Budget against achievements, Premier League 2023-24

This is something I did in the previous season too, but never got round to posting my findings. Basically over the season, because I'm a sad twat with a numerical mind and too much spare time, I've tracked each Premier League team's on-pitch player costs. It took a bit of setting up, but once you've got how much players cost a club in transfer fees the spreadsheet is fairly simple.

It's not perfect, as it doesn't account for wages, which whilst probably correlated to transfer fees don't...

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