Wrexham have leapfrogged Chelsea in the worldwide summer net spend table.
You read that right – the Championship new boys have overtaken a club who have spent close to £2billion since Todd Boehly and BlueCo took the reins in May 2022.
Chelsea’s £26million sale of Renato Veiga to Villarreal on Friday afternoon means the Blues have a net spend of £-20.1m this window, according to Transfermarkt.
And as Wrexham have signed young defender Callum Doyle from Manchester City for £7.5m, their net spend is around £-23.7m.
Obviously, Chelsea have spent significantly more than the Welsh club – in fact, Chelsea’s total outlay of £242m is second only to Liverpool across Europe – but they have made so many sales that their net spend is lower.
But can you guess who has the highest net spend across the globe?
Wrexham have overtaken Chelsea in the worldwide summer net spend table – by a few million
Chelsea’s sale of Renato Veiga means they are 31st in the world and just mid-table among the Premier League sides when it comes to their summer net spend
Manchester United are the highest net spends of the summer so far with an outlay of £199m
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The answer to that question is Manchester United.
Ruben Amorim’s side have splurged an astounding £199m on Benjamin Sesko, Bryan Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha, and Diego leon without selling anybody.
Arsenal trail them closely on £-187m, with a decent gap to Real Madrid in third (£-143m), Liverpool fourth (£-104m), and Manchester City fifth (£-102m).
Chelsea are all the way back in 31st, with Wrexham placing 28th; 12th-highest in the United Kingdom.
Enzo Maresca’s side are still in the hunt for new signings and are expected to target further sales to balance them out.
Veiga is the latest after he was deemed surplus to requirements, having only joined last summer from Basel for £12m.
He was part of the ‘bomb squad’ which found most of its action in the Europa Conference League as opposed to the Premier League.
Other notable net spenders this summer are Sunderland, who place sixth in the world with £-101m, while Newcastle, Tottenham, Leeds Burnley, Everton, and Nottingham Forest all make the top 25.
United pip Arsenal, who place second out of every club in the world with a net spend of £-187m
Liverpool are the second-highest net spenders of all with £-104m and this could still rise
Buying Callum Doyle for £7.5m means that Wrexham have the 12th-highest net spend in the UK
The four Saudi Arabian clubs who have been such notable spenders in recent windows have not reared their heads as much this time.
But we have seen a significant net spend from other Saudi sides, with little-known Al-Qadsiah and Neom SC placing seventh and 14th respectively. Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr come in 18th and 19th to date.
There is still time for this to change, of course, and we can expect radical ones by the end of the window.
Liverpool could yet spend upwards of £110m on Alexander Isak and perhaps up to £45m on Marc Guehi, figures which would blow United out of the water if Arne Slot’s side don’t make further sales.
United, meanwhile, would ideally be looking to shift players such as Alejandro Garnacho, Antony, and Jadon Sancho in moves which would balance out their net spend slightly.
