Not surprisingly, Manchester City top the list with a whopping £12.9m paid in fees. Second in the list are Chelsea, with £9.6m in fees. Liverpool are third with £6.7m, while Tottenham Hotspur are fourth with £6.1m. Wigan Athletic are a surprising fifth with £5.5m. Only three clubs spent less than £1m- Birmingham, Stoke and Burnley.

It is the first time the Premier League has officially released this figures. The trend was started by the Football League around five years ago. The FA welcomed the Premier League’s disclosure, saying it would certainly help to bring about more transparency. The clubs spent around £70m across 800 transactions, averaging around £87,500/- per transaction.

1.) Manchester City £12,874,283
2.) Chelsea £9,562,223
3.) Liverpool £6,657,305
4.) Tottenham £6,066,935
5.) Wigan £5,527,548
6.) Arsenal £4,760,241
7.) West Ham £3,576,972
8.) Portsmouth £3,184,725
9.) Bolton £3,166,611
10.) Everton £2,008,407
11.) Sunderland £2,007,040
12.) Aston Villa £1,708,374
13.) Blackburn £1,610,885
14.) Hull £1,599,188
15.) Manchester United £1,517,393
16.) Fulham £1,469,258
17.) Wolves £1,235,703
18.) Birmingham £974,982
19.) Stoke £716,042
20.) Burnley £468,398