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Published 18:02 8 Jan 2016 GMT
Updated 18:02 8 Jan 2016 GMT
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Chelsea winning the league, and having the highest wage bill, is further evidence that payments to players, rather than transfer outlays, have a greater influence in determining a team's final league position.
According to a 2010 report by Sporting Intelligence, a Premier League team's success is 85% determined by it's wage bill.
"In the Premier League, it's 85%, or in other words, the correlation between wages and success is 85%. In short: you spend a lot, you've got a good chance of winning, and vice versa."
Somebody should probably tell Ed Woodward that it's not about paying Barcelona £140m for Neymar, it matters what you pay him.
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