Premier League squad cost vs. 2026-27 league position for every club

Novembro 3, 2026 lojamais44@gmail.com

We are nine games into the Premier League season. Who are the biggest underperformers and overachievers? Manchester United and Hull City, in particular, make for an interesting contrast when you compare their league position with how much their squads cost to assemble.

While squad cost is not a direct assessment of how a team should perform, it does give us an idea of where they should be aiming for.

With that in mind, we’ve taken the current Transfermarkt valuation of each Premier League squad cost and compared it to where each team currently finds itself in the table.

And boy, does it make Manchester United look bad. United are 17th in the Premier League table after nine games despite having the fifth-most expensive squad in the division, giving them a 12-place disparity between their squad cost position and their actual league position.

That’s miles worse than even the likes of Nottingham Forest and Newcastle, who this table doesn’t exactly make pretty reading for either.

At the other end of the scale, Hull are 11th despite having the cheapest squad in the division. That puts them nine places above where their squad cost would suggest they might be expected to be.

Everton are also punching well above their weight, sitting seventh despite ranking 16th for squad cost. Their +9 difference matches Hull’s, while Brighton (+6), Leeds (+5), Arsenal (+5) and Brentford (+4) have also outperformed their squad cost rankings.

Manchester City, meanwhile, are second in the Premier League while having the second-most expensive squad according to Transfermarkt, meaning their league position is exactly in line with their squad cost ranking.

Here’s the full ranking:

20. Manchester United

League Position: 17
Squad cost Position: 5
Total squad cost: £883.5m
Difference: -12

19. Nottingham Forest

League Position: 19
Squad cost Position: 12
Total squad cost: £357.8m
Difference: -7

18. Newcastle United

League Position: 13
Squad cost Position: 7
Total squad cost: £677.4m
Difference: -6

17. Tottenham

League Position: 9
Squad cost Position: 4
Total squad cost: £883.5m
Difference: -5

16. Liverpool

League Position: 5
Squad cost Position: 1
Total squad cost: £977.9m
Difference: -4

15. Crystal Palace

League Position: 18
Squad cost Position: 15
Total squad cost: £293.7m
Difference: -3

14. Aston Villa

League Position: 10
Squad cost Position: 8
Total squad cost: £485.5m
Difference: -2

13. Sunderland

League Position: 20
Squad cost Position: 18
Total squad cost: £231.4m
Difference: -2

12. Fulham

League Position: 15
Squad cost Position: 14
Total squad cost: £308.3m
Difference: -1

11. Chelsea

League Position: 4
Squad cost Position: 3
Total squad cost: £900.7m
Difference: -1

10. Ipswich

League Position: 14
Squad cost Position: 13
Total squad cost: £308.9m
Difference: -1

9. Manchester City

League Position: 2
Squad cost Position: 2
Total squad cost: £977.9m
Difference: 0

8. Bournemouth

League Position: 8
Squad cost Position: 11
Total squad cost: £358.8m
Difference: +3

7. Coventry

League Position: 16
Squad cost Position: 19
Total squad cost: £186.4m
Difference: +3

6. Brentford

League Position: 6
Squad cost Position: 10
Total squad cost: £384.2m
Difference: +4

5. Arsenal

League Position: 1
Squad cost Position: 6
Total squad cost: £857.8m
Difference: +5

4. Leeds United

League Position: 12
Squad cost Position: 17
Total squad cost: £248.5m
Difference: +5

3. Brighton

League Position: 3
Squad cost Position: 9
Total squad cost: £425.2m
Difference: +6

2. Everton

League Position: 7
Squad cost Position: 16
Total squad cost: £287.4m
Difference: +9

1. Hull City

League Position: 11
Squad cost Position: 20
Total squad cost: £170.7m
Difference: +9

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