Manchester United pay the highest wages in world football, according to the latest edition of the global sports salaries survey. Average basic first-team pay at the Premier League club has been calculated at £5.77m a year, or £110,962 per week. Barcelona are the second highest football payers with an average annual salary of £5.65m, followed by Manchester City on £5.4m. The Premier League remains the most lucrative global football league, with an average first-team pay of £48,766 a week. Further increases are expected after the Premier League agreed domestic and global television deals worth approximately £8bn for 2016-19.

Source: The Guardian November 13, 2016 17:12 UTC