Global Sports Salaries Survey has announced the list of the teams with highest annual average salaries. The list contains teams from 8 sports, including football, basketball, baseball, etc. The ranking includes 349 teams from all around the world.
The leader of the list if FC Barcelona. The club is leading the list not only in football but also in the world.
Here is the list of top 10 football teams with highest annual average salaries.
1.Barcelona
Barcelona are the first sports team in history to have average basic annual pay of more than £10.5m according to
Sportingintelligence’s Global Sports Salaries Survey (GSSS) for 2018.
Lionel Messi, who plays for Barcelona, is the highest paid footballer.
This season, Catalan club will pay their first-team squad an average of over £200k per week before bonuses.
2. Real Madrid
Second comes Barcelona's rivals Real Madrid. Los Blancos players earn an average of £8.1m a year.
The team's highest paid player currently is Gareth Bale with earning £350,000 per week.
3.Juventus
Following Cristiano Ronaldo's arrival, who is the highest paid player at Juventus, the Old Lady are currently third after the player's ex club.
Average salaries at Juventus is £6.7m.
4.Manchester United
Manchester United lead the way in terms of the highest annual salary spend for the Premier League.
Red Devils, whose highest paid player is Alexis Sanchez (£315,000 weekly), are 4th by the average salaries. The club's statistic is £6.5m.
5.Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich pays his players on average £6.4m and their highest paid player is Robert Lewandowski.
The forward earns around €225 000 during a week.
6.Atletico Madrid
The Madrid club pays around £6.2m to his players, which makes the club 6th club with highest average salary.
The team's highest paid footballer Antoine Griezmann earns £342,307 weekely.
7. PSG
The Parisian club is known for spending big during transfer window, after signing Neymar for record breaking €222m fee.
The Brazilian superstar is currently highest paid player at the club earning £775,477 weekely.
Paris Saint-Germain pays £6.1m on average to players.
8. Manchester City
After PSG comes Manchester City with £6m of average salaries paid to its players.
The club's highest paid player is Sergio Aguero who earns £220,000-per-week.
9.Chelsea
Another Premier League team is also in top 10. Its Chelsea with an average of £5m salary.
The Blues' highest paid player currently is Eden Hazard who earns £200,000 per week.
10. Arsenal
Arsenal is 10th with an average of £4.9m salary which the team pays to players. Highest paid player of the club is Mesut Ozil,
The midfielder earns £350,000-a-week.
The latest survey found that the Premier League remained the richest football league in the world, with first-team squad players earning £2.99m ($3.37m) a year on average.
La Liga (£2.2m/$2.5m) is second in the list, with Serie A in third (£1.5,/$1.7m), almost half the amount of the total in England's top flight, writes
Goal.
