Leeds United blow European giants out of the water as EFL enforces £110m measure

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Back in the summer, Leeds United confirmed the permanent sales of eight players including the likes of Archie Gray, Crysencio Summerville and Georginio Rutter.

The trio completed Premier League moves just weeks after Leeds missed the chance to get promoted via the play-offs. Defeat at Wembley meant Leeds had to sell and that they did, selling eight players in total.

Speaking to The Square Ball after the summer window in 2024, chief executive Angus Kinnear confirmed Leeds had to make two big sales. They started with offloading Gray to Tottenham, raking in a huge fee.

A quarter of that was used on Joe Rodon before the club confirmed the sale of Summerville to West Ham. The Hammers have paid an initial £25m, while Leeds are owed a potential £9m in add-ons by West Ham.

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Leeds rake in £134m according to latest reports, spent £24m

Kinnear’s plan to sell two to comply with the EFL’s Profit & Sustainability Rules were met. But then along came Brighton, and after £29m and £35m bids had been rejected, they activate Rutter’s £40m exit clause.

Diego Llorente, Marc Roca, Charlie Cresswell and Glen Kamara were also offloaded. It has seen the club receive £110m in 2024-25 for player sales, with add-ons and additional instalments arriving down the line.

Indeed, the CIES Football Observatory say that Leeds received more in player sales than any other club at a whopping £134m (€161m). With £24m (€29m) spent, Leeds received a total of a huge £110m (€132m).

Leeds by far and away, receive more than any other football club

Lens benefitted from £106.5m (€128m), while promotion rivals Burnley received the third-most with a total of £109m (€131m). But even Leeds received £27.5m (€33m) more than Ligue 1 outfit Lens this term.

Top 10 fees received from player sales by football clubs in 2024-24

Not only did Leeds rake in the cash, but the sales notably of Gray and Summerville were almost pure profit and that means going into the summer, especially if Leeds go up, the Whites can spend some cash.

Not, it is down to Daniel Farke and the current Leeds squad to make that happen with 15 Championship games left to play. A win over Watford on Tuesday night could see Leeds go eight points clear of third.