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This one stat makes Leicester City’s Premier League title seem even MORE impressive

Published 11:28 3 May 2016 BST

Richard Beech
This one stat makes Leicester City’s Premier League title seem even MORE impressive

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It doesn't take a football expert to point out that what Leicester City have done this season is nothing short of a miracle.

With a small transfer budget, and with a team full of players that certainly weren't household names up until this season, they managed to win the Premier League. It still feels like it's a dream. But just how much less have Leicester spent on transfers than previous champions did before them? https://twitter.com/joehallwords/status/727260294163140609 The answer is... a lot less. But this doesn't tell the whole story, if you take into account how much each team in the Premier League has spent over the last five years, Leicester have spent a net of £55 million. Screen Shot 2016-05-03 at 10.46.50 (via TransferLeague.co.uk) Even more impressive are Spurs, who have spent the least out of everyone... in fact, they've actually made money with their transfer dealings. But they don't have a Premier League title (yet) to show for it, and Leicester City do.

Here's how much Leicester's 2015/16 squad actually cost:

Kasper Schmeichel - £2m Danny Simpson - £2m Robert Huth - £3m Wes Morgan - £1m Christian Fuchs - Free Marcin Wasilewski - Free Marc Albrighton - Free Danny Drinkwater - £1m N'Golo Kante - £5.6m Riyad Mahrez - £400,000 Shinji Okazaki - £7m Jamie Vardy - £1m Mark Schwarzer - Free Jeffrey Schlupp - Free Demarai Gray - £3.8m Andrej Kramaric - £7m Yohan Benalouane - £5.6m Andy King - Free Gokhan Inler - £5m Leonardo Ulloa - £10m (Figures as per ESPN).

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