Manchester United have the biggest wage bill in world football at an average £5.77million per player, per year… Fourth in all of world sport
Jose Mourinho's men also earn double the Premier League average annual wage of £2.44m, with the Cleveland Cavaliers the most well-paid squad in the world at an incredible £6.54m
MANCHESTER UNITED spend more than any other football club in the world on wages... At an average of £5.77million per player, per year.
The Old Trafford outfit spend over double the Premier League average of £2.44m - with each player taking home a mean sum of £110,961 per week.
Not only are United the highest-paid squad in football, they are the fourth highest in ALL of world sport, according to a report by .
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Current NBA champions the Cleveland Cavaliers - including star man LeBron James - spend the most money on wages at an outrageous £6.54m per player, per year.
MLB outfit the New York Yankees splash out £5.81m, with another basketball giants - the Los Angeles Clippers - third at £5.78m.
Barcelona are the next-biggest spenders on the wage front - fifth in the world - at £5.64m, while Manchester City come in ninth on £5.42m.
Chelsea (£4.51m), Arsenal (£3.71m), Liverpool (£3.01m) and Tottenham (£2.68m) are the next highest-spenders in the Premier League.
Conversely, the lowest-spending club in the top flight are Burnley, who shell out only £950,000 per player, per year on wages.
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Hull City and Middlesbrough aren't spending too much more at £1.1m and £1.2m respectively.
That is still more than Scottish Premiership champions Celtic, who splash out just £710,000 per player, per year.
It is easy to see where United are spending the money - with THREE of the world's top ten highest paid footballers coming out of Old Trafford.
Paul Pogba comes in fifth at a whopping £15.1m per year, while Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are eighth and tenth respectively on £13.5m and £13m per year.
In terms of Europe's top leagues, the Premier League is miles ahead, paying almost double what their Spanish and Italian counterparts do.
The La Liga fork out just £1.24m per player, per year while Serie A are even lower at £1.1m.