English sides are always known to be the biggest payers across the world and that is why every soccer player desires to associate with the top English sides to make his fortune In fact, we have seen in the past how some of the biggest names in soccer openly lured to join a league side, and this central European marketplace is so big that millions of dollars change hands during every transfer window. The surprising facts revealed in just conducted survey by a consulting firm Sporting Intelligence in association with the ESPN and they come with the conclusion that soccer scores higher than any other sports on English soil in terms of money making opportunities. Generally, it is believed that Baseball is the highest paying sport, but this survey set aside these long standing concept and reported that on average first-team player of The Capital One Cup winner earns around $8.1 per year putting them ahead of New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers – the popular baseball sides. However, if we compare the gross payrolls of some of the biggest names in sports fraternity, Manchester City is the most rewarding side with an average payroll of 202 million dollars. This figure looks incredible especially looking at the slump in central Europe off late.
The surge in wages is unexpectedly 256 percent which is more than overall industrial growth in European market that makes City as one of the most aspiring sides for soccer geeks. The survey could serve both a positive and negative vibes for the league defenders as FFP violation are getting serious day by day and many experts are asking UEFA to take stiff action against all the sides who spend over the top just to attract top players irrespective of the fact if their balance sheets allow them to do so or not.
Apart from City, Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona are the next to pay exaggerated money to their players. However, surprisingly, the imaginary surge is being happened only for the gross wages as there is still just a marginal increase to the base wages, which means, last income that lands into players hand is still not a high as overall survey results show. The other expected names in the list are Bayern Munich, which stood at number seventh, and then Manchester United who is at number eight despite signing Robin van Persie in the last season.