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United spend club-record £72m in transfer window

ESPN staff
August 21, 2014
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Manchester United's signing of Marcos Rojo took their expenditure this summer to £72 million, making it a club-record outlay for any transfer window.

Marcos Rojo has joined Manchester United for £16 million © Twitter
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The Argentina defender arrived from Sporting Lisbon for £16m, following on from the arrivals of £28.8m midfielder Ander Herrera and £27m left-back Luke Shaw.

And it meant United have now spent more than they did in 2007, when they bought Anderson, Nani and Owen Hargreaves, loaned Carlos Tevez and forked out £62m.

United have also spent £195m in the last five transfer windows and broke their club record to sign Juan Mata for £37.1m pounds in January 2014. Their net spend over the same time stands at a staggering £181.5m.

In contrast, Chelsea's total outlay in the last five transfer windows currently stands at £286.6m, though their net spend is less than half of that figure at £135.8m.

Premier League champions Manchester City, on the other hand, have a net spend of £145.3m and total outlay of £208.7m.

Over the same period, Arsenal have spent £160.8m but have a net spend of just £82.9m. Liverpool's net spend is slightly higher at £83.6m, having splashed £199.1m in all.

Manchester United's most expensive transfer windows:

Window

Spent (£)

Bought

Loaned

Summer 2014

£72m

Herrera, Shaw, Rojo

Summer 2007

£62m

Anderson, Hargreaves, Nani, Kuszczak

Tevez

Summer 2011

£53m

De Gea, Jones, Young

Summer 2001

£50m

Veron, Van Nistelrooy, Carroll

Summer 2012

£43m

Van Persie, Kagawa, Powell, Henriquez

Summer 2004

£40m

Rooney, Heinze, Smith

Winter 2014

£37m

Mata

Summer 2008

£37m

Berbatov, Rafael, Fabio

Summer 2002

£31m

Ferdinand, Ricardo

Summer 1998

£29m

Yorke, Stam, Blomqvist

Summer 2013

£28m

Fellaini

Summer 2010

£26m

Smalling, Hernandez, Bebe

Summer 2003

£26m

Ronaldo, Kleberson, Djemba-Djemba, Howard, Bellion

Summer 2009

£24m

Valencia, Diouf, Obertan

Summer 2006

£18m

Carrick

Window

Spent (£)

Bought

Loaned

Summer 2014

72 million

Herrera, Shaw, Rojo


Summer 2007

62 million

Anderson, Hargreaves, Nani, Kuszczak

Tevez

Summer 2011

53 million

De Gea, Jones, Young


Summer 2001

50 million

Veron, Van Nistelrooy, Carroll


Summer 2012

43 million

Van Persie, Kagawa, Powell, Henriquez


Summer 2004

40 million

Rooney, Heinze, Smith


Winter 2014

37 million

Mata


Summer 2008

37 million

Berbatov, Rafael, Fabio


Summer 2002

31 million

Ferdinand, Ricardo


Summer 1998

29 million

Yorke, Stam, Blomqvist


Summer 2013

28 million

Fellaini


Summer 2010

26 million

Smalling, Hernandez, Bebe


Summer 2003

26 million

Ronaldo, Kleberson, Djemba-Djemba, Howard, Bellion


Summer 2009

24 million

Valencia, Diouf, Obertan


Summer 2006

18 million

Carrick


Window

Spent (£)

Bought

Loaned

Summer 2014

72 million

Herrera, Shaw, Rojo

Summer 2007

62 million

Anderson, Hargreaves, Nani, Kuszczak

Tevez

Summer 2011

53 million

De Gea, Jones, Young

Summer 2001

50 million

Veron, Van Nistelrooy, Carroll

Summer 2012

43 million

Van Persie, Kagawa, Powell, Henriquez

Summer 2004

40 million

Rooney, Heinze, Smith

Winter 2014

37 million

Mata

Summer 2008

37 million

Berbatov, Rafael, Fabio

Summer 2002

31 million

Ferdinand, Ricardo

Summer 1998

29 million

Yorke, Stam, Blomqvist

Summer 2013

28 million

Fellaini

Summer 2010

26 million

Smalling, Hernandez, Bebe

Summer 2003

26 million

Ronaldo, Kleberson, Djemba-Djemba, Howard, Bellion

Summer 2009

24 million

Valencia, Diouf, Obertan

Summer 2006

18 million

Carrick

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