Feeder clubs: Where every Premier League side has shopped most for transfers | OneFootball
Liverpool signed Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane from Southampton, while Man Utd bought Lisandro Martinez and Antony from Ajax.
Liverpool and Spurs love shopping at Southampton. Man Utd and Chelsea prefer to import from Holland and Spain respectively, while Arsenal keep it in the capital…
Here’s the club every Premier League team has taken most players from since 2000, with figures provided by transfermarkt.
Arsenal: Chelsea – 8 Players signed: Kai Havertz, Jorginho, Petr Cech, David Luiz, Lassana Diarra, Willian, William Gallas, Yossi Benayoun Total spent: £91.6m
The Gunners have already shopped twice at Chelsea this year taking their total to eight. But they’ve spent more at Lille, thanks largely to Nicolas Pepe.
Aston Villa: Tottenham – 8 Players signed: Alan Hutton, Wayne Routledge, Jermaine Jenas, Josh Onomah, Kyle Walker, Simon Dawkins, Öyvind Leonhardsen, David Ginola. Total spent: £6.48m
Villa have taken most players from Spurs but they spent most at Brentford, splurging £52m on three players between 2017 and 2020.
Bournemouth: Southampton – 18 Players signed: Jack Stephens, Shane Long, Artur Boruc, Lee Barnard, Danny Seaborne, Andrew Surman, Matt Mills, Leon Best, Simon Gillett, David McGoldrick, Adam Lallana, Jake Thomson, Ryan Doble, Martin Cranie, ,Alan Blayney, Scott McDonald, Neil Moss, Dani Rodrigues Total spent: £0
All but two of these 17 former Saints were loan deals between the south coast clubs and the other two were freebies. The Cherries like to shop local – Pompey is the club from which they’ve taken the second-highest number of players.
Brentford: Reading – 12 Players signed: Paul Brooker, Alan Bennett, John Halls, Mikkel Andersen, Alex McCarthy, Simon Cox, Nicholas Bignall, Lloyd Owusu, Ben Hamer, John
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