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Football clubs dominate the list of the biggest salaries paid to athletes across the whole of sport, according to a survey of wages conducted by Sporting Intelligence and ESPN The Magazine.

AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE

1. PSG: $174,692 -- £111,453 -- €153,913
2. Real Madrid: $166,180 -- £106,022 -- €146,401
3. Man City: $165,343 -- £105,502 -- €145,676
4. Barcelona: $155,452 -- £99,191 -- €136,938
5. L.A. Dodgers: $154,292 -- £98,451 -- €135,929
6. Man Utd: $154,274 -- £98,439 -- €135,914
7. Bayern Munich: $147,326 -- £93,993 -- €129,780
8. Chelsea: $143,516 -- £91,574 -- €126,436
9. New York Yankees: $140,566 -- £89,681 -- €123,825
10. Arsenal: $133,658 -- £85,284 -- €117,703

ottackon wrote:Football clubs dominate the list of the biggest salaries paid to athletes across the whole of sport, according to a survey of wages conducted by Sporting Intelligence and ESPN The Magazine.

AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE

1. PSG: $174,692 -- £111,453 -- €153,913
2. Real Madrid: $166,180 -- £106,022 -- €146,401
3. Man City: $165,343 -- £105,502 -- €145,676
4. Barcelona: $155,452 -- £99,191 -- €136,938
5. L.A. Dodgers: $154,292 -- £98,451 -- €135,929
6. Man Utd: $154,274 -- £98,439 -- €135,914
7. Bayern Munich: $147,326 -- £93,993 -- €129,780
8. Chelsea: $143,516 -- £91,574 -- €126,436
9. New York Yankees: $140,566 -- £89,681 -- €123,825
10. Arsenal: $133,658 -- £85,284 -- €117,703

Well, NFL American Football teams have a salary cap, without this control, NFL teams would being dominating this list.

What are Arsenal doing in the top 10?

Arsenal have to pay a certain "Alexis Sanchez","Ramsey","Wilshere"...."Mesut Ozil","Cazorla","Giroud"!
They have quite a few celebrities you know! (overhyped )

ottackon wrote:Football clubs dominate the list of the biggest salaries paid to athletes across the whole of sport, according to a survey of wages conducted by Sporting Intelligence and ESPN The Magazine.

AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE

1. PSG: $174,692 -- £111,453 -- €153,913
2. Real Madrid: $166,180 -- £106,022 -- €146,401
3. Man City: $165,343 -- £105,502 -- €145,676
4. Barcelona: $155,452 -- £99,191 -- €136,938
5. L.A. Dodgers: $154,292 -- £98,451 -- €135,929
6. Man Utd: $154,274 -- £98,439 -- €135,914
7. Bayern Munich: $147,326 -- £93,993 -- €129,780
8. Chelsea: $143,516 -- £91,574 -- €126,436
9. New York Yankees: $140,566 -- £89,681 -- €123,825
10. Arsenal: $133,658 -- £85,284 -- €117,703

Actually, these numbers do not mean much... they should have published a list of total salaries paid by each club...

Such numbers as above are easily subject to fluctuations, once a clubs adds 2-3 of the youth players to their squad... So we can't really compare these numbers!

I wish we weren't in the top.

MaCk0y wrote:I wish we weren't in the top.

How could we?... If we are to compete with other top-top clubs in Europe, we should pay salaries in the same level as other top teams... Otherwise, we'll always be in danger of losing our key players!

dambun wrote:

MaCk0y wrote:I wish we weren't in the top.

How could we?... If we are to compete with other top-top clubs in Europe, we should pay salaries in the same level as other top teams... Otherwise, we'll always be in danger of losing our key players!

That's why it's a wish.

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MUTU wrote:

FCBayernMunchen wrote:I'd say kudos to the FA, they market the EPL very very well. The problem is rather with the Bundesliga's ridiculous amount. It's our problem not theirs if you ask me.

It's everyone's problem really because with such a TV deal the Premier League will become colossal.

Here's what the St. Etienne co-president had to say about it:

“The Premier League will become the NBA of football. It will be greater than the Champions League. Clubs such as Manchester United or Chelsea will have budgets of €700 or €800m,” he was quoted as saying in the French media. “What is happening in England will impact on Germany, Italy, Spain. And I do not imagine that Uefa will not react. But there will be a greater attention if the request comes from Bayern [Munich], Real [Madrid] , Barcelona or Milan instead of St Etienne.” [source]

Some people were asking about this on the chat.

ottackon wrote:

..... Not good. not good at all.

No surprise ManU gotta big boost after their Adidas deal

Apart of Barca and Real, the good local economy clearly is helping football teams, specially germans and english teams.

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It makes for bad reading that.

It can't be right when teams like Stoke are receiving more money than Juventus or Burnley more than Milan for gods sake.

I don't know what the answer is and I've no idea why they pay so much for our TV rights anyway but it's quite sad to see.