Aston Villa have traditionally been a force to be reckoned with in the English top flight, while they are also one of only five English clubs to have won the European Cup.
They have not quite been able to scale those heights in recent years, however, and they even found themselves back in the Championship at some point.
They are now looking to re-establish themselves as a Premier League household name and they have not hesitated to spend big in order to get there.
Villa have spent well over £400 million in the last four seasons alone and even managed to bring in former Liverpool and Barcelona ace Philippe Coutinho to further highlight their ambitions.
But who are their most expensive transfers since the turn of the millennium and how much have they spent each campaign?
Aston Villa most expensive transfers by season
SEASON | MOST EXPENSIVE SIGNING | FEE | TOTAL SPENDING |
|---|---|---|---|
2022-23 | Diego Carlos | £27.90M | £63M |
2021-22 | Emiliano Buendia | £34.56M | £116.84M |
2020-21 | Ollie Watkins | £30.60 | £91.22M |
2019-20 | Wesley Moraes | £22.50M | £143.55M |
2018-19 | Lovre Kalinic | £5.40M | £17.19M |
2017-18 | Glenn Whelan | £1.53M | £2.52M |
2016-17 | Ross McCormack | £12.87M | £76.95M |
2015-16 | Jordan Ayew | £10.80M | £59.90M |
2014-15 | Carlos Sanchez | £5.40M | £12.11M |
2013-14 | Libor Kozak | £5.85M | £17.86M |
2012-13 | Christian Benteke | £7.92M | £25.05M |
2011-12 | Charles N'Zogbia | £9.72M | £18.30M |
2010-11 | Darren Bent | £19.35M | £33.66M |
2009-10 | Stewart Downing | £11.70M | £42.21M |
2008-09 | James Milner | £13.50M | £50.31M |
2007-08 | Nigel Reo-Coker | £11.25M | £22.41M |
2006-07 | Ashley Young | £11.88M | £22.23M |
2005-06 | Milan Baros | £7.96M | £14.89M |
2004-05 | Martin Laursen | £4.77M | £9.13M |
2003-04 | Gavin McCann | £3.04M | £7.54M |
2002-03 | Marcus Allback | £2.70M | £8.17M |
2001-02 | Bosko Balaban | £7.02M | £24.49M |
2000-01 | Juan Pablo Angel | £12.96M | £19.01M |
Total | £898.54M |
*All stats via Transfermarkt