Premier League spending

The summer net spend table and what does it tell us?

1st Chelsea -112m
2nd Arsenal -90m
3rd West Ham -85m
4th Nottingham Forest -73m
5th Newcastle United -56m
6th Tottenham Hotspur -54m
7th Manchester United -51m
8th Southampton -48m
9th Brentford -31m
10th Crystal Palace -27m
11th Fulham -26m
12th Liverpool -14m
13th Wolves -12m
14th Bournemouth -10m
15th Aston Villa -8m
16th Leeds 0m
17th Leicester City 0m
18th Brighton +14m
19th Everton +30m
20th Manchester City +74m

It's interesting that Chelsea are out in front and seem like they have barely got started if links to Cucurella, KWP, Fofana and De Jong are anything to go by. Also exits touted for Alonso, Azpilicueta, Werner, Ziyech and Kepa. A monumental rebuild and an expensive one.

Arsenal continue to heavily back Arteta, surely he has to deliver a top 4 finish this season. Will they continue to invest this summer? There can't be much left in the bank.

West Ham have a tight squad so no surprise to see them add a few names but i'm impressed by the backing Moyes is getting. Although they still need wingers, they should breach 100m invested. To be recouped by a Rice sale next summer possibly...

Forest taking the Fulham approach of a few years back and throwing the kitchen sink at it. I don't know their financial situation but seems like a big gamble if they go down.

Newcastle, Man Utd and Spurs have all done decent business but you would expect to go again. Spurs only if you believe Levy will do what he said he would, i think they are more reliant on sales to spend again than the others.

Impressive backing for Southampton and on young quality players. Palace, Brentford, Fulham tentative so far.

Liverpool seem to be holding back this summer for Bellingham next summer imo so don't expect to see them climb much higher.

Wolves and Bournemouth not showing much ambition yet.

Aston Villa after a promising start don't seem to be doing much, i expected Gerrard to be heavily backed, maybe it will come.

Leeds and Leicester with no investment although in completely differing manners. Worried for both for different reasons, neither board showing much ambition.

Brighton will have money swishing around after the sale of Cucurella. They will likely be in for some new players soon.

Everton attempt to balance the books and improve, tough job for Lampard this summer unless he can convince Moshiri to loosen his purse strings.

Manchester City just raking in the money. They will need to move for fullbacks, Pep's favourite big money accessories and probably wide players as well but seems quiet for now but sights will be on pushing up this table.

Any surprises? Anything we can read into here?