Revealed: The Premier League club with the highest wage bill

Manchester United miss out on top spot again.

Chelsea spent more than any other team on wages last season. The Premier League champions spent £215.6m on player's salaries, ahead of Manchester United's spending of £203m, and Manchester City and Arsenal, who spent £193.5m and £192.2m respectively.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.