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Sarah Clapson

Nottingham Forest squad value compared to Man City and Liverpool after £140m spending spree

Defender Serge Aurier is almost certain to be the final piece of the jigsaw for Nottingham Forest, following a record-breaking summer.

The Reds made 21 signings before the deadline last Thursday - a British record for a single transfer window. Free agent Aurier has been able to put pen to paper after the cut-off to become new addition number 22, subject to visa approval.

Owner Evangelos Marinakis has certainly fulfilled his pledge to back head coach Steve Cooper in the transfer market. The cash has been splashed as Forest try to hold their own on their return to the top-flight after a 23-year absence.

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With somewhere north of £140m spent, only four clubs in the Premier League are said to have shelled out more this summer, according to transfermarkt - Chelsea (£253.79m), Manchester United (£216.3m), West Ham United (£163.8m) and Tottenham Hotspur (£152.91m). Among the heavyweights in Europe, Barcelona’s summer expenditure is said to total £137.7m, PSG spent £132.8m and Real Madrid had a £72m outlay.

Forest’s summer spending

Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin) - £17.5m

Dean Henderson (Manchester United) - loan

Giulian Biancone (Troyes) - £5m

Moussa Niakhate (Mainz) - £13m

Omar Richards (Bayern Munich) - £8.5m

Neco Williams (Liverpool) - £17m

Wayne Hennessey (Burnley) - free

Brandon Aguilera (Alajuelense) - undisclosed

Harry Toffolo and Lewis O’Brien (Huddersfield Town) - £10m

Jesse Lingard - free agent

Orel Mangala (Stuttgart) - £12.7m

Emmanuel Dennis (Watford) - £20m

Cheikhou Kouyate - free agent

Remo Freuler (Atalanta) - £7.5m

Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolverhampton Wanderers) - £25m

Hwang Ui-jo (Bordeaux) - undisclosed

Renan Lodi (Atletico Madrid) - loan

Willy Boly (Wolverhampton Wanderers) - £2.25m

Josh Bowler (Blackpool) - £2m

Loic Bade (Rennes) - loan

Serge Aurier - free agent

According to Transfermarkt, Forest’s squad value is now estimated at £232.38m; a total which does not include those players out on loan. That is compared to an overall value of £75m last summer.

Nevertheless, that is still a drop in the ocean compared to other Premier League clubs. Manchester City's squad value is said to be £937.17m, with Liverpool's the second most expensive at £794.70m.

Total market value of each club's squad: Manchester City, £937.17m; Liverpool, £794.70m; Chelsea, £718.65m; Manchester United, £675.27m; Tottenham Hotspur, £591.57m; Arsenal, £554.85m; Aston Villa, £468.54m; Leicester City, £430.47m; West Ham United, £389.25m; Everton, £366.98m; Wolverhampton Wanderers, £325.67m; Newcastle United, £320.67m; Brentford, £255.24m; Crystal Palace, £241.20m; Leeds United, £237.42m; Southampton, £234.77m; Nottingham Forest, £232.38m; Brighton, £222.03m; Fulham, £199.80m; Bournemouth, £150.66m.

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