At Manchester United's last game against Burnley at Turf Moore fans decided to fly a plane banner over the stadium with the words "Ed Woodward out!". The Manchester United executive vice-chairman has been heavily criticized for his inability to support and get the targets Jose Mourinhio desired.

United legend Gary Neville has also expressed disappointment with the lack of support the club showed their manager in the summer.

 

"He had to get him Maguire, he had to get him Alderweireld because they wouldn't have made those mistakes, and irrespective of the manager of Manchester United, they need new centre backs.........My view is that Alderweireld and Maguire would have been good options. If it cost £120million to bring them in then that's what you have to do when you are backing Jose Mourinho. You back him."- Gary Neville

 

Manchester United is currently valued by Forbes as the most valuable football team in the world. Fans have realized that the club-spend this summer did not reflect the financial ability of the club, especially after the ease by which rivals Manchester City won the league last term.

Because of this, fans' frustration has moved away from the manager and towards the club executive board. In United's last two matches Mourinho was even applauded by the Red Devils fans who are becoming more sympathetic to the manager with each game.

Let's have a look at the six Premier League clubs that spent more than United's €83 million this summer.

 

#6 Everton- €100 million

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marco Silva brought in 3 Barcelona players and poached Richarlison from his former employers, Watford.

Signings:

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Richarlison(Watford)- €39 million

Yerry Mina(Barcelona)-€30 million

Lucas Digne(Barcelona)-€21 million

Kurt Zouma(Chelsea)-Loan fee €8 million

Andre Gomes(Barcelona)-Loan fee €2million

Bernard(Shakhtar Donetsk)- Free

Total: €100 million

 

#5 West Ham- €105 million 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Ham broke their transfer record twice this summer. Brazilian Olympic gold medalist Felipe Anderson left Lazio to become part of the Irons squad.

Signings:

Felipe Anderson(Lazio)- €38 million

Issa Diop(Toulouse)-€25 million

Andriy Yarmolenko(Dortmund)- €20 million

Lukasz Fabianski(Swansea)-€8 million

Carlos Sanchez(Fiorentina)-€5 million

Lucas Perez(Arsenal)- €5 million

Fabian Balbuena(Corinthians)-€4 million

 

 

 

 

#4  Fulham F.C.- € 109 million

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The newly promoted London club managed to bring Serbian international Aleksandar Mitrović to the club permanently and somehow sign the previously Barcelona linked Jean Michaël Seri from Nice.

Signings:

Jean Michaël Seri(Nice)- €30 million

Andre Zambo Anguissa(Marseille)- €25 million

Alexsandar Mitrovic(Newcastle)- €20 million

Alfie Mawson(Swansea)- €17 million

Joe Bryan(Bristol City)- €7 million

Fabri(Besiktas)- €6 million

Maxime Le Marchand(Nice)- €4 million

 

#3 Leicester City- € 115 million

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Foxes spent big as they try to replace the prolific Riyad Mahrez who left the club for Manchester City this summer.

Signings:

James Maddison(Norwich)- €25 million

Ricardo Pereira(Porto)- €22 million

Caglar Soyuncu(Freiburg)- €21 million

Felip Benkovic(Dinamo Zagreb)- €15 million

Rachid Ghezzal(Bristol City)- €14 million

Danny Ward(Liverpool)- €14 million

Jonny Evans(West Brom)- €4 million

Total: €115 million

 

 

 

 

 

#2 Chelsea - € 137 million

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chelsea now owns the most expensive goalkeeper of all-time in Kepa Arrizabalaga. Sarri also convinced Italian international Jorginho to re-join him in West London.

Signings:

Kepa(Athletic Bilbao)- €80 million

Jorginho(Napoli)- €57 million

Robert Green(Huddersfield)- Free

Mateo Kovacic(Real Madrid)- Loan

Total: €137 million

 

 

 

 

 

#1 Liverpool- € 187 million

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jürgen Klopp, once critical of big spending managers, became one himself, as he and Liverpool spent over two times as much as Manchester United this summer.

Signings:

Alisson(Roma)- €67 million

Naby Keita(RB Leipzig)- €60 million

Fabinho(Monaco)- €45 million

Xherdan Shaqiri(Stoke)- €15 million

Total: €187 million