The Tigers spent to the tune of £150m in bringing in 18 new signings
Nobel Mendy celebrates his goal against Manchester United with Mo Belloumi and Regan Slater(Image: George Wood/Getty Images)
Hull City certainly didn’t hold back in the summer with their transfer spending. The Tigers may have spent the previous summer under a transfer embargo but owner Acun Ilicali didn’t hold back with that Premier League cash in the bank.
The Tigers spent to the tune of £150m in bringing in 18 new signings to give Sergej Jakirovic a host of new faces to compliment what he already had with his promotion winners.
The money looks to have been well spent so far with City making a terrific start to the season, aided in a large part by the likes of new arrivals Konstantinos Tzolakis, Nobel Mendy and Mohamed Ali-Cho. City sit eighth in the league table as the top flight takes a three-week international break, with a return of eight points from their opening five games.
When you break down the money spent by City per point so far, the Tigers also sit in eighth place – that is, £150m spent divided by eight points, for a total of £18.75m spent per point so far. It may seem a lot but it’s one of the best records in the league as things stand.
Crystal Palace (£7.75m per point) and Everton (£8.68 per point) have a far better return and top the table, by the fact they spent significantly less. Both teams – Palace, £31m and Everton, £78.2m – spent combined far less than City
Unsurprisingly, the worst return currently sits with Tottenham Hotspur, who are bottom on two points despite a £334m spend this off-season. Aston Villa are next with £251.8m spent and only four points to show for it so far.
Below is the full Premier League table of money-per-point after five games.
- Crystal Palace [£31m spent] – £7.75m per point
- Everton [£78.2m] – £8.68m
- Leeds United [£86.7m] – £9.63m
- Brentford [£112.5m] – £12.5m
- Brighton [£148m] – £14.8m
- Sunderland [£63.7m] – £15.9m
- Arsenal [£198.m5] – £16.5m
- Hull City [£150m] – £18.75m
- Bournemouth [£57.9m] – £19.3m
- Nottingham Forest [£106.3m] – £21.2m
- Liverpool [£250.1m] – £27.78m
- Man City [£440.3m] – £29.35m
- Man Utd [£163m] – £32.6m
- Newcastle [£275.2m] – £34.4m
- Ipswich [£211.3] – £35.2m
- Fulham [£89m] – £44.5m
- Coventry [£144.5m] – £48.2m
- Chelsea [£342m] – £48.85m
- Aston Villa [£251.8m] – £62.95m
- Tottenham [£334m] – £167m