Premier League clubs spend lavish sums in the transfer market, dwarfing the amounts that other countries shell out on new signings.

The lucrative domestic TV rights deal is pivotal in enabling teams to invest without necessarily having to recoup the funds through player sales.

Bigger clubs, with substantial revenue from other sources, can also make massive investments in players without needing to balance the books, and it can lead to a huge disparity in terms of fees for players bought and sold.

Press the next page as we count down the five Premier League teams with the worst net spends over the last decade (based on data from the CIES Football Observatory).