Chelsea’s wage bill for a disastrous season in which they will finish in the bottom half of the Premier League table is estimated to have cost £215.6m
And that figure translates to almost one-eighth of the entire division’s obscene wage spend of £1.9billion, which in itself is a 6% rise compared to last season.
Manchester United, who did get Cristiano Ronaldo ’s £380,000-per-week salary off the books in January, placed second on a table compiled by the sport investment fund Alliance, with a total spend of £213.3m. But that was down 10% compared to their wage bill last season.
