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Spanish champions, Barcelona have moved top of the chart of the sports team with the highest average yearly wage per player.

According to the Global Sports Salary Survey, the Catalan club pay an average on £10.45 million per player in wages before bonuses.

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This amounts to a 33 percent increase from 2017/2018.

The new contract offered to Lionel Messi coupled with the signings of Philipe Coutinho, Arthur Melo, Malcom and Arturo Vidal all have contributed to the rise.

Also, contracts to Sergio Busquet, Samuel Umtiti have added to the rise in the club's annual wage budget.

Real Madrid come in second position with an annual wage bill of £8.1 million and the next 6 spots are occupied by teams from the NBA in the all sports classification.

Manchester United are the highest wage paying team in the English Premier League with a wage budget of £6.5 million and are 10th overall.

Their City rivals are second placed in England, paying £5.9 million and 20th overall with Chelsea (3rd, 35th), Liverpool (4th, 38th) and Arsenal (5th, 39th).

Surprisingly, Paris Saint Germain have moved from fifth overall as at 2017 to 18th with a wage budget of £6.1 million while Bayern Munich have jumped from 27th to 15th.

Following the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid, Juventus have moved jumped from 32nd to 9th overall.

The survey pits the English Premier League as the richest of all leagues paying an average of £2.99 million to first squad players and Spanish La liga 2nd (£2.1 million).

The Italian Serie A sits third with £1.5 million wage, almost half of the worth of the English Premier League.

The NBA still stands as the most lucrative sport in the world, paying an average wage of £5.9 million per season.

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incredible what Barca is paying.

And it's surprising how PSG is fairing

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