WANDERERS were one of only three Championship clubs who did not pay a transfer fee in the summer window, research from The Bolton News has uncovered.

The massive gaps between the “haves” and the “have nots” in the second tier were emphasised with some of the massive fees flying round in the division in the last few months.

Fulham shelled out £11million for Leeds United’s Ross McCormack, Nottingham Forest invested £5m in Britt Assombalonga from Peterborough United and Cardiff spent £5m on Bruno Manga from Lorient.

Wanderers’ only cash investments were nominal fees for development squad players, approximating around £20,000 in total.

But focusing on first-team affairs, and given that loan fees for the likes of Joe Mason and Kevin McNaughton have not been declared, they appear to have made a profit this summer thanks to the sales of Marvin Sordell to Burnley and Cian Bolger to Southend United.

Watford and Ipswich were the only other two clubs who spent nothing on permanent transfers, while at the opposite end of the scale, Cardiff City invested a whopping £14.9million on new players.

The Welsh club also raked in the most money, with the £10million sale of Gary Medel helping them bring in £24.9m.

Wigan Athletic actually made the biggest net spend of £3million, offset by the £7m sale of James McArthur to Crystal Palace on transfer deadline day.

Only seven clubs posted a loss in the transfer market on permanent deals, with a further two breaking even, according to the survey which was released yesterday after being compiled since the window closed at the beginning of the week.

Blackpool were the busiest club, releasing an incredible 36 players during the summer and then re-signing 17 up to and including transfer deadline day.

Bournemouth made the fewest changes to their squad, signing four players and releasing four players at the Goldsands Stadium.

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Signings made – 11
Cash spent – £150,000.
Key names – David Edgar (Burnley), David Davis (Wolves), Stephen Gleeson (MK Dons), Jonathan Grounds (Oldham), Gavin Gunning (Dundee Utd), Wes Thomas (Rotherham).
Players out – 12
Cash received – £1million.

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Signings made – 6
Cash spent – £500,000.
Key names – Alex Baptiste (Bolton), Ryan Tunnicliffe (Fulham), Luke Varney (Leeds), Shane Duffy (Everton), Chris Brown (Doncaster), Jason Steele (Middlesbrough).
Players out – 10
Cash received – £500,000.

BLACKPOOL
Signings made – 17
Cash spent – £500,000.
Key names – Jose Migeul Cubero (Herediano), Ishmael Miller (Nottingham Forest).
Players out – 36
Cash received – Unknown (Ince and McGahey to be decided by tribunal).

BOLTON WANDERERS
Signings made – 7
Cash spent – £0.
Key names – Dorian Dervite (Charlton), Neil Danns (Leicester), Liam Trotter (Millwall), Liam Feeney (Millwall), Kevin McNaughton and Joe Mason (Cardiff).
Players out – 13
Cash received – £575,000.

BOURNEMOUTH
Signings made – 4
Cash spent – £2.5million.
Key names – Dan Gosling (Newcastle Utd), Callum Wilson (Coventry), Junior Stanislas (Burnley), Andrew Surman (Norwich City).
Players out – 4
Cash received – £3million.

BRENTFORD
Signings made –15
Cash spent – £4million.
Key names – Moses Odubajo (Leyton Orient), Alan Judge (Blackburn Rovers), Jota (Celta Vigo), Scott Hogan (Rochdale).
Players out – 15
Cash received – £3million.

BRIGHTON
Signings made – 11
Cash spent – £4.5million.
Key names – Sam Baldock (Bristol City), Adrian Colunga (Getafe) and Joao Teixeira (Liverpool).
Players out – 12
Cash received – £10.5million.

CARDIFF CITY
Signings made – 10
Cash spent – £14.9million.
Key names – Bruno Manga (Lorient), Sean Morrison (Reading), Adam Le Fondre (Reading), Anthony Pilkington (Norwich), Tom Adeyemi (Birmingham).
Players out – 17
Cash received – £24.9million.

CHARLTON
Signings made – 9
Cash spent – £3million.
Key names – Igor Vetokele (FC Copenhagen), Stephen Henderson (West Ham), Tal Ben Haim (Standard Liege), Andre Bikey (Panetolikos).
Players out – 22
Cash received – £8.4million.

DERBY COUNTY
Signings made – 13
Cash spent – £2.5million.
Key names – Jordon Ibe (Liverpool), Leon Best (Blackburn), George Thorne (West Brom), Cyrus Christie (Coventry City).
Players out – 10
Cash received – £0.

FULHAM
Signings made – 15
Cash spent – £15million.
Key names – Ross McCormack & Matt Smith (Leeds), Kay Voser (FC Basel), Nikolay Budurov (Litex), Gabor Kiraly (1860 Munich).
Players out – 19
Cash received – £15million.

HUDDERSFIELD
Signings made – 6
Cash spent – £500,00.
Key names – Lee Peltier (Leeds), Jacob Butterfield (Middlesbrough), Mark Hudson (Cardiff), Conor Coady (Liverpool).
Players out – 10
Cash received – £1.2million.

IPSWICH TOWN
Signings made – 8
Cash spent – £0.
Key names – Jonathan Parr (Crystal Palace), Cameron Stewart (Hull), Kevin Bru (Levski Sofia), Alex Henshall (Manchester City), Balint Bajner (Borussia Dortmund).
Players out – 13
Cash received – £3.75million.

LEEDS UNITED
Signings made – 9
Cash spent – £4.3million.
Key names – Giuseppe Bellusci (Catania), Casper Sloth (Arhus), Mirco Antenucci (Terana), Nicky Ajose (Peterborough), Billy Sharp (Southampton).
Players out – 13
Cash received – £11.5million.

MIDDLESBROUGH
Signings made – 12
Cash spent – £4.9million.
Key names – Patrick Bamford (Chelsea), Kike Garcia (Murcia), Adam Clayton (Huddersfield), Emilio Nsue (Mallorca), Tomas Mejias (R Madrid B).
Players out – 13
Cash received – £3.7million.

MILLWALL
Signings made – 7
Cash spent – £250,000.
Key names – Byron Webster (Yeovil), Carlos Edwards (Ipswich), Ricardo Fuller and Angel Martinez (Blackpool), Lee Gregory (Halifax).
Players out – 8
Cash received – £0.

NORWICH CITY
Signings made – 10
Cash spent – £14.8million.
Key names – Lewis Grabban (Bournemouth), Kyle Lafferty (Palermo), Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (Club Brugge), Cameron Jerome (Stoke), Ignasi Miquel (Arsenal)
Players out – 10
Cash received – £19.5million

NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Signings made – 14
Cash spent – £8million.
Key names – Britt Assombalnga (Peterborough), Chris Burke (Birmingham), Matty Fryatt (Leicester), Michail Antonio (Sheffield Wed), Michael Mancienne (Hamburg).
Players out – 15
Cash received – £7.5million.

READING
Signings made – Five
Cash spent – £1million.
Key names – Simon Cox (Forest), Jamie Mackie (QPR), Anton Ferdinand (Antalyaspor), Oliver Norwood (Huddersfield), Glenn Murray (Crystal Palace).
Players out – 15
Cash received – £7million.

ROTHERHAM
Signings made – 17
Cash spent – £750,000.
Key names – Jordan Bowery (Aston Villa), Jonson Clarke-Harris (Oldham), Richie Smallwood (Middlesbrough), Luciano Becchio (Leeds).
Players out – 9
Cash received – £1million.

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Signings made – 6
Cash spent – £880,000.
Key names – Stevie May (St Johnstone), Sam Hutchinson (Chelsea), Hallam Hope (Everton), Royston Drenthe (Reading), Tom Lees (Leeds).
Players out – 12
Cash received – £1.7million.

WATFORD
Signings made – 10
Cash spent – £0.
Key names – Keith Andrews (Bolton), Lloyd Dyer (Leicester), Matej Vydra (Udinese), Heurelho Gomes (Spurs), Daniel Toszer (Parma).
Players out – 2
Cash received – £575,000.

WIGAN
Signings made – 9
Cash spent – £10million.
Key names – Adam Forshaw (Brentford), Oriol Riera (Osasuna), Emyr Huws (Man City).
Players out – 8
Cash received – £7million.

WOLVES
Signings made – 3
Cash spent – £1million.
Key names – Rajiv Van La Parra (Heerenveen), Tommy Rowe (Peterborough), George Saville (Chelsea)
Players out – 11
Cash received – £1.3million.