- Salary bills of the highest players in European football have been revealed
- The list of best 10 was dominated by the Premier League clubs for the 2023-24 season
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The highest wage bills in European football for the 2023-24 season have been revealed, with six Premier League clubs that arise in the top 10.
PSG is at the top of the list after the French champions have paid their players a combined total of 658 million euros (553 million pounds sterling), while Laliga Giants Real Madrid (424 million pounds Sterling) and Barcelona (400 million pounds sterling) are also in the first four.
But the rest of the list is dominated by English clubs.
Manchester City (465 million pounds sterling) is just behind PSG, and their strong expenses have borne fruit because they have won a fourth successive title in the Premier League.
Meanwhile, Liverpool (377 million pounds sterling) is hot in the heels of Barcelona in fifth. Bayern Munich (361 million pounds sterling) is seated in sixth grade, before the rest of the top 10 was completed by Manchester United (360 million pounds sterling), Chelsea (332 million pounds sterling), Arsenal (320 million pounds sterling) and Aston Villa (245 million pounds sterling).
The United Salaries bill was not translated into the field results when they endured their worst campaign of the Premier League under Erik Ten Hag before the dismissal of Dutch last October.
Manchester City had the highest League highest wage bill for the 2023-24 season
Liverpool was the second highest leading club on the list and fifth in the general classification in Europe
Manchester United was just behind them, but had a miserable season under Erik Ten Hag
Chelsea also missed the Champions League despite splashing money, but Arsenal pushed City throughout the title race and Villa returned to the Europe Elite Club competition after a brilliant campaign with Unai Emery at the helm.
Figures show that players’ salaries across Europe have reached 18 billion euros (15.1 billion pounds sterling) in 2023-24, up 6.5% compared to the previous year.
It has also been confirmed that players’ salaries have increased considerably from the COVVI-19 pandemic.
After the publication of the latest UEFA Club comparative analysis report, the president of the master organization Aleksander Ceferin warned clubs to pay excessive sums to their players.
“While most clubs seem to manage players’ salary increases in a responsible manner, other costs are increasing quickly, putting greater pressure on operational margins than ever,” he said.
“Clubs must remain vigilant because there is still a lot of work to do to restore pre-countryic profitability.”
The Premier League clubs must join the rules of profit and sustainability (PSR) or face a punishment, Everton and Nottingham Forest were both awarded points last season after breaking the rules.
UEFA also has its own financial rules for clubs involved in their competitions to follow.
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Chelsea had the highest raw expenses during the same period (the owner of the Co-Control Todd Boehly Illustrated)
Financial results for transfer expenses over a period of five seasons between 2020 and 2024 were also announced.
United (623 million pounds sterling) had the highest net expenses ahead of Barcelona (566 million pounds Sterling) and Juventus (535 million pounds Sterling).
Regarding raw expenses, Chelsea was in the lead after paying 1.7 billion sterling pounds for transfers, putting them well away from their nearest rivals, City.
