Manchester United overtook Manchester City as the biggest payers in the Barclays Premier League in the 2013-14 season. Their wages bill came to £215.8m compared with City’s £205m. The wage bill of Burnley was just £21.5m, one tenth that of United.
Chelsea were third with a wage bill of £192.7 with Arsenal some way behind with £154.5m. Liverpool were just behind with £144m and then there was a big gap to Tottenham Hotspur with £100.4m. Newcastle United were next, but one might question whether they got value for money.
Manchester United overtook Manchester City as the biggest payers in the Barclays Premier League in the 2013-14 season. Their wages bill came to £215.8m compared with City’s £205m. The wage bill of Burnley was just £21.5m, one tenth that of United.
Chelsea were third with a wage bill of £192.7 with Arsenal some way behind with £154.5m. Liverpool were just behind with £144m and then there was a big gap to Tottenham Hotspur with £100.4m. Newcastle United were next, but one might question whether they got value for money.
Southampton are the club punching most heavily above their weight. They are seventh in the league table, but ranked 15th in terms of their wage bill. QPR ranked eighth in terms of their £75m wage bill, but they are 19th in the league.
Only two clubs met the Deloitte Sports Business target of a wages to turnover ratio of 50 per cent: Crystal Palace and Manchester United. Clubs below 60 per cent were Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Everton, Aston Villa, West Ham and Southampton. This reflects the healthier state of Premiership finances.
At the other end of the spectrum, Leicester had a ratio of 116 per cent and Burnley 110 per cent, but they are the two bottom clubs in terms of turnover. The real outlier is QPR with a ratio of 195 per cent.