Leeds United have overseen a fire sale of talent since missing out on promotion to the Premier League last season. Daniel Farkeโs side finished third in the Championship before losing the play-off final and have been unable to hold onto their leading names this summer.
Georginio Rutter is the latest Leeds star to depart for pastures new after Brighton activated the French forwardโs ยฃ40m release clause. Following that sale, Leeds have now entered the top five biggest transfer windows ever in terms of income received from player sales.
The most income received from player sales in a single transfer window
5. Leeds United – ยฃ137.9m (Summer 2024)
Leeds missed out on an automatic return to the Premier League last season as a 1-0 defeat to Southampton in the play-off final condemned the club to another Championship campaign. The vultures have circled Elland Road all summer with the clubโs talented team picked apart.
Archie Gray signed for Tottenham Hotspur after winning the EFL Championship Young Player of the Year award in 2023/24, while Crysencio Summerville โ who scooped the senior award โ joined West Ham in a ยฃ25m deal.
If Leeds sell Georginio Rutter, theyโll have made ยฃ140m in player sales this summer.
The 23 other teams in the Championship have made a ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ยฃ139m.
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โ Second Tier podcast (@secondtierpod) August 15, 2024
The departure of Georgino Rutter brought in ยฃ40m from the Premier League with that trio alone accounting for around ยฃ100m of income this summer. Marc Roca, Diego Llorente, Glen Kamara and Charlie Cresswell are among the others to have moved on for fees.
4. Wolves – ยฃ142m (Summer 2023)
Wolves cashed in on some big names in 2023 as the club sought to remain compliant with the Premier Leagueโs Profit and Sustainability rules.
Ruben Neves was tempted to the Saudi Pro League byย Al-Hilal in a ยฃ47m deal, while Wolves opted to earn an instant profit on record recruit Matheus Nunes, who joined Manchester City for a fee of ยฃ53m after one season at Molineux.
Nathan Collinsโ time in the Old Gold also lasted just one season as the defender joined Brentford, while Conor Coady and Raul Jimenez fetched a combined ยฃ14m after exits to Leicester and Fulham respectively.
3. Southampton โ ยฃ150.9m (Summer 2023)
Southamptonโs relegation from the Premier League in 2022/23 saw a summer exodus at St Maryโs.
Romeo Lavia was biggest sale as the Belgium international joined Chelsea for ยฃ52m, becoming the most expensive teenager in Premier League history. Tino Livramento, James Ward-Prowse, Mohammed Salisu and Nathan Tella also fetched sizeable fees for the Saints.
โฌ ๏ธ Mohammed Salisu – ยฃ17.2m
โฌ ๏ธ Tino Livramento – ยฃ32m
โฌ ๏ธ James Ward-Prowse – ยฃ30m
โฌ ๏ธ Romรฉo Lavia – ยฃ58m*
โฌ ๏ธ Che Adams – ยฃ12m*๐๐๐๐ผ๐: ยฃ149.2m ๐ฐ
Selected Southampton outgoings this summer. ๐ pic.twitter.com/19qGPxGR7u
โ Football Daily (@footballdaily) August 18, 2023
2. Brighton โ ยฃ180m (Summer 2023)
Brighton have built a reputation for money-making in the transfer market, signing low-cost gems and turning them into profit.
Brighton banked a potential ยฃ115m British transfer record from Chelsea for Moises Caicedo in 2023, while Alexis Mac Allister also headed to Liverpool in a ยฃ35m deal.
Incredibly, Chelsea have been responsible for more than half of the ยฃ480m that the Seagulls have brought in from player and manager exits since the turn of the century. The West Londoners also splashed ยฃ25m on Spanish shot-stopper Robert Sanchez last summer.
Chelsea โ ยฃ232m (Summer 2023)
Chelsea might be the biggest spenders in the Premier League but the Blues also hold the record for the most income received in a single window.
To offset the record-breaking ยฃ435.5m spent in the 2023 summer transfer window, Chelsea offloaded a number of big names to recoup more than half that outlay. Among the exits were Mason Mount, Kai Havertz and Mateo Kovacic, who joined Premier League rivals for a combined ยฃ145m.
๐ต Chelsea this summer:
โก๏ธ Ins:
๐ช๐จ Moisรฉs Caicedo – ยฃ115M
๐ง๐ช Romรฉo Lavia – ยฃ58M
๐ซ๐ท Christopher Nkunku – ยฃ53M
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Cole Palmer – ยฃ45M
๐ซ๐ท Axel Disasi – ยฃ38.7M
๐ธ๐ณ Nicolas Jackson – ยฃ32M
๐ซ๐ท Lesley Ugochukwu – ยฃ23M
๐ช๐ธ Robert Sanchez – ยฃ20M
๐ง๐ท Angelo Gabriel – ยฃ13Mโฌ ๏ธ Out:
๐ฉ๐ช Kaiโฆ pic.twitter.com/sUso32QdMMโ Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) September 1, 2023
Kalidou Koulibaly and Edouard Mendy headed to the Saudi Pro League, while Chelsea brought in ยฃ32m from AC Milan for Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Christian Pulisic.
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