Leeds United proved far too good for the Championship last season but few expect their Premier League return to run so smoothly. The gap between divisions is bigger than ever, as evidenced by all of the last six newly-promoted teams going straight back down, and Elland Road chiefs will need to spend big this summer.
For large parts of last season, there was a feeling Daniel Farke’s squad might be the Championship’s best ever, and a quite ridiculous level of quality could put Leeds in good stead come August. Good money was spent on Largie Ramazani, Joe Rodon and others in recent years, while Premier League fees went on the likes of Brenden Aaronson and Dan James.
With that in mind, football finance expert Kieran Maguire recently reported the squad transfer cost of every 2025/26 Premier League team - that being how much money was spent on current squad members when they signed. Take a look below to see where Leeds rank among their future rivals.
