Popular Post Aus Fox Posted 6 November 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 6 November 2021 1 hour ago, davieG said: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/premier-league-wage-bill-salary-25371891 Premier League wages league table as Man Utd pay out enormous amount more than rivals Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United spend the most on player wages in the Premier League after signing Cristiano Ronaldo, Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane during the summer ByTom BlowDigital Sports Writer 07:30, 6 Nov 2021 | Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea are currently leading the way in the Premier League points table, yet they aren't spending the most on player wages. That honour - according to Spotrac - goes to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United, who also boast the division's highest paid player in Cristiano Ronaldo. It's believed the Red Devils are spending £60million more than their rivals each year on player wages in a bid to end their five-year wait for silverware. But how do the other 19 clubs compare? Here, Mirror Football takes a look at the reported data and a brief glimpse at how each Premier League side conducts their business. Which Premier League clubs are recruiting well at the moment? Let us know in the comments below! 20. Brentford Thomas Frank is working wonders on a limited budget at Brentford Thomas Frank is working wonders on a limited budget at Brentford ( Image: Getty Images) Last season's Championship play-off winners Brentford have the lowest wage bill in the Premier League, spending just £12.8m each year on player salaries. Around half of that investment - £6.1m - has gone on their midfield, which includes former Liverpool youngster Sergi Canos and Denmark international Christian Norgaard. Remarkably, the Bees are spending a mere £1.4m on their strikers - including Ivan Toney - which has returned 12 goals in their first ten Premier League outings this term. 19. Leeds Marcelo Bielsa's squad are one of the most entertaining to watch in the Premier League and the club invest a mere £17.9m each year on their wages. The Argentine manager certainly knows the importance of forwards, spending £9.8m on the likes of Patrick Bamdford, Raphinha and Rodrigo. The cheapest aspect of Leeds' team is their midfield, with just £2.4m being paid on Kalvin Phillips and his colleagues - around of a third of what Brentford shell out. 18. Norwich Although Norwich are struggling in this season's Premier League, they aren't exactly doing it on the cheap - spending £24.2m on player wages. Worryingly, £10.8m is being spent on defenders such as Ben Gibson, Christoph Zimmermann and Ozan Kabak, which has leaked 25 league goals this term. Perhaps Norwich's biggest mistake is investing just £1.9m on their strikers, with the team scoring a mere three goals in ten Premier League games since their promotion. 17. Watford When it comes to the newly promoted clubs, the Hornets are investing the most on player wages - just under £30.1m. Most of that cash is being spent on their midfield (£11.4m) and defence (£10.6m), helping them pick up ten points from their ten Premier League games so far this term. Watford have spent a steady amount on their strike force - which includes Joshua King, Joao Pedro and Ismaila Sarr - pumping £5.5m into their wages. 16. Burnley Sean Dyche's side are currently spending £33.8m on player wages - and the cash is being evenly split throughout the squad. Burnley are spending £2.1m on the goalkeepers, £13m on the defenders, £38.8m on the midfielders and £9.9m on the strikers. The Clarets made three big signings during the summer: Nathan Collins from Stoke, Maxwel Cornet from Lyon and Connor Roberts from Swansea. 15. Brighton High-flying Brighton are currently putting £37.2m each year into their squad's respective bank accounts and - so far, at least - it's proving to be money well spent. The Seagulls are currently eighth in the Premier League after a great start to the campaign under Graham Potter. Just over £11m is being spent on the strikers and defenders, while the biggest investment is on their midfield - investing £13.2m. 14. Southampton Southampton are surviving on a relatively low budget in the Premier League Southampton are surviving on a relatively low budget in the Premier League ( Image: Getty Images) The Saints spend £43.8m a year on player salaries, with £18.3m being splashed on strikers - including Adam Armstrong and Che Adams. Just over £12m is being spent on their midfield - which includes England star James Ward-Prowse - while around half of that is being spent on defenders. One of their more surprising investments is in their goalkeepers - investing £7.3m - more than Brighton, Burnley, Leeds and Brentford combined. 13. Wolves The West Midlands outfit are investing £45.3m each year on player wages, with £14.3m being splashed on their strike force. Wolves' midfield has come relatively cheap, with £13.6m being spent on the likes of Ruben Neves and Joao Moutinho. The result is a decent start to the season, picking up 16 points from their first 10 Premier League games under Bruno Lage. 12. Newcastle The Toon may not have any Premier League wins this season but that doesn't stop them from spending £46.9m each year on player wages. Newcastle's biggest investment is their leaky defence, with £19.4m being splashed on the likes of Jamaal Lascelles and Federico Fernandez. The club's wages are likely to soar before the end of the season after a Saudi-backed consortium completed a £305m takeover in October. 11. Aston Villa Despite only returning to the Premier League just over two years ago, Aston Villa boast a substantial £51.7m annual wage bill. A large chuck of that cash is being invested in their attack, signing Ollie Watkins, Bertrand Traore, Danny Ings and Leon Bailey in recent years. And their wage bill would have been even higher if they'd have held on to Jack Grealish before his £100m move to Manchester City in August. 10. Crystal Palace The South London favourites are spending slightly more than Villa on player wages - £51.8m. Unlike Villa, though, Crystal Palace have invested heavily in their goalkeepers, spending £6.3m on the likes of Jack Butland and Vincente Guaita. Palace's biggest outlay is their strike force, splashing more than £17m on Christian Benteke, Wilfried Zaha and others. 9. Leicester The Foxes are currently spending £54.5m on player wages - a remarkable figure considering they've finished fifth two seasons in-a-row. Leicester are investing £7.8m in the goalkeeping department - which includes Kasper Schmeichel and Danny Ward - and £16.5m on their defence. Their biggest outlay is their midfield, with the likes of James Maddison and Youri Tielemans costing just shy of £17.5m. 8. West Ha The Hammers are currently pushing for Champions League qualification after investing £59.6m in player wages. Their biggest outlay is their defence - costing just shy of £25m - and that investment has seen them concede only 11 Premier League goals this term. West Ham are also investing £15.8m on their strike force, which includes Jarrod Bowen, Michail Antonio and Andriy Yarmolenko. 7. Everton Manager Rafa Benitez didn't have much to spend during the recent transfer window but the Toffees are still splashing £70.9m each year on player wages. Everton's biggest investment is their midfield, cost £27.4m - more than twice as much as Brentford's entre 28-man squad. Surprisingly, the Merseyside club are spending just over £11m on their strike force, which includes England's Dominic Calvert-Lewin. 6. Tottenham Spurs might have one of the most expensive stadiums in the country but it's a different story when it comes to their squad, spending £78.7m on player wages. Just over £27m of that goes on their strike force, which includes England captain Harry Kane and South Korean ace Son Heung-min. Tottenham's biggest outlay is their midfield, spending £30.9m on the likes of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Dele Alli and Giovani Lo Celso. 5. Arsenal Arsenal have a top six budget and top six aspirations this season Arsenal have a top six budget and top six aspirations this season ( Image: Getty Images) The Gunners are spending much more on player wages than local rivals Spurs - £99.8m. Arsenal's biggest outlay is their striking department, splashing £38.3m on the likes of Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, Nicolas Pepe and Alexandre Lacazette. They've also invested heavily in their defence - spending £34.2m - while their goalkeepers' collective salary costs them just £5.2m. 4. Liverpool The 2019-20 Premier League champions are currently spending £139.2m in player wages - eclipsing Arsenal's significant outlay. Surprisingly, just £36.7m of that is going on Jurgen Klopp's irresistible strike force, which includes Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane. To put Liverpool's player wages into perspective, they are spending more than Burnley, Watford, Norwich, Leeds and Brentford combined. 3. Manchester City Investing slightly more than Liverpool are the reigning Premier League champions, who spent £143.2m on player wages. And few will be shocked to discover just £22.7m of that is going on strikers, with manager Pep Guardiola often playing without a recognised No9. City's biggest outlay is their midfield - including the likes of Grealish, Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva - which costs a whopping £73.5m. 2. Chelsea Tuchel's side are European champions and Premier League leaders for a reason, spending a whopping £162.6m on player wages. Chelsea's outlay is fairly balanced throughout the squad, spending £51.5m on strikers, £59.6m on midfielders and £40.7m on defenders. The Blues' only major signing of the recent transfer window was Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan, which is likely to have boosted them up the salary table. Who will be the best player in the world in four years' time? Have your say! 1. Manchester United Brace yourselves. When it comes to player wages, the Red Devils are spending a remarkable £226.7m each year on their illustrious squad. Their biggest outlay is their strike force following the arrival of Ronaldo, spending just over £85m on the Portuguese and his colleagues. To put this into perspective, Man Utd are spending more on salaries than Brentford, Leeds, Norwich, Watford, Burnley, Brighton and Southampton combined. This really does show for all those who are on the managers back how far above our weight we are punching and what we are up against. We are competing with Manchester United who are paying their strikers alone more that our entire squad. Chelsea spend our whole budget just in the midfield as do Man City. The fact we are 9th in wages budget but regularly challenging the top six and winning trophies is amazing! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalis Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 (edited) State of some of those wages, Crystal Palace 10th? Poor return so far if thats the case. Edited 6 November 2021 by Nalis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Fox Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 Both clubs big money summer signings Grealish and Sancho left of the bench. Imagine being able to spend that sort of money and leave the player out for a huge game. With Sancho, 70 million quid and I can’t even see where he fits into the Manchester United system. I know it’s early days, but could be up there with the biggest wastes of money in football ever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 On 03/11/2021 at 22:29, weller54 said: Caption competition.. AC: You see that off in the distance Harry? That shiny thing? It's called Silverware. HK: Shilverware? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAPA LAZAROU Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 15 hours ago, Dahnsouff said: Southampton are winning because they are working really hard, not because we bought one half decent backup CB, and signed a free backup LB. Half decent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridFox Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 Decent atmosphere at Old Trafford for once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zear0 Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 (edited) Bit unlucky there. Quite funny though. Edit-On a replay looks a lot worse actually. Edited 6 November 2021 by Zear0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacemunky Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 Thought it'd be Maguire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unabomber Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 Really winds me up how Martin Tyler supports Man United. When anyone scores against them he sounds so quiet and depressed but then you hear him when United score and he goes mad. Having Neville as co commentator too ffs. Let’s have some impartiality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NasPb Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 What horrible defending from fernandes luxury player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zear0 Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 1 minute ago, Unabomber said: Really winds me up how Martin Tyler supports Man United. When anyone scores against them he sounds so quiet and depressed but then you hear him when United score and he goes mad. Having Neville as co commentator too ffs. Let’s have some impartiality. Reminds of the Benteke worldie that he sulked through followed by the Martial orgasm that followed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facecloth Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 Just now, Unabomber said: Really winds me up how Martin Tyler supports Man United. When anyone scores against them he sounds so quiet and depressed but then you hear him when United score and he goes mad. Having Neville as co commentator too ffs. Let’s have some impartiality. Remember the Martial debut goal against Liverpool. He couldn't hide his joy. It was just after Benteke had scored an unreal overhead kick that he was barely moved by. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unabomber Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 Just now, Zear0 said: Reminds of the Benteke worldie that he sulked through followed by the Martial orgasm that followed. Just now, Facecloth said: Remember the Martial debut goal against Liverpool. He couldn't hide his joy. It was just after Benteke had scored an unreal overhead kick that he was barely moved by. Yeah this was unreal haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facecloth Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 2 minutes ago, Zear0 said: Reminds of the Benteke worldie that he sulked through followed by the Martial orgasm that followed. 2 minutes ago, Facecloth said: Remember the Martial debut goal against Liverpool. He couldn't hide his joy. It was just after Benteke had scored an unreal overhead kick that he was barely moved by. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OntarioFox Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Unabomber said: Really winds me up how Martin Tyler supports Man United. When anyone scores against them he sounds so quiet and depressed but then you hear him when United score and he goes mad. Having Neville as co commentator too ffs. Let’s have some impartiality. It's not just Man United, he does it for the whole of the traditional 'big four'. Go watch back that Title season game against Chelsea. He sounded like he'd just seen his gran get run over when Mahrez turned Azpilicueta and netted. It took Vardy breaking that Van Nistelrooy record for him to even try to feign emotion when we scored that season. Edited 6 November 2021 by OntarioFox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban fox Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 3 minutes ago, Unabomber said: Really winds me up how Martin Tyler supports Man United. When anyone scores against them he sounds so quiet and depressed but then you hear him when United score and he goes mad. Having Neville as co commentator too ffs. Let’s have some impartiality. Really am getting fed up with the unashamed bias of some commentators. OK so i know the likes of Stringer etc. on RL are even more biased, but that is a local broadcast aimed mainly at local listeners, and they make no bones about the fact that they are commentating on their team. When it is national (international) TV then there should be more balance. Makes me laugh when all sorts were complaining that the BBC coverage of the cup final was biased towards Leicester (obviously everyone knows that Lineker is a Leicester boy through and through, but he is not commentating) yet its OK to have the likes of Tyler, Neville, Carragher and co being so blatantly biased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 Literally 3 days ago: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 Man United literally can't string 2 passes together.. Horrible side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 Bruno Fernandes makes Okazaki look like he's got the balance of Simone Biles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Lcfc Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 (edited) Cancelo surely has to be one of the best fullbacks in world football. Absolutely incredible. Edited 6 November 2021 by Matt_Lcfc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Md9 Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 another 5 or 6 nil here would be very funny to see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacemunky Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 KdB bossin' this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalis Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, adam said: Man United literally can't string 2 passes together.. Horrible side. The only hope for this season is that they beat some of the teams around us and win just about enough games to keep Ole as manager. No way they are challenging the top 3. Edited 6 November 2021 by Nalis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 Does any country in the world have a better selection of full backs in this generation than Portugal? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Horse's Mouth Posted 6 November 2021 Share Posted 6 November 2021 This is actually worse than Liverpool at least they had a go, this is like an fa cup away game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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