Manchester United have surpassed local rivals Manchester City in the Premier League table in terms of salary paid to their players.
While Manchester United paid their players a total of 215.8 million pounds in salaries in 2013-14, City distributed 205 million as wages.
City came second in the list as they reduced their 2012-13 wage bill from 233.1 million pounds to 205 million pounds in 2013-14.
On the other hand, Burnley emerged as the lowest on the wage table, with spending just 21.5 million pounds as wages- one tenth of the top ranked Manchester United.
The Premier League 2013-14 wage table:
- Manchester United – 215.8
million
- Manchester City – 205m
- Chelsea – 192.7m
- Arsenal – 166.4m
- Liverpool – 144m
- Tottenham Hotspur – 100.4m
- Newcastle United – 78.3m
- QPR – 75.3m
- Sunderland – 69.5m
- Everton – 69.3m.
