The Premier League is the richest league in world football with clubs able to offer star players the kind of wages that other teams could only dream of.
However, there is quite the difference in weekly expenditure on players between the historic bigger clubs in the division and some of the smaller teams. Using data released by salarysport.com, we’ve taken a look at the weekly (and yearly) wages that each club is paying out as well as the highest earning individual player at each club.
Here are all 20 Premier League clubs, including Aston Villa and Wolves, ranked from lowest to highest by their weekly wage bill and the highest earning player at each club:
1. Bournemouth - £860,350 p/w
£44,738,200 per year. Highest earner = Neto (£100k p/w).
2. Brentford - £899,840 p/w
£46,791,680 per year. Highest earner = Ben Mee (£53k p/w)
3. Brighton & Hove Albion - £901,350 p/w
£46,870,200 per year. Highest earner = Lewis Dunk (£80k p/w)
4. Leeds United - £1,035,460 p/w
£53,843,920 per year. Highest earner = Rodrigo (£100k p/w)