United pay the highest salaries in world football

United players earn on average £5.77m per year, which equates to £110,692-a-week. Barcelona (£5.65m), Manchester City (£5.42m), Real Madrid (£5.05m), Chelsea (£4.51m) and PSG (£4.47m) make up the top six clubs who pay the highest salaries.

United pay over double the average wage in the Premier League (£48,766-a-week) and a number of Red Devils players currently earn well over their own average wage.

Wayne Rooney, Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are all understood to be earning between £200,000-£300,000 per week.

Fellow Premier League clubs Arsenal and Liverpool are also in the top 10 highest wage-payers, while all 20 Premier League clubs are in the top 50.