£40M+ Transfers...

[Ron_Justice]

Incredible. Evan after sealing promotion, I never in my wildest dreams thought we'd spend. We all know CWAK, Mitchell etc. have pulled out some blinders in the past and the combination of their transfer philosophy and a very healthy wedge of PL cash is, quite frankly, making me giddy at the prospect of the coming season. Incredible.

Beyond all that, the £40M+ figure got me wondering: Prior to this window, how long do we have to go back for the club to have accrued £40M in player purchases? It's got be a good few years, is there an online resource out there that has historic sales/purchase figures or perhaps our illustrious members here can shed some light?

 

[BLADES1988]

At a guess, 25 years

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Incredible. Evan after sealing promotion, I never in my wildest dreams thought we'd spend. We all know CWAK, Mitchell etc. have pulled out some blinders in the past and the combination of their transfer philosophy and a very healthy wedge of PL cash is, quite frankly, making me giddy at the prospect of the coming season. Incredible.

Beyond all that, the £40M+ figure got me wondering: Prior to this window, how long do we have to go back for the club to have accrued £40M in player purchases? It's got be a good few years, is there an online resource out there that has historic sales/purchase figures or perhaps our illustrious members here can shed some light?

PorkTalk probably....

 

[Geordie Blade]

Beyond all that, the £40M+ figure got me wondering: Prior to this window, how long do we have to go back for the club to have accrued £40M in player purchases? It's got be a good few years, is there an online resource out there that has historic sales/purchase figures or perhaps our illustrious members here can shed some light?

Going back to 2006, I reckon we spent around £52.2m before this summer (plus a few undisclosed fees). Look away before scrolling too far down, if you have an aversion to wasted money...

2018/19: Total £6.0m
Egan (£4.0m)
Norwood (£2.0m)

2017/18: Total £5.0m
Stearman (£0.8m)
Evans, L (£0.8m)
Leonard (£0.7m)
Baldock (£0.6m)
Evans, C (£0.5m)
Lundstram (£0.5m)
Holmes (£0.4m)
Heneghan (£0.4m)
Thomas (£0.3m)

2016/17: Total £0.7m
Moore (£0.5m)
Hanson (£0.2m)
Clarke, Carruthers, JOC, Hussey, Lavery undisclosed, I think.

2015/16: Total £0.5m
Sharp (£0.5m)

2014/15: Total £2.2m
Brayford (£2.1m)
McNulty (£0.1m)
Higden, Coutts, Done, Adams undisclosed.

2013/14: Total £0.8m
Baxter (£0.4m)
Taylor, L (£0.2m)
Scougall (£0.2m)

2012/13: Total £0.0m
Murphy, Blackman undisclosed.

2011/12: Total £0.1m
Flynn (£0.1m)

2010/11: Total £0.2m
Collins (£0.2m)

2009/10: Total £6.6m
Evans, C (£3.1m)
Cresswell (£1.1m)
Yeates (£0.7m)
Williamson (£0.6m)
Taylor, A (£0.5m)
Reid, K (£0.4m)
Aksalu (£0.2m)

2008/09: Total £6.0m
Henderson (£2.7m)
Cotterill (£2.3m)
Ward (£0.5m)
Howard (£0.5m)

2007/08: Total £8.1m
Beattie (£4.0m)
Sharp (£2.7m)
Naysmith (£1.3m)
Carney (£0.1m)

2006/07: Total £16.0m
Kilgallon (£3.4m)
Davis (£3.1m)
Hulse (£3.1m)
Shelton (£2.4m)
Kazim-Richards (£1.3m)
Stead (£1.0m)
Fathi (£0.9m)
Leigertwood (£0.7m)
Bennett (£0.1m)