Article by Daniel Grigore – published Tuesday, August 05, 2025, 18:22 / Updated on Tuesday, August 2025 6:22 pm
Sunderland, one of the new promoters in the Premier League, bought players worth 141 million euros until this summer point. Only the bands in the traditional “Big 6” spent more for the next season.
The financial strength of the English championship is no longer a novelty. Even the newly promoted in the island elite have a higher financial power than the most important teams in Italy, Germany and Spain!
Sunderland is the perfect example. The team returned to the Premier League through the promotion play-off is in the top 10 European teams as money spent this summer!
The “black cats” paid 141 million euros to bring 7 footballers. A eighth, left -handed defender Reinildo Silvasigned free of contract.
Sunderland, newly promoted to the Premier League, has made 140 million euros this summer!
Most cost the central midfielder Habib Diarra21 years old, bought from Strasbourg for 31.5 million euros. 20 million terminal touched or even outdated Simon Adingra (far left, 24,4), Enzo le fee (central midfielder, 23) and Chemsdine Talbi (far right, 20).
The list of purchases is completed by Noah Sadiki (central midfielder, 17), Xhaka (defensive midfielder, 15) and Robin Roefs (Portar, 10.5).
And the Mercato campaign will continue at Sunderland, which also seeks to strengthen the positions of central and striker defender.
According to The Athletic, Only 3 teams spent more on transfers than Sunderland did from the newly promoted posture. This is Nottingham Forest (161 million euros in season 22/23), Aston Villa (154 in season 19/20) and Leeds in season 20/21.
Most likely, at the end of this transfer campaign, Sunderland will occupy the first position in this ranking!
The difference is that Sunderland has not spent at all in the previous seasons. The first “11” of the promotion play-off final with Sheffield United, was made up with less than 11 million euros!
