London sides like to keep the cash in the capital but no club shops local more than Bournemouth. They’ve had more players off Southampton than even Liverpool.
Here’s the club every Premier League team has taken most players from since 2000…
Arsenal: Chelsea – 6
Players signed: Petr Cech, David Luiz, Lassana Diarra, Willian, William Gallas, Yossi Benayoun
Total spent: £23.04m
The Gunners have taken half a dozen players off Chelsea but they’ve spent more with 19 other clubs since 2000. Lille, Dortmund and Real Madrid have profited most.
Aston Villa: Tottenham – 8
Players signed: Alan Hutton, Wayne Routledge, Jermaine Jenas, Josh Onomah, Kyle Walker, Simon Dawkins, Öyvind Leonhardsen, David Ginola.
Total spent: £6.48m
Villa have taken most players from Spurs but they spent most at Brentford, splurging £52m on three players between 2017 and 2020.
Bournemouth: Southampton – 17
Players signed: Shane Long, Artur Boruc, Lee Barnard, Danny Seaborne, Andrew Surman, Matt Mills, Leon Best, Simon Gillett, David McGoldrick, Adam Lallana, Jake Thomson, Ryan Doble, Martin Cranie, ,Alan Blayney, Scott McDonald, Neil Moss, Dani Rodrigues
Total spent: £0
All but two of these 17 former Saints were loan deals between the south coast clubs. The Cherries like to shop local – Pompey is the club from which they’ve taken the second-highest number of players.
Brentford: Reading – 12
Players signed: Paul Brooker, Alan Bennett, John Halls, Mikkel Andersen, Alex McCarthy, Simon Cox, Nicholas Bignall, Lloyd Owusu, Ben Hamer, John Salako, Ricky Newman, Anthony Rougier
Total spent: £0
The Bees have had a dozen players for f*** all off Reading. They have spent most at Celtic after coughing up £14.13m for Kristoffer Ajer.
Brighton: Fulham – 7
Players signed: David Button, David Stockdale, Paul Brooker, Ross Flitney, Zesh Rehman, Simon Morgan, Ross Flitney
Total spent: £5.25m
The Seagulls have spent most at PSV Eindhoven having chucked £27m on Jurgen Locadia and Davy Propper.
Chelsea: Barcelona – 7
Players signed: Cesc Fàbregas, Pedro, Boudewijn Zenden, Emmanuel Petit, Deco, Juliano Belletti, Winston Bogarde
Total spent: £89.91m
Chelsea have bought more from Barca but spent most with Real Madrid – £126.9m on Alvaro Morata, Mateo Kovacic, Claude Makelele, Geremi and Mateo Kovacic.
Crystal Palace: West Ham – 7
Players signed: James Tomkins, Cheikhou Kouyate, Carl Fletcher, Freddie Sears, Kyel Reid, Neil Ruddock, Paul Kitson.
Total spent:…
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