Do Leicester Spend Like a Top 4 Club?
If you look at net spend over the past 5 years, so thats how much they spend on transfers & wages minus recouped transfer fees, Leicester have a net spend of £123 million.
To put that in context, Arsenal have spent £332.73 mil
Chelsea £240.33 mil
Villa £221.42 mil
Everton £220.60 mil
Manchester City £418.52 mil
Man United £479.04 mil
My own club Leeds United have actually spent more over the past five years than Leicester City have with a net spend of £135 million and for three of those years we were in the championship.
So do Leicester spend like a top four club? No, not remotely and to suggest otherwise is really doing them a huge disservice. All figures from transfermarket.co.uk, the link is below.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/fuenfjahresvergleich/wettbewerb/GB1