Ranking every Premier League club by their wage bill: Man Utd clear...

Manchester United spend more on wages than Arsenal and Tottenham combined, according to industry estimates.

The Red Devils haven't won a trophy in over five years, but they are by far the Premier League's biggest spenders on player wages. They spend around 30% more on wages than local rivals Manchester City, who have won four of the last five league titles.

As well as assembling one of the most expensive squads in Europe in terms of net transfer fees, United are also spending far more than many clubs that have surpassed them.

Liverpool, for example, are said to spend around £80million a year less on wages than their historic rivals, but have won every trophy since United last lifted silverware.

"I can't believe the investment that has been put into the team over the last five, six, seven years and you end up with that on the pitch," said the former right-back by Manchester United Gary Neville on the Gary Neville Podcast, back in January 2020.

"I saw a stat two weeks ago that United have the second highest wage bill in the world. And that's the team they have. It's unforgivable. It's really the case.

"I can't change the ownership of Manchester United, nobody can. But I find it hard to understand why the owners have persisted in trusting this management team to oversee the construction of a winning team of the Premier League title since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson, because if you don't lose your job for essentially overseeing this investment, this wage bill, and putting this team on the pitch, I have to say something is seriously wrong .

“There is real talent in this management team, they can generate income, they can do things with the football club that can help to be fair, but in terms of what the club needed to do for a number of years now it's been putting the best in class football operators at this club and they don't. They don't and it's a waste."

Two and a half years later, not much has changed even after Cristiano Ronaldo left, although United now have the fifth highest wage bill in Europe.

Ed Woodward has left his post and efforts are being made behind the scenes to build Erik ten Hag into a team capable of challenging top-flight City, but progress has not been particularly rapid.

Last season the club finished sixth, registering their lowest points tally in the Premier League era, and things are only improving slightly this season.

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Chelsea have the second highest wages in the Premier League, followed by City, followed by Liverpool, with Tottenham and Arsenal - who each pay less than half wages than United - fifth and sixth respectively.

New town Newcastle have only the 10th highest wage bill in the Premier League, although you'd expect them to increase that list in the coming years, and currently behind Leicester, Aston Villa and West Ham.

Elsewhere, it is interesting to note that Brighton (18th), Leeds (19th) and Brentford (20th) spend less on wages than newly promoted trio Fulham (14th), Bournemouth (16th) and Nottingham Forest (17th). < /p>

Here is the full summary of wages paid by each Premier League club - via FBref, with estimates provided by Capology.

1. Manchester United – £222,984,0002. Chelsea – £169,720,0003. Manchester City – £163,...