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Tottenham Hotspur most expensive signings: How Spurs splashed £1.5 billion on incoming transfers

Tottenham Hotspur have done a fine job in becoming one of the Premier League's so-called big six over the course of the last decade or so after languishing in mid-table team at the start of the century.

Much of that upward trend is down to some strong decision making at board level and having a clear philosophy as to what they represent.

Their resurgence has not been cheap, though, as they have have been spending freely to get to where they are now.

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Although Spurs have only surpassed the £50 million mark on two occasions, with both Tanguy Ndombele and Richarlison costing £50m+, they have not held back when it comes to quantity.

And it's fair to say that approach hasn't always paid off!

Luka Modric was a phenomenal signing at just over £20m, but they paid a similar amount for Vincent Janssen, Serge Aurier, Giovani Lo Celso and Bryan Gil to name just a few examples.

So, let's take a look at their 21st-century transfer dealings and their most expensive arrivals of the last 22 years!

Tottenham Hotspur most expensive signings by season

Season

Most expensive signing

Fee

Total spending

2023/24

James Maddison

£40.00M

£122.00M

2022/23

Richarlison

£52.20M

£152.91M

2021/22

Bryan Gil

£22.50M

£86.31M

2020/21

Giovani Lo Celso

£28.80M

£59.45M

2019/20

Tanguy Ndombele

£54M

£133.65M

2018/19

None

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2017/18

Davinson Sanchez

£37.80M

£111.15M

2016/17

Moussa Sissoko

£31.50M

£75.15M

2015/16

Heung-min Son

£27M

£63.90M

2014/15

Ben Davies

£11.39M

£43.63M

2013/14

Erik Lamela

£27M

£110.30M

2012/13

Mousa Dembele

£17.10M

£65.93M

2011/12

Scott Parker

£5.18M

£8.10M

2010/11

Rafael van der Vaart

£9.45M

£23.94M

2009/10

Peter Crouch

£9.45M

£36.27M

2008/09

Luka Modric

£20.25M

£129.56M

2007/08

Darren Bent

£22.28M

£84.74M

2006/07

Dimitar Berbatov

£14.13M

£54.90M

2005/06

Jermaine Jenas

£13.50M

£32.86M

2004/05

Andy Reid

£7.20M

£42.41M

2003/04

Jermaine Defoe

£9.45M

£26.78M

2002/03

Robbie Keane

£9.45M

£9.45M

2001/02

Dean Richards

£10.94M

£25.25M

2000/01

Sergiy Rebrov

£16.20M

£23.17M

TOTAL

£1.52B

*All figures are taken from Transfermarkt.

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