DBasia.news – Manchester United is spending money to recruit players or even pay squad players. But ironically, their performance is not in line with the size of the salary.
According to the Sporting Intelligence report from a survey conducted by Global Sports Salaries, Man United was ranked as the second-highest average salary provider in the Premier League in 2019.
Red Devils provide salaries with an accumulation of 6,125,600 pounds or the equivalent of Rp 110 billion per year. That’s the average salary spent by United each year per (one) player. Ironically, expensive salaries do not ‘buy’ performance.
Ashley Young and friends are still struggling to get into the top four of the Premier League or the Champions League zone. This season, Man United is ranked eighth with 25 points through details: six wins, seven draws and five defeats.
Man United are seven points adrift of Chelsea in fourth place in the Premier League standings (the Champions League zone deadline). Aside from participating in the Premier League, United are also still playing in the Europa League, FA Cup, and League Cup.
In contrast, in the last place, the list was occupied by the Premier League promotion team, Sheffield United, with an average salary of 728,000 pounds or around Rp 13 billion. Remarkably, foster children, Chris Wilder has the opportunity to be a ‘joker’ surprise this season.
Sheffield currently ranks fifth with 28 points – just five points adrift of Chelsea. Sheffield in his first season in the Premier League was able to fight in the European zone than the team that provided a bigger salary.
That is proof that the performance or performance when competing cannot be measured by the amount of salary the players received.
The following is a complete list of average salaries per year given by 20 Premier League clubs to players:
20. Sheffield United – £ 728,000
19. Norwich – £ 991,000
18. Brighton – £ 1,805,304
17. Burnley – £ 1,915,333
16. Bournemouth – £ 1,917,760
15. Aston Villa – £ 1,965,600
14. Watford – £ 2,025,111
13. Newcastle – £ 2,086,240
12. Wolves – £ 2,197,565
11. Southampton – 2,299,440
10. Crystal Palace – £ 2,887,500
9. West Ham – £ 3,022,240
8. Leicester – £ 3,352,960
7. Tottenham – £ 3,961,043
6. Everton – £ 4,101,760
5. Chelsea – £ 4,774,000
4. Arsenal – £ 4,790,240
3. Liverpool – £ 5,537,600
2. Manchester United – £ 6,125,600
1. Manchester City – 6,987,500