It’s fair to say Aston Villa are have operated in a totally different transfer market to Hull this summer – they’ve spent over £250m and still made a healthy profit after the sales of Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins. Hull have shelled out over £150m on virtually an entire other team but not recouped nearly as much.
Hull arrivals: Nobel Mendy (£20m), Konstantinos Tzolakis (£20m), Lucas Herrington (£17.1m), Ilyas Ansah (£14.5m), Tim Iroegbunam (£13m), Mohamed-Ali Cho (£13m), Christos Mouzakitis (£12.9m), Brooke Norton-Cuffy (£12m), Jens Hjertø-Dahl (£10m), Sorba Thomas (£7.5m), Joe Gelhardt (£6.5m), Jack Butland (£3.5m), Lucas Gourna-Douath (£3.4m), Elliot Stroud (£3m), Robinio Vaz (loan), Hidemasa Morita (free), Matt Targett (free), Oscar Zambrano (undisc.)Total spend: £156.4mTransfer balance: -£141.6m
Aston Villa arrivals: Johan Mamzambi (£51m), Nicolas Jackson (£47.5m), Ibrahim Mbaye (£47m), João Gomes (£34m), Zion Suzuki (£30m), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (£25m), Matteo Ruggeri (£21.4m), Leon Goretzka (free), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (loan), Alejandro Garnacho (loan)Total spend: £255.9mTransfer balance: +£60.7m
