It has been a year like no other for Newcastle United in 2022. The club has gone from the Premier League relegation zone to the Champions League places in less than 12 months.
The form of Eddie Howe’s side has been very imprsssive. While the head coach has worked wonders at St James’s Park, he has also been helped with some smart and substatial business in the transfer market.
The United squad has been bolstered significantly in 2022 with the arrivals of Kieran Trippier, Chris Wood, Bruno Guimaraes, Dan Burn, Matt Targett, Nick Pope, Sven Botman, Alexander Isak and Loris Karius. Meanwhile, the only departures at the club have been necessary ones in order to make space in the squad, no high profile names have left.
In the past, Newcastle were deemed a selling club, whose net spend was often in the black while their Premier League rivals continued to strengthen. But times have changed and Newcastle are now capable of spending and strengthening with each passing transfer window.
Here’s how the Premier League clubs rank from lowest net spend (biggest profit) to highest over the two transfer windows in 2022...
9. Brentford: -£42.21m
The Bees have enjoyed a solid second Premier League season so far. While they haven’t been able to make much money through selling players, they were able to secure Keane Lewis-Potter from Hull City for £17million. | Getty Images
10. Liverpool: -£50.94m
Liverpool secured big money signings for Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez in 2022 for over £100million. The Reds also sold Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich in the summer for just under £30million. | Getty Images
11. Aston Villa: -£52.2m
Aston Villa have spent plenty on new signings in 2022 with Brazilian’s Diego Carlos and Philippe Coutinho joining the club. Villa also signed Lucas Digne from Everton for £25million. Their biggest sale was Newcaste-linked Carney Chukwuemeka to Chelsea for £16million. | Getty Images
12. Southampton: -£66.06m
Southampton’s most expensive signing in 2022 was Gavin Bazunu for a relatively modest fee of £12.6million from Manchester City. But several signings and no player sales added up to an loss of over £66million in hr transfer market in 2022. | AFP via Getty Images