The Sun newspaper disclosed that Manchester City's total salary investment in the previous season soared to £423 million (equivalent to about HK$4.15 billion), leading the Premier League's top 20 players to take the lead. United, on the other hand, although often in the top three, actually with 331 million pounds (about 3.25 billion Hong Kong dollars) of investment in the fourth.
Ewarton and Nottingham Forest have been fined and deducted points by the Premier League for breaching financial discipline, a move that has put the teams' finances in the spotlight. Among the many expenses, players' salary is undoubtedly the biggest burden. Manchester City has many stars, so naturally the salary expenses are huge. For example, Chivan Dibny's midfield salary is as high as £400,000 per week, totaling £423 million for the entire season.
And Premier League leader Liverpool is second with a total wage bill of £373 million. Chelsea, who have been active in bringing in reinforcements in recent years, are third with £340 million spent. Manchester United followed in fourth place, while Arsenal made it in as fifth. It is worth mentioning that Arsenal's players "value for money" is higher.
It's worth noting that the team with the lowest total payroll spend last season was Fulham, at just £90m.
