Premier League golf equipment proceed to splash the money on participant wages going into the 2026-27 season, with the standard ‘massive six’ golf equipment – Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester Metropolis, Chelsea and Tottenham – dominating the highest finish of the wage invoice desk as soon as once more.
However which of the large golf equipment are paying the most important wages, and which golf equipment are punching above their weight? There’s a fairly apparent relationship between wages and success within the Premier League. The golf equipment on the prime of the wage desk are usually the golf equipment on the prime of the particular desk, though there are often just a few exceptions.
Manchester Metropolis prepared the ground by a cushty distance, with a weekly wage invoice of £4.49million. That’s greater than £800,000 away from the reigning champions Arsenal, and underlines the sheer monetary muscle that new boss Enzo Maresca is blessed to have at his disposal.
Mikel Arteta’s Gunners are second on £3.68m per week, having slowly however certainly assembled one of the costly squads in Europe. After years of rebuilding, the Gunners at the moment are paying accordingly for a gaggle anticipated to – and in a position to – compete on the very prime finish.
Liverpool sit third at £3.47million, however there isn’t an important deal between the squad inherited by Andoni Iraola and Manchester United, Chelsea and Spurs. It wouldn’t be a shock to see that order shift within the coming weeks as extra gamers are purchased and offered earlier than the switch window closes.
In the meantime, Manchester United stay among the many greatest spenders in English soccer regardless of it being over a decade since their final real title problem. Their £2.98million weekly outlay is a reminder that big monetary sources doesn’t all the time correlate with on-pitch success – though with Michael Carrick main them again into the Champions League, they’re at the very least now again someplace round the place they really feel they should be.
Chelsea surprisingly sit as little as fifth, regardless of a few of the bumper contracts dished out within the BlueCo reign, whereas Tottenham spherical off the standard six after their summer season trolley sprint.
Aston Villa’s £2.15million weekly wage invoice places them seventh, which looks like one other indication of how far the membership has come beneath Unai Emery. Their wage spending is at a degree befitting a membership within the Champions League, in stark distinction to their switch outlay.
Newcastle full the highest eight at £1.70m per week. That may be a sizeable drop from Villa, which displays a summer season by which three of their prime earners departed the membership, however the injection of money from Saudi Arabia nonetheless places them on a footing unrecognisable to the Mike Ashley period.
Then there are the golf equipment making an attempt to punch above their monetary weight. Nottingham Forest, Brighton and Crystal Palace all sit within the £1.25-1.6million bracket, whereas Bournemouth are down in 14th. Leeds are sixteenth on £1.09m, forward of solely Brentford amongst established Premier League golf equipment, and can hope their wonderful recruitment can compensate for the hole in wage spending.
On the backside finish, Brentford’s weekly wage invoice of lower than £1million is one other reflection of the membership’s famously prudent method, whereas the three promoted sides unsurprisingly occupy the underside three spots. To place the disparity into perspective, Coventry Metropolis would want greater than three months to rack up the identical wage invoice Manchester Metropolis does in a single week.
Right here’s the complete breakdown of the Premier League’s wage invoice desk for the upcoming 2026-27 marketing campaign.
Figures are taken from FBref, who supply their knowledge from Capology.
1. Manchester Metropolis — £4,487,000 (€5,253,617, $6,054,578)
2. Arsenal — £3,675,000 (€4,302,884, $4,958,897)
3. Liverpool — £3,470,000 (€4,062,859, $4,682,279)
4. Manchester United — £2,981,500 (€3,490,898, $4,023,116)
5. Chelsea — £2,845,500 (€3,331,662, $3,839,603)
6. Tottenham — £2,574,000 (€3,013,775, $3,473,252)
7. Aston Villa — £2,150,000 (€2,517,334, $2,901,124)
8. Newcastle United — £1,698,500 (€1,988,694, $2,291,888)
9. Nottingham Forest — £1,570,500 (€1,838,824, $2,119,170)
10. Brighton — £1,340,500 (€1,569,528, $1,808,817)
11. Crystal Palace — £1,251,500 (€1,465,322, $1,688,724)
12. Sunderland — £1,167,000 (€1,366,385, $1,574,703)
13. Fulham — £1,160,000 (€1,358,189, $1,565,257)
14. Bournemouth — £1,150,500 (€1,347,066, $1,552,438)
15. Everton — £1,134,200 (€1,327,981, $1,530,444)
16. Leeds United — £1,098,500 (€1,286,182, $1,482,272)
17. Brentford — £983,000 (€1,150,948, $1,326,421)
18. Ipswich City — £575,000 (€673,240, $775,882)
19. Hull Metropolis — £354,450 (€415,009, $478,281)
20. Coventry Metropolis — £303,000 (€354,768, $408,856)
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