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Here's where the money went on players - the amount each club spent on transfer fees during the close season at the end of the 2005/6 season, and in the winter transfer window. Promoted teams are not included as their circumstances are obviously very different.
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Chelsea £56m |
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Liverpool £29.5m |
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Tottenham £27.5m - for what benefit? |
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Manchester Utd £18.6m |
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Wigan £17m - stayed up on the last day |
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Newcastle £17m - hard to imagine really |
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Everton £14m |
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Bolton Wanderers £12m |
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Charlton £11.7m - relegated |
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Arsenal £11m |
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Middlesborough £10m |
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West Ham £9m - not included the two South Americans, for whom WHU were fined over £5m because of illegal transfer dealings. Avoided relegation on the last day |
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Blackburn £8.2m |
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Aston Villa £7m |
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Fulham £6m |
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Portsmouth £5.7m |
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Manchester City £5m |
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