Manchester United miss out on top spot again.
Chelsea spent more than any other team on wages last season.
The Premier League champions spent £215.6m on player’s salaries, ahead of Manchester United who spent £203m, and Manchester City and Arsenal, who spent £193.5m and £192.2m respectively.
Chelsea winning the league, and having the highest wage bill, is further evidence that wage bill, rather than transfer outlays, have a greater influence in determining a team’s final league position.
According to a 2010 report by Sporting Intelligence, a Premier League team’s success is 85 percent determined by it’s wage bill.
“In the Premier League, it’s 85 per cent, or in other words, the correlation between wages and success is 85 per cent. In short: you spend a lot, you’ve got a good chance of winning, and vice versa.”
So, Ed Woodward, it’s not about paying Barcelona £140m for Neymar, it matters what you pay him.
