ManU players Top EPL Pay Scale at 0.5M More Than Man City

[Kabalega]

Manchester United players earning half a million more than Manchester City rivals

26 Nov From the section Football

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Alexis Sanchez signed for Manchester United in January in a deal worth £14m a year after tax

First-team players at Manchester United are earning on average half a million pounds a year more than Premier League champions Manchester City, according to the Global Sports Salaries Survey.

United players are also picking up almost double what Tottenham are paying their first-team squad.

Meanwhile, Barcelona have become the first sports team to pay an average yearly salary of more than £10m.

Real Madrid, Juventus and Manchester United are also in the top 10 spenders.

The other six clubs in the top 10 all come from the NBA.

Clubs in the Premier League are paying, on average, more than top-flight football clubs in any other country per game, although cricket's Indian Premier League and American football's NFL top the spending on a per-game basis.
Premier League big spenders

Manchester City may have won the Premier League last season, but they come in behind Manchester United this term on wages with the Old Trafford club paying an average of £6,534,654 per year to first-team players.

City's yearly bill comes in at £5,993,000, followed by Chelsea (£5,020,004), Liverpool (£4,862,963), Arsenal (£4,853,130) and Tottenham (£3,515,778).

Everton and West Ham follow closely behind Spurs, while Cardiff, Huddersfield and Burnley make up the bottom three - the Bluebirds are the only Premier League club to come in under £1m for the year.

That said, despite Burnley's average annual first-team wage of £1,603,197 placing them third-bottom of the Premier League pile, the Clarets are still paying more than the likes of Ligue 1's Monaco and Bundesliga side RB Leipzig.

"The two Manchester clubs, United and City, remain clear of the rest in basic pay terms according to our calculations," say Sporting Intelligence, who conduct the survey.

"We thought last year that whichever of the pair achieved the most on the pitch would end up with the larger of the two overall wage bills (all staff) for 2017-18.

"In fact City won the league and had wages of £260m and United faltered but paid out £296m."

City finished as champions ahead of United, but while Pep Guardiola's side top the league again this campaign Jose Mourinho's outfit have slipped to seventh.

Sporting Intelligence says this was largely down to United's return to the Champions League, but do point out some of Manchester City's wage bill appears under the City Football Group.
Barcelona break the £10 million mark

Not only have Barcelona become the first sports club in the world to pay an average of more than £10m a year to first-team players, the Spanish giants have also broken the £200,000-per-week barrier for the first time.

On average, first-teamers at the Nou Camp earn £10,454,259 a year, which translates to an average £201,043 per week.

European champions and La Liga rivals Real Madrid are second on the list with a yearly average of £8,089,582, with Italian side Juventus the third-highest paying football club at £6,726,615 on average per year.

Despite Barca and Real's dominance on the pay scale, the average Premier League yearly salary remains 36% higher than that of La Liga and almost double the amount paid to players in Italy's Serie A.

Basketball's Oklahoma City Thunder are the highest-paying non-football club, closely followed by Golden State Warriors, while outside of football and basketball it is Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs who lead the way as the 30th highest-paying sports team.
IPL and NFL paying most per game

With just 14 games per season, the IPL tops the charts for the average pay per player, per game at £274,624, while the NFL comes in at £138,354 over 16 games.

In comparison, Premier League teams are paying their players an average of £78,703 per match during a 38-game season.

"Two notable things happened with IPL wages in 2018: they got bigger, and the outlay by different teams got closer together," says Sporting Intelligence.

"A new five-year TV rights deal, concluded last year for £1.96bn for 2018-2022, has come on stream. That guarantees the medium-term future of an event that has often struggled for certainty.

"Uniquely, IPL salaries are pro-rated from weekly pay to annual pay because, again uniquely, IPL players typically have multiple different professional employers concurrently.

"The vast majority of other teams in other leagues contract their players for at least a year at a time. You simply don't get NFL stars playing a season in the USA then another in Germany in the same year; or a Premier League player appearing freelance for six different teams in a campaign."
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46341672

[benteke]

As for City, what the City players earn officially according to UK books is usually only half the story, the club has a nice arrangement where they have some slush funds going on via abhu dhabi or something to do with image rights, circumventing FFP, no wonder they are all happy with the not so big official wages they get.

Anyway back to United, like i always say, the club assembled a bunch of overpaid , less hungry players in part because United was desperate to be seen as a club that can attract stars even without Champions League football.

The likes of Martial are currently holding out for even more because they sense a vulnerable club.
No surprises there, and such attitudes will not help United to get back to the top.

[maceo4]

Despite Barca and Real's dominance on the pay scale, the average Premier League yearly salary remains 36% higher than that of La Liga and almost double the amount paid to players in Italy's Serie A.

Hmm wonder why all our boys wan enter EPL by force...

[wanaj0]

As for City, what the City players earn officially according to UK books is usually only half the story, the club has a nice arrangement where they have some slush funds going on via abhu dhabi or something to do with image rights, circumventing FFP, no wonder they are all happy with the not so big official wages they get.

Anyway back to United, like i always say, the club assembled a bunch of overpaid , less hungry players in part because United was desperate to be seen as a club that can attract stars even without Champions League football.

The likes of Martial are currently holding out for even more because they sense a vulnerable club.
No surprises there, and such attitudes will not help United to get back to the top.

Those doing deals for United should be sacked before they destroy the club! How much are they paying benchwarmer Sanchez again? How do they expect the other players to react?

[metalalloy]

LOL but but Pep spent 1 billion

where are the deluded brainwashed acolytes wey dey argue transfer fees

[benteke]

LOL but but Pep spent 1 billion

where are the deluded brainwashed acolytes wey dey argue transfer fees

City has a dodgy pay structure, that's what you need to understand.
But the transfer fees cannot be ignored, they are fact

[metalalloy]

As for City, what the City players earn officially according to UK books is usually only half the story, the club has a nice arrangement where they have some slush funds going on via abhu dhabi or something to do with image rights, circumventing FFP, no wonder they are all happy with the not so big official wages they get.[/color]

Anyway back to United, like i always say, the club assembled a bunch of overpaid , less hungry players in part because United was desperate to be seen as a club that can attract stars even without Champions League football.

The likes of Martial are currently holding out for even more because they sense a vulnerable club.
No surprises there, and such attitudes will not help United to get back to the top.

DO you have backup for the highlighted. The allegations about the sale of the image right to Fordham Sports Management was from back in the 2011 season and would not apply to the vast majority (if any) of the contracts for the first team now in 2018. Besides, there are reports that UEFA was informed of those payments back then.

The arrangement with Fordham appears unlikely to have any consequences for City now, because – according to several sources with knowledge of the process – the club disclosed the details of it to Uefa at the time, after Uefa asked questions about the figures stated in the accounts. Uefa officials are understood to have examined the deal then, and decided not to allow it as a reduction of the wage bill. City had declared in their accounts £25 million received from selling image rights, and were known then to have been indignant Uefa had not accepted it as legitimate income to offset the losse

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer ... -1.3708552

[Mr. Piffington]

People are going to be making excuses for the incompetence of United’s board.

[Cristao II]

United players are also picking up almost double what Tottenham are paying their first-team squad.

Manchester City may have won the Premier League last season, but they come in behind Manchester United this term on wages with the Old Trafford club paying an average of £6,534,654 per year to first-team players.

City's yearly bill comes in at £5,993,000, followed by Chelsea (£5,020,004), Liverpool (£4,862,963), Arsenal (£4,853,130) and Tottenham (£3,515,778)

Interesting ...

[pajimoh]

United players are also picking up almost double what Tottenham are paying their first-team squad.

Manchester City may have won the Premier League last season, but they come in behind Manchester United this term on wages with the Old Trafford club paying an average of £6,534,654 per year to first-team players.

City's yearly bill comes in at £5,993,000, followed by Chelsea (£5,020,004), Liverpool (£4,862,963), Arsenal (£4,853,130) and Tottenham (£3,515,778)

Interesting ...

Brace yourself for the two-faced punters. They complain about how much is being spent and in the same sentence, encourage our players to go where the money is.

[metalalloy]

LOL but but Pep spent 1 billion

where are the deluded brainwashed acolytes wey dey argue transfer fees

City has a dodgy pay structure, that's what you need to understand.
But the transfer fees cannot be ignored, they are fact

And what YOU need to understand is that both clubs overpay massively yet only one is getting the results on the pitch.

[metalalloy]

People are going to be making excuses for the incompetence of United’s board.

dont put it all on the board. They are giving the farmer the tools he requested. Its not their fault he cant use them correctly

[benteke]

People are going to be making excuses for the incompetence of United’s board.

I think at this point in time majority of United fans hold the board to blame, that's why we saw the banner saying Woodward is a specialist in failure

[benteke]

LOL but but Pep spent 1 billion

where are the deluded brainwashed acolytes wey dey argue transfer fees

City has a dodgy pay structure, that's what you need to understand.
But the transfer fees cannot be ignored, they are fact

And what YOU need to understand is that both clubs overpay massively yet only one is getting the results on the pitch.

Yes i do understand that.

[Cristao II]

United players are also picking up almost double what Tottenham are paying their first-team squad.

Manchester City may have won the Premier League last season, but they come in behind Manchester United this term on wages with the Old Trafford club paying an average of £6,534,654 per year to first-team players.

City's yearly bill comes in at £5,993,000, followed by Chelsea (£5,020,004), Liverpool (£4,862,963), Arsenal (£4,853,130) and Tottenham (£3,515,778)

Interesting ...

Brace yourself for the two-faced punters. They complain about how much is being spent and in the same sentence, encourage our players to go where the money is.

KPOM!!

[kajifu]

I have to give it to Spurs,this team even with the low wages compare to the other top 6 teams has show that its not all down to money.Spurs are not even at their best,their best game was against Chelsea this season yet they are 5 points behind City.
As for Arsenal we will get back to our best when Emery ship out likes of Ozil that alone makes our wage bill high.I mean what we pay Ozil is what spurs are paying Kane,Eriksen,Ali,Sonetc.Spurs need to be careful before big clubs come for their players.

As for Manu its not surprise as they hire the wrong guy to be their coach.

[cic old boy]

WE are top of the pay league table. Top of the profits league table. 7th on the minor league table about performance on the pitch.

[benteke]

DO you have backup for the highlighted. The allegations about the sale of the image right to Fordham Sports Management was from back in the 2011 season and would not apply to the vast majority (if any) of the contracts for the first team now in 2018. Besides, there are reports that UEFA was informed of those payments back th

It's more complicated and much smarter than what one would read about on the public domain.
Shout out to the City gurus for outsmarting the old money clubs, they are doing a great job, you got to give it to them.
Even when it comes to revenues etc don't be surprised to see City overtaking giants like Madrid in the near future, City are playing this game well, watch that space for details.

[metalalloy]

DO you have backup for the highlighted. The allegations about the sale of the image right to Fordham Sports Management was from back in the 2011 season and would not apply to the vast majority (if any) of the contracts for the first team now in 2018. Besides, there are reports that UEFA was informed of those payments back th

It's more complicated and much smarter than what one would read about on the public domain.
Shout out to the City gurus for outsmarting the old money clubs, they are doing a great job, you got to give it to them.
Even when it comes to revenues etc don't be surprised to see City overtaking giants like Madrid in the near future, City are playing this game well, watch that space for details.

So, in other words, you do not have a source to back up your allegations?

ps. the information in the public domain was from football leaks and was not meant for public consumption. So there is nothing "complicated or much smarter" about it. It is what it is. Now, City may have come up with another scheme, but until it comes to light, it (along with revenues" is irrelevant to the pay scale which is the topic at hand.

[benteke]

DO you have backup for the highlighted. The allegations about the sale of the image right to Fordham Sports Management was from back in the 2011 season and would not apply to the vast majority (if any) of the contracts for the first team now in 2018. Besides, there are reports that UEFA was informed of those payments back th

It's more complicated and much smarter than what one would read about on the public domain.
Shout out to the City gurus for outsmarting the old money clubs, they are doing a great job, you got to give it to them.
Even when it comes to revenues etc don't be surprised to see City overtaking giants like Madrid in the near future, City are playing this game well, watch that space for details.

So, in other words, you do not have a source to back up your allegations?

ps. the information in the public domain was from football leaks and was not meant for public consumption. So there is nothing "complicated or much smarter" about it. It is what it is. Now, City may have come up with another scheme, but until it comes to light, it (along with revenues" is irrelevant to the pay scale which is the topic at hand.

Well yes you have a point, until it comes up in the public domain then you can say it's irrelevant

But for example Etihad is City sponsor and we know its an Abhu dabhi airline linked to the sheikhs, it doesn't need to be on the public domain for you to figure that some smart things are going on there. Real smart things, City's revenues have already overtaken some old money clubs in UK which still see themselves as bigger than City historically

[wiseone]

Most sane and talented footballers from South America or southern Europe have no desire to leave their family, friends, GF, and a warm sunny climate to go and live in a cloudy, cold, rain infested city in northern England to play for a club that is a shadow of its former self. Hence they must be "convinced" to move there with some enticement...