Football Transfers: Top 15 clubs with highest net debt

The list consists of names of several decorated football teams across Europe involved in big money player transfers this season.

Football transfers has become a subject of intense scrutiny from the viewpoint of footballers, clubs, agents, experts and the broader footballing public. Something more intense than this, though, is the competition that clubs face to sign top talents to strengthen their sides for future assignments. 

In line with the same, we look at the list (as compiled by Spanish tabloid AS) of the clubs who have registered the highest debt in their transfer business this season (2019-20). It includes both the summer and the winter transfer window of January. (Figures of all the football transfers are in million euros)

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15. West Ham United (Debt - €65m) 

Income: €61m

Expenditure: €126m

Players In: Sebastian Haller (40m), Pablo Fornals (28m), Jarrod Bowen (21.3m), Albian Ajeti (8.7m), Daren Randolph (4.7m), Tomas Soucek (loan fee - 4.5m), Goncalo Cardoso (3m)

Players Out: Marko Arnautovic (25m), Pedro Obiang (8m), Chicharito Hernandez (7.75m), Edmilson Fernandes (7.5m), Lucas Perez (2.5m), Reece Oxford (2m), Sam Byram (830,000), Andy Carroll (free), Adrian (free), Samir Nasri (free)

14. Bayer Leverkusen (Debt - €65m)

Income: €38m

Expenditure: €103m

Players In: Kerem Demirbay (32m), Edmond Tapsoba (18m), Exequiel Palacios (17m), Moussa Diaby (15m), Nadiem Amiri (9m), Daley Sinkgraven (5m)

Players Out: Julian Brandt (25m), Dominik Kohr (8.5m), Joel Pohjapalo (loan), Panagiotis Restos (loan)

13. Bayern Munich (Debt - €68m) 

Income: €75m

Expenditure: €143m

Players In: Lucas Hernandez (80m), Benjamin Pavard (35m), Michael Cuisance (12m), Jann-Fiete Arp (3m), Philippe Coutinho (loan fee - 8.5m), Ivan Perisic (loan fee - 5m)

Players Out: Mats Hummels (30.5m), Renato Sanches (20m), Marco Friedl (3.5m), Rafinha (Free), Franck Ribery (free)

12. Sheffield United (Debt - €77m) 

Income: €3m

Expenditure: €80m

Players In: Sander Berge (21.5m), Oliver McBurnie (19m), Lys Mousset (11m), Callum Robinson (8m), Luke Freeman (6m), Ben Osborn (4m), Ravel Morrison (free), Phil Jagielka (free), Dean Henderson (loan)

Players Out: Richard Stearman

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11. SSC Napoli (Debt - €80m) 

Income: €116m

Expenditure: €196m

Players In: Hirving Lozano (38m), Konstantinos Manolas (36m), Alex Meret (22m), Stanislav Lobotka (20m), Andrea Petagna (17m), Eljif Elmas (16m), Amir Rrahmani (14m), Diego Demme (12m), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (8m), David Ospina (3.5m), Matteo Politano (loan  fee - 2.5m), Orestis Karnezis (2.5m), Fernando Llorente (free)

Players Out: Amadou Diawara (21m), Carlos Vinicius (17m), Raul Albiol (5m), Simone Verdi (loan fee - 3m), Adam Ounas (loan fee - 2m), Marko Rog (loan fee - 2m)

10. Manchester City (Debt - €81m) 

Income: €80m

Expenditure: €161m

Players In: Rodrigo (70m), Joao Cancelo (65m), Angelino (12m), Pedro Porro (12m), Zack Steffen (7m)

Players Out: Danilo (37m), Douglas Luiz (16.8m), Fabian Delph (10mn), Manu Garcia (4mn), Vincent Kompany (free), Eliaquim Mangala (free), Angelino (loan)

9. Arsenal FC (Debt - €85m) 

Income: €79m

Expenditure: €164m

Players In: Nicolas Pepe (80m), William Saliba (30m), Kieran Tierney (27m), David Luiz (8.7m), Gabriel Martinelli (6.7m), Pablo Mari (loan fee - 5m), Cedric (loan), Dani Ceballos (loan)

Players Out: Alex Iwobi (30m), Krystian Bielik (8m), Laurent Koscielny (5m), David Ospina (3.5m), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (loan fee - 3m), Carl Jenkinson (2.2m), Takuma Asano (1m), Nacho Monreal (250,000), Stephan Lichsteiner (free), Aaron Ramsey (free), Danny Welbeck (free)

8. Juventus FC (Debt - €94m) 

Income: €141m

Expenditure: €235m

Players In: Matthijs De Ligt (85.5m), Danilo (37m), Dejan Kulusevski (35m), Cristian Romero (26m), Luca Pellegrini (22m), Merih Demiral (18m), Gianluigi Buffon (free), Aaron Ramsey (free), Adrien Rabiot (free)

Players Out: Joao Cancelo (65m), Leonardo Spinnazola (29.5m), Moise Kean (27.5m), Emil Audero (20m), Stefano Sturaro (16.5m), Riccardo Orsolini (15m), Alberto Cerri (9m), Andrea Favilli (7m), Rogerio (6m), Leonardo Mancuso (4.5m), Emre Can (loan fee - 1m), Mario Mandzukic (free)

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7. Inter Milan (Debt - €111m)

Income: €124m

Expenditure: €235m

Players In: Romelu Lukaku (65m), Valentino Lazaro (22.4m), Matteo Politano (21.1m), Christian Eriksen (20m), Nicolo Barella (loan fee - 15m), Ionut Radu (12m), Stefano Sensi (loan fee - 5.5m), Alexis Sanchez (loan), Ashley Young (1.5m), Victor Moses (loan)

Players Out: Mauro Icardi, Gabigol (17.5m), Zinho Vanheusden (11m), Ionut Radu (8m), George Puscas (8m), Ivan Perisic (loan fee - 5m), Christian Ansaldi (2.5m), Matteo Politano (loan fee - 2.5m)

6. AS Monaco (Debt - €121m) 

Income: €90m

Expenditure: €211m

Players In: Wissam ben Yedder (40m), Gelson Martins (30m), Guillermo Maripan (18m), Aurelien Tchouameni (18m), Youssouf Fofana (15m), Henry Onyekuru (13.5m), Benjamin Lecomte (13.5m), Jean Marcelin (10m), Strahinja Pavlovic (10m), Arthur Zagre (10m), Ruben Aguilar (8m), Radoslaw Majecki (8m)

Players Out: Youri Tielemans (45m), Rony Lopes (25m), Ronael-Pierre Gabriel (5.5m), Djibril Sidibe (2.5m), Ibrahim Diallo (2m), Radamel Falcao (free)

5. Tottenham Hotspur (Debt - €141m) 

Income: €63m

Expenditure: €204m

Players In: Tanguy Ndombele (60m), Steven Bergwijn (30m), Ryan Sessegnon (27m), Giovanni Lo Celso (loan fee - 16m), Jack Clarke (11m), Gedson Fernandes (loan fee - 4.5m)

Players Out: Kieran Trippier (22m), Christian Eriksen (20m), Vincent Janssen (9m), Georges-Kevin Nkoudou (4m), Danny Rose (loan fee - 2m), Fernando Llorente (free)

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4. Manchester United (Debt - €151m) 

Income: €93m

Expenditure: €244m

Players In: Harry Maguire (87m), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (55m), Bruno Fernandes (55m), Daniel James (17m), Odion Ighalo (loan)

Players Out: Romelu Lukaku (65m), Chris Smalling (loan fee - 3m), Alexis Sanchez (loan), Matteo Darmian (2.48m), Ander Herrera (free), Ashley Young (1.5m), Antonio Valencia (Free), Marcos Rojo (loan), Dean Henderson (loan)

3. FC Barcelona (Debt - €166m) 

Income: €122mn

Expenditure: €288mn

Players In: Antoine Griezmann (120m), Frenkie De Jong (75m), Neto (26m), Martin Braithwaite (18m), Junior Firpo (18m), Emerson (12m), Marc Cucurella (4m)

Players Out: Malcom (40m), Jasper Cillessen (35m), Paco Alcacer (21m), Philippe Coutinho (loan fee - 8.5m), Emerson (loan fee - 6m), Jean-Clair Todibo (loan fee - 1.5m), Marc Cucurella (loan - 2m)

2. Aston Villa (Debt - €169m)

Income: €3m

Expenditure: €172m

Players In: Wesley (25m), Tyrone Mings (22.3m), Douglas Luiz (16.8m), Matt Targett (15.5m), Ezri Konsa (13.3m), Marvelous Nakamba (12m), Mbwana Samatta(10.5m), Trezeguet (10m), Anwar El Ghazi (9m), Tom Heaton (8.8m), Bjorn Engels (8m), Jota (4.5m), Kortney Hause (3m), Borja Baston (free), Pepe Reina (loan), Danny Drinkwater (loan),

Players Out: Jonathan Kodjia (3m)

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1. Real Madrid (Debt - €181m)

Income: €149m

Expenditure: €330m

Players Out: Mateo Kovacic (45m), Marcos Llorente (30mn), Theo Hernandez (20mn), Keylor Navas (15mn), Jesus Vallejo (loan), Martin Odegaard (loan), Dani Ceballos (loan), Takefusa Kubo (loan), Sergio Reguilon (loan)

Players In: Eden Hazard (100m), Ferland Mendy (48m), Eder Militao (50m), Luka Jovic (60m), Reinier (30m), Rodrygo (45m), Takefusa Kubo (free), Alphonse Areola (on loan), James Rodriguez (return from loan)

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