Sun Reports Spotrac Premier League Salary Shock: Arsenal's £175m Tops Man City and Liverpool, Bottom Three Teams Only £48.15m

Salary Rankings (in pounds): Arsenal top with £175m but no player in the top three highest earners; Manchester City second with £165.5m, £9.52m less, featuring the league's top earner Haaland; Liverpool third with £165.1m, with Van Dijk holding the second-highest salary; Manchester United fourth with £157.9m. The top six clubs account for £896.92m, or 54.9% of the total, while the remaining 14 clubs share £732.49m; the average for the big six is £149.5m compared to £52.5m for the others, a 2.85-fold difference; the bottom three total £48.15m, just 3%. This could buy 5,978 average-priced UK homes at £273k each; employ 38,900-44,100 nurses earning £37k-£42k; fund 36 schools at £45m each; and the total for 542 players equals the GDP of Cape Verde.