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Originally Posted by The Big Chill
The last numbers I saw had Man City and Chelsea well above everybody in wages, Man U a ways behind them, Arsenal a bit behind Man U, and Liverpool far in last place of the big clubs. I'm sure numbers have changed recently with Liverpool picking up several new players and Arsenal losing a couple, but wages don't seem to have been too huge of an issue for Arsenal.
I mean, they aren't going to be buying any Aguero types any time soon, but they are seemingly pretty even with Liverpool in this regard.
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ya just found the numbers from the year 2010 which was the last released
in millions of pounds
Chelsea 174
Man City 133
Man United 131
Liverpool 121
Arsenal 110
Tottenham 67
City will have gone way up this year
Chelsea and City spent more on wages than their revenue for the year, the other 4 teams were within budget comfortably
So wages have never been an issue for Arsenal, and shouldn't be with the new stadium and all the luxury boxes.
It will be interesting when Wenger's time at Arsenal does end, because it may not come out until then, he says he has money to spend, the board says he has money to spend, but outside of some kids and players from Ligue 1 there isn't much spending going on