" REVEALED EVERY CHAMPIONSHIP CLUBS FULL SPENDING "

Championship spending revealed: How much Wolves, Aston Villa, Cardiff City, Fulham, Leeds United have spent this season


CARDIFF CITY ARE 16TH IN THE SPENDING / YET GO IN IN TO THE FINAL GAME 2ND IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP / WELL DONE NEIL WARNOCK

SKY BET

Tuesday 1st May 2018


The three teams who dropped down from the Premier League last season are all in the top six teams whose squad costs the most. But only, one of those sides has a chance of returning to the top flight.

Middlesbrough currently sit in fifth spot and have a squad cost of £62.7million. Boro made two of the five most expensive Championship transfers this season but despite having the joint second highest squad cost they haven’t run away with the league.

The other two relegated sides make it even more apparent that money doesn’t guarantee results. Hull City are currently 18th and Sunderland 24th, both have had seasons to regret despite have squad costs of £62.7m and £40.6m respectively. Sunderland have now been relegated to League One.

High flyers Cardiff and Millwall are defying the odds with both teams experiencing fantastic seasons despite limited budgets.

The Bluebirds are currently second and are going toe to toe with Fulham for the title.

Millwall’s performance is even more extraordinary. The Lions have the second lowest squad cost in the Championship failing to even break into seven figures (£800,000), yet they’re now just on the edge of the play-offs.



Below you will find a list of the Championship teams in order of squad cost from highest to lowest.





Aston Villa

Squad Cost: £67.8m

League Position: 4

2017/18 record signing: Glenn Whelan from Stoke City for £2m




Hull City

Squad Cost: £62.7m

League Position: 18

2017/18 record signing: Eight players for undisclosed fees





Middlesbrough

Squad Cost: £62.7m

League Position: 6

2017/18 record signing: Britt Assombalonga from Nottingham Forest for £15m




Wolves

Squad Cost: £41.1m

League Position: 1

2017/18 record signing: Ruben Neves from Porto for £15.8m




Derby County

Squad Cost: £41.1m

League Position: 5

2017/18 record signing: Tom Lawrence from Leicester City for £4.95m





Sunderland

Squad Cost: £40.6m

League Position: 23

2017/18 record signing: James Vaughan from Bury and Jason Steele from Blackburn Rovers for £500k






Fulham

Squad Cost: £37.4m

League Position: 3

2017/18 record signing: Rui Fonte from Braga for £8.3m






Norwich City

Squad Cost: £36.8m

League Position: 14

2017/18 record signing: 11 players for undisclosed fees





Sheffield Wednesday

Squad Cost: £35.5m

League Position: 16

2017/18 record signing: Jordan Rhodes from Middlesbrough for £10m




Leeds United

Squad Cost: £29.9m

League Position: 13

2017/18 record signing: Adam Forshaw from Middlesbrough for £4.5m




QPR

Squad Cost: £26.1m

League Position: 15

2017/18 record signing: Three players for undisclosed fees





Reading

Squad Cost: £23m

League Position: 19

2017/18 record signing: Sone Aluko from Fulham for £7.2m





Bristol City

Squad Cost: £19.5m

League Position: 7

2017/18 record signing: Famara Diédhiou from Angers for £5.3m





Birmingham City

Squad Cost: £19.2m

League Position: 21

2017/18 record signing: Six players for undisclosed fees






Brentford

Squad Cost: £16.4m

League Position: 11

2017/18 record signing: Nine players for undisclosed fees




Cardiff City

Squad Cost: £14.6m

League Position: 2

2017/18 record signing: Gary Madine from Bolton Wanderers for £2m









Nottingham Forest

Squad Cost: £7m

League Position: 17

2017/18 record signing: Six players for undisclosed fees






Barnsley

Squad Cost: £6m

League Position: 22

2017/18 record signing: Cameron McGeehan from Luton Town for £990k

Sheffield United

Squad Cost: £5.9m

League Position: 9

2017/18 record signing: Richard Stearman from Fulham for £961k





Ipswich Town

Squad Cost: £4.2m

League Position: 12

2017/18 record signing: Five players for undisclosed fees




Bolton Wanderers

Squad Cost: £2.5m

League Position: 20

2017/18 record signing: Aaron Wilbraham from Bristol City and Craig Noone for undisclosed fees





Preston North End

Squad Cost: £2.1m

League Position: 10

2017/18 record signing: Declan Rudd from Norwich City for £966k





Millwall

Squad Cost: £800,000

League Position: 8

2017/18 record signing: Four players for undisclosed fees





Burton Albion

Squad Cost: £500,000

League Position: 24

2017/18 record signing: Three players for undisclosed fees

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Wow 16th in the league on spending, it just goes to show you how well Wanock does in the transfer market !!!!

not sure why my post was deleted?


Those figures are all over the place

not sure why my post was deleted?


Those figures are all over the place

Because I was still tidying the topic up, as all my writing was all over the place.

Wow 16th in the league on spending, it just goes to show you how well Wanock does in the transfer market !!!!

Correct, its unbelievable, Warrnock has done it virtually by himself, because his spending is peanuts compared to the big clubs

not sure why my post was deleted?


Those figures are all over the place

Because I was still tidying the topic up, as all my writing was all over the place.

i didnt mean the post i just meant the figures in general


weve spent about as much as derby this season if not more i think.

Preston should get called out for their performance too.
Been there all season on 2 million pound squad

Interesting stuff.

not sure why my post was deleted?


Those figures are all over the place

Because I was still tidying the topic up, as all my writing was all over the place.

i didnt mean the post i just meant the figures in general


weve spent about as much as derby this season if not more i think.

How have we spent as much or more than Derby, they've spent £41mill ?


Cardiff only paid £2mill for Gary Madine & £1.5mill for Lee Tomlin.



Cardiff City

Squad Cost: £14.6m

League Position: 2

2017/18 record signing: Gary Madine from Bolton Wanderers for £2m

Wow 16th in the league on spending, it just goes to show you how well Wanock does in the transfer market !!!!

He does do well in the market, however I consider his biggest strength is organisation and getting the best out of what players he has at his disposal

not sure why my post was deleted?


Those figures are all over the place

Because I was still tidying the topic up, as all my writing was all over the place.

i didnt mean the post i just meant the figures in general


weve spent about as much as derby this season if not more i think.

How have we spent as much or more than Derby, they've spent £41mill ?


Cardiff only paid £2mill for Gary Madine & £1.5mill for Lee Tomlin.



Cardiff City

Squad Cost: £14.6m

League Position: 2

2017/18 record signing: Gary Madine from Bolton Wanderers for £2m

its more about the overall squad cost not how much we spent this season.


This season we have spent more than derby and you have to include payments based on bonuses which makes madine a lot more than £2m

according to transfer market site (which i think this article was based off) us and derby both spent about 11m - but we have spent 9m net and derby have made 19m net

not sure why my post was deleted?


Those figures are all over the place

Because I was still tidying the topic up, as all my writing was all over the place.

i didnt mean the post i just meant the figures in general


weve spent about as much as derby this season if not more i think.

How have we spent as much or more than Derby, they've spent £41mill ?


Cardiff only paid £2mill for Gary Madine & £1.5mill for Lee Tomlin.



Cardiff City

Squad Cost: £14.6m

League Position: 2

2017/18 record signing: Gary Madine from Bolton Wanderers for £2m

its more about the overall squad cost not how much we spent this season.


This season we have spent more than derby and you have to include payments based on bonuses which makes madine a lot more than £2m

according to transfer market site (which i think this article was based off) us and derby both spent about 11m - but we have spent 9m net and derby have made 19m net

If we go up, yes Gary Madine will cost us an extra £4mill.

Also, hasn't Millwall done amazingly well on only £800,000?

not sure why my post was deleted?


Those figures are all over the place

Because I was still tidying the topic up, as all my writing was all over the place.

i didnt mean the post i just meant the figures in general


weve spent about as much as derby this season if not more i think.

How have we spent as much or more than Derby, they've spent £41mill ?


Cardiff only paid £2mill for Gary Madine & £1.5mill for Lee Tomlin.



Cardiff City

Squad Cost: £14.6m

League Position: 2

2017/18 record signing: Gary Madine from Bolton Wanderers for £2m

its more about the overall squad cost not how much we spent this season.


This season we have spent more than derby and you have to include payments based on bonuses which makes madine a lot more than £2m

according to transfer market site (which i think this article was based off) us and derby both spent about 11m - but we have spent 9m net and derby have made 19m net

agree its totally misleading.eg.Leeds sold 3 players for 22mill then re invested it in other players....had we pushed the transfers of Zohore, Bennet and Morrison and done likewise we would be much higher on the list..credit to both NW and VT for keeping players that fit instead of rolling the dice.

Agree the figures can be a bit misleading if it does not count fees received for players sold. Leeds United have sold a whole host of players for big money in the last few seasons and if this was included there team would effectively cost nothing.

Also, hasn't Millwall done amazingly well on only £800,000?

Unbelievable really

Agree the figures can be a bit misleading if it does not count fees received for players sold. Leeds United have sold a whole host of players for big money in the last few seasons and if this was included there team would effectively cost nothing.

Good point but which ever way we look at things it doesn't change the fact Warnock is amazing

Agree the figures can be a bit misleading if it does not count fees received for players sold. Leeds United have sold a whole host of players for big money in the last few seasons and if this was included there team would effectively cost nothing.

Good point but which ever way we look at things it doesn't change the fact Warnock is amazing

Spot on and with a small budget Tony

Remarkable performance by Warnock and business acumen by the board considering the amount spent by some of the so called bigger clubs.

Remarkable performance by Warnock and business acumen by the board considering the amount spent by some of the so called bigger clubs.

YES NEIL WARNOCK HAS ACHIEVED REMARKABLE THINGS THIS SEASON ON & OFF THE PITCH