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Leicester City most expensive signings - How Foxes spent £620 million on incoming transfers

Leicester City might not be a traditional Premier League heavyweight, but there's no denying they are one of the most iconic teams around in the league following their miraculous title run in 2015-16.

That Premier League title was very much the success of some incredibly shrewd transfer business, with players such as N'Golo Kante and Riyad Mahrez arriving at the club on the cheap as relative unknowns.

Leicester have since been able to show a bit more ambition in the transfer market and they have not hesitated to spend big when they felt the opportunity was right.

The capture of Youri Tielemans was one such moment. The deal that saw them bring in Wesley Fofana was another.

But who have been their most expensive players ever and how much have they been spending on an annual basis this century?

Leicester City most expensive transfers by season

SEASON

MOST EXPENSIVE SIGNING

FEE

TOTAL SPENDING

2022/23

Wout Faes

£15.30M

£15.30M

2021/22

Patson Daka

£27M

£60.84M

2020/21

Wesley Fofana

£31.50

£53.46M

2019/20

Youri Tielemans

£40.50M

£93.87M

2018/19

James Maddison

£22.50M

£103.14M

2017/18

Kelechi Iheanacho

£24.93M

£75.46M

2016/17

Islam Slimani

£27.90M

£82.89M

2015/16

Shinji Okazaki

£9.90M

£44.91M

2014/15

Leandro Ulloa

£9.09M

£20.57M

2013/14

Riyad Mahrez

£450,000

£450,000

2012/13

Ritchie De Laet

£1.13M

£5.28M

2011/12

Matt Mills

£4.77M

£16.16M

2010/11

Martyn Waghorn

£3.24M

£4.94M

2009/10

Richie Wellens

£1.04M

£1.81M

2008/09

Aleksandar Tunchev

£900,000

£1.05M

2007/08

DJ Campbell

£2.84M

£7.79M

2006/07

None

Nil

Nil

2005/06

Iain Hume

£675,000

£1.44M

2004/05

Gareth Williams

£675,000

£1.96M

2003/04

Ben Thatcher

£405,000

£1.03M

2002/03

None

Nil

Nil

2001/02

James Scowcroft/Matthew Jones

£4.05M

£17.28M

2000/01

Gary Rowett

£4.05M

£10.53M

Total

£620.16M

*All stats via Transfermarkt

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