Which teams have earned the most from sales this summer?

Cameron Smith

• 27 Aug 2024 22:20 BST
• 4 min read

Leeds United have earned the most money from sales of any club in world football during the 2024 summer transfer window.

The Championship outfit have shed a load of talent after missing out on promotion last season, losing 18 players this summer, with eight fetching fees to the tune of €162.9 million.

The biggest transfers have seen Georginio Rutter join Brighton for €46.7m, while Archie Gray joined Tottenham for €41.25m. Crysencio Summerville, Luis Sinisterra and Glen Kamara have also commanded double-digit sums in the millions.

Joint-second on the list are Chelsea, having sold Ian Maatsen to Aston Villa (€44.5 million), Conor Gallagher to Atletico Madrid (€42m), Lewis Hall to Newcastle United (€33m), Omari Hutchinson to Ipswich Town (€23.5m), Michael Golding to Leicester City (€5.9m) and Diego Moreira to Strasbourg (€2m), raising €145m.

The Blues share second place with Aston Villa. The Premier League side have been the beneficiaries of two of the biggest deals so far this summer, with Douglas Luiz joining Juventus for €51.5 million along with Moussa Diaby's €60m transfer to Al-Ittihad.

Omari Kellyman's move to Chelsea (€22.5m), Cameron Archer joining Southampton (17.6m), Everton's purchase of Tim Iroegbunam (€10.7m) and the sales of Morgan Sanson (€4m) and Viljami Sinisalo (€1.2m) mean that Villa have also raised €145m from sales so far this summer.

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Man City sit in fourth. Julian Alvarez's club-record €75m sale to Atletico Madrid saw the Cityzens skyrocket up this table. All told, City have earned €141m this summer, having also sold Taylor Harwood-Bellis (€23m) and Joao Cancelo (€25m).

Stade Rennais wrap up the top five following the €50m transfer of Desire Doue to PSG. Enzo Le Fee, Martin Terrie, Jeanuel Belocian, Matthis Abline, Guela Doue and Fabian Rieder have also left, combining for an incoming of €124.8m.

Wolves sit in sixth, with Pedro Neto joining Chelsea for a whopping €60m. Captain Max Kilman also departed, moving to West Ham for €47.5m. These two departures alone are worth €107.5m.

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Bologna clock in at seventh thanks to the damaging sales of Riccardo Calafiori (€45m), Joshua Zirkzee (€42.5m), Marko Arnautovic (€8m), Luis Binks (€2m) and Ebenezer Annan (€350k) for a total of €97.85m.

Championship side Burnley are eighth, raising €97.63m from selling the likes of Wilson Odebert, Sander Berge and Dara O'Shea.

Atletico Madrid are ninth by bringing in €93.9m, the majority coming from Joao Felix's sale to Chelsea.

Benfica are tenth thanks to wonderkid Joao Neves. His move to PSG fetched the Portuguese giants a handsome €59.92m. David Neres, meanwhile, was sold to Napoli for €28m and Paulo Bernardo has joined Celtic for €4m. This adds up to €91.92m.

The 10 biggest earners of the 2024 summer transfer window