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A Look at Premier League Finances: Wages

David WilsonJun 10, 2009

Yesterday we looked at the match day revenues of clubs in the Premier League and the huge gap between the big clubs like Manchester United and Arsenal and the smaller clubs like West Brom and Fulham.

Clubs with the highest gate and match day revenue should be able to afford the best players and they can afford their huge salaries.

As you can see—some what we would call in the U.S.—small market teams, are seeing their wage bill cover chew up a dangerously high percentage of their income (turnover).

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Team                                           Wages                 Wages as percentage of turnover
Arsenal                                    £101.3                               45%
Aston Villa                               50.4                                   66.7%
Blackburn                                39.7                                  70%
Bolton                                         39                                   66%
Chelsea                                     149                                   68%
Everton                                    44.5                                   59%
Fulham                                      39.3                                  73%
Hull                                            6.9                                    77%
Liverpool                                N/A
Man City                                 54.2                                     66%
Man United                             121.1                                   47%
Boro                                        34.8                                     73%
Newcastle                              74.6                                      74%
Portsmouth                             54.7                                      78%
Stoke                                      11.9                                      106%
Sunderland                             37.1                                      58%
Spurs                                      52.9                                       46%
West Brom                               21.8                                      80%
West Ham                                44.2                                     76%

By comparison the national Football League spends between 57- 59.5 percent of its revenues on player costs.

Premier League teams in the 70 percent range cannot sustain that. Either the club goes bust, or the team has to be sold to an owner with deep pockets

Data Source:  The Guardian

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