Summary
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 5.77 million pounds ($7.27 million) per year or 110,962 pounds per week.
The survey is based on the reported pay of almost 10,000 sportsmen at 333 teams in seven sports and is published on the sportingintelligence.com website.
Barcelona are the second highest football payers with an average annual salary of 5.65 million pounds, followed by Manchester City at 5.4 million pounds.
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