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Keeping the wage bill under control (as a % of revenue)
while the revenue gap (stadium, regular CL etc) was being
closed, has been a big part in Spurs usurping some of the
usual suspects

Not without issues in the recent past (may match the
transfer fee but do not match the wages etc) .
 
Wolves have signed Sasa Kalajdzic, the Austrian Crouchie.
It'll be interesting to see how he fits into their system.
 
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That may be the "big six", but I wonder if there were other clubs with a wage bill that exceeded ours? I would have thought in particular seasons for sure. We also see the level of wages that Chelsea couldn't sustain (hence the need for continued propping up), and I suspect they are beyond the level they can sustain this season already..
 
Not in absolute terms, but many clubs for several
seasons have done so as a % of annual revenue.
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Literally everyone else has outpaid us as a percentage of revenue.
It's worth noting that Everton and Leicester have been utterly ****ed by their approach to this.

Leicester in particular were often spending over 100% of their revenue on wages.
That's why they've signed a 3rd choice keeper on a free and sold Schmeichel and Fofana.
I'm not a massive fan of Rodgers, but there are other reasons why they're bottom.
 
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Really low fee, as he only had a year left on his contract.
Probably won't play very often, but their depth is insane now, except at left-back.
 
Not that anyone is interested but last year's beaten EFL Trophy finalists, Sutton Utd (my dad's team) are currently 1-0 up against Chelsea U21's. Don't recognise any of Chelsea's players but would be interesting to know how much that team cost....... I'm sure it won't end up with Sutton winning though.
 
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