Manchester United are now the best paid football team in the world, having overtaken Barcelona. Average basic first team pay at United is £110,962 a week. This is forty times as much as the club was paying in the first season of Premier League football in 1992-3.
Manchester United are now the best paid football team in the world, having overtaken Barcelona. Average basic first team pay at United is £110,962 a week. This is forty times as much as the club was paying in the first season of Premier League football in 1992-3.
The average weekly pay for Premier League players is £48,766 a week, 32 times as much as in 1992-3. This is almost twice as much as La Liga where the average figure is £24,786 a week.
However, only three of the top twelve best paid teams are from football: Barcelona, Manchester United and Manchester City. The best paid team is a NBA outfit from Cleveland at over £125,000 a week.