Apparently we are 18 in the premier league wage table http://www.itv.com/news/2015-04-21/...ost-out-of-players-for-amount-spent-on-wages/ I don't often post links so hope it works if not ive cut and paste the table below 1) Manchester United: wages £215.8m (£180.5m); turnover £433.2m (363.1m); wages to turnover ratio 50 per cent (50 per cent); profit after tax £23.8m (£146.4m). 2) Manchester City: wages £205m (£233.1m); turnover £346.5m (£271m); wages to turnover ratio 59 per cent (86 per cent); loss after tax -£22.9m (-£51.6m loss). 3) Chelsea: wages £192.7m (£172.6m); turnover £319.8m (£255.8); wages to turnover ratio 60 per cent (67 per cent); profit after tax £18.4m (-£49.4m loss). 4) Arsenal: wages £166.4m (£154.5m); turnover £298.7m (£242.8m); wages to turnover ratio 56 per cent (64 per cent); profit after tax £7.3m (£5.8m). 5) Liverpool: wages £144m (£131m); turnover £256m (£206m); wages to turnover ratio 56 per cent (63 per cent); profit after tax £0.4m (-£49.9m loss). 6) Tottenham: wages £100.4m (£96.1m); turnover £180.5m (£147.4m); wages to turnover ratio 56 per cent (65 per cent); profit after tax £65.3m (£1.5m). 7) Newcastle: wages £78.3m (£61.7m); turnover £129.7m (£66.5m); wages to turnover ratio 62 per cent (91 per cent); profit after tax £18.7m (£9.9m). 8) QPR wages £75.3m (£78m); turnover £38.7m (£60.6m) ; wages to turnover ratio 195 per cent (129 per cent); loss after tax -£9.7m (operating loss£ 65.3m but £60m debt write off as one-off income injection) (-£65.4m loss). 9) Sunderland: wages £69.5m (£57.9m); turnover £104.4m (£75.5m); wages to turnover ratio 67 per cent (77 per cent); loss after tax -£17.1m (-£13m). 10) Everton: wages £69.3m (£63m); turnover £120.5m (£86.4m); wages to turnover ratio 58 per cent (73 per cent); profit after tax £28.2m (£1.6m) . 11) Aston Villa: wages£ 69.3m (£71.9m); turnover £116.9m (£83.7.m); wages to turnover ratio 59 per cent (86 per cent); loss after tax -£3.9m (-£51.8m). 12) West Brom: wages £65.4m (not available); turnover £86.8m (£69.7m) ; wages to turnover ratio 75 per cent (not available); profit after tax £9m (£8,000). 13) West Ham: wages £63.9m (£56.2m); turnover £114.9m (89.8); wages to turnover ratio 56 per cent (63 per cent); profit after tax £10.3m (-£3.5m loss). 14) Swansea: wages £62.3m (£48.1m); turnover £98.7m (67.1); wages to turnover ratio 64 per cent (72 per cent) profit after tax £1.7m (£15.3m). 15) Stoke: wages £60.6m (£60.3m); turnover £98.3m (7£5.5m); wages to turnover ratio 67 per cent (77 per cent); profit after tax £3.8m (-£31.1m loss). 16) Southampton wages £55.2m (£41.4m); turnover 106m (£71.8m); wages to turnover ratio 59.3 per cent (65.5 per cent); profit after tax £33.4m (-£7.1m loss). 17) Crystal Palace: wages £45.7m (£18.7m); turnover £90.4m (£14.5m); wages to turnover ratio 50.5 per cent (124 per cent) profit after tax £17.2m (£3.6m). 18) Hull: wages £43.3m (£25.9m); turnover £84.5m (£11.1m); wages to turnover ratio 64 per cent (72 per cent); profit after tax 9.4m (-£25.6m loss). 19) Leicester: wages £36.3m (£26.8m); turnover £31.2m (£19.6m); wages to turnover ratio 116 per cent (136 per cent); loss after tax -£20.8m (-£34m). 20) Burnley: wages £21.5m (£15.3m); turnover 19.6m (15.2m); wages to turnover ratio 110 per cent (100.6 per cent); loss after tax -4.2m (-7.8m).
These list are out of date before they come out, as they're based on the previous years accounts, ours is over £50m now.
Just the Pulis effect. If we'd finished in the league where they did then our wage to revenue ratio would have been below 50%. Edit: Ours seem to work out at 51% and 233% based on those figures.
Shows that most of the clubs outside London have to pay high wages to attract even moderate players. Southampton do well as not in the north, close to the southeast bubble and have a great youth set up.
