DBasia.news – Premier League spent a lot of money last season (2018-19) to take care of injured players. According to the 2019 Sports Injury Index report, Premier League clubs spent enormous funds last season.
The money of 238 million euros or equivalent to Rp 3 trillion spent by Premier League clubs for injured players. The report from the Sports Injury Index is supplemented by a report from an insurance policy, Marsh JLT Specialty.
In total, 20 Premier League clubs had to deal with a total of 764 injuries last season. This is the highest number in eight years and has increased 15 percent from the 2017-18 season.
Remarkably, the seven top teams with the highest number of injuries managed to penetrate the top six in the Premier League at the end of the season. Of the six teams, Manchester United suffered the most with 63 injuries last season, followed by Tottenham Hotspur (61), Liverpool (50), Chelsea (50), Arsenal (49), West Ham (45) and Manchester City (44).
In fact, 41.5 percent of total injuries last season suffered by six major Premier League teams. This can be explained by the fact that these clubs sent many players in the 2018 World Cup which took place in Russia.
Wolverhampton Wanderers, last season’s Premier League promotion club, suffered the least number of injured players with only 11 injured. This helps them survive in the Premier League and ranked seventh in the standings.
While Man City is a team that spends a lot of money on injured players totaling 26.3 million pounds, followed by Man United (25.2 million pounds), Arsenal (24.2 million pounds), West Ham United (22.8 million pounds), and Tottenham Hotspur (£ 17.9 million).
“The increase in injury costs was largely driven by the six top teams who spent 54 percent of the cost,” said a statement from Marsh JLT Specialty.
“The top six teams have experienced an average increase of 48 percent in wages paid to injured players since 2016, especially Tottenham Hotspur who were affected, seeing increased costs increase 110 percent in the last three years.”