Emery are critical to their long-term objectives.