Top 10 European Football Clubs With Highest Wage Bill

Deepjoy Das Deepjoy Das Feb 25,2024

The European football governing body - UEFA - has recently released the European Club Finance and Investment Landscape Report, in which it has mentioned the clubs with the highest wage bills for 2023.

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For those who don't know, the wage bill is the total amount of money that a club or organisation pays to their employees, i.e., the players, technical staff, and admin staff, that comes under the operating cost for the club.

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According to the reports, there was an aggregate increase of 4 per cent to €9.7 billion in the wage bill in 2023 for early reporting clubs, as compared to €9.3 billion reported in 2022.

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The clubs in the English Premier League have the highest wage amounts of all other leagues, with aggregate wages of more than €4.2 billion in 2022, followed by Spain at €2.4 billion.

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Moreover, ten clubs from the Premier League made it into the top 20 for clubs with the highest wage bills, followed by three from Italy, three from Spain, three from Germany, and one from France.

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Here's the list of the top 10 clubs with the highest wage bills in 2023—

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Juventus €283 million

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Tottenham Hotspur €289 million

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Manchester United €381 million

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Chelsea €397 million

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Bayern Munich €416 million

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Liverpool €429 million

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Real Madrid €453 million

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Manchester City €554 million

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Paris Saint-Germain €617 million

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Barcelona €639 million

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