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Leicester's insane wage bill compared to the rest of the Championship after winning the title

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Published 11:25 30 Apr 2024 GMT+1

Leicester's insane wage bill compared to the rest of the Championship after winning the title

Leicester's huge wage bill has been revealed.

Alex Brotherton

Alex Brotherton

Leicester City clinched the Championship title on Monday evening, and now their insane wage bill has been revealed.

Leicester suffered relegation from the Premier League last season, but they have returned to the top flight at the first time of asking after superb campaign in the Championship.

Enzo Maresca's side beat Preston North End 3-0 on Monday to clinch the title ahead of Leeds United and Ipswich Town, with Jamie Vardy scoring twice to further cement himself in club folklore.

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Maresca has done an impressive job with the Foxes, although it must be said that the Midlands club held a significant advantage over the other sides in the division.

Understandably, given they were a Premier League club less than a year ago, Leicester have the highest wage bill in the Championship.

The Foxes' annual wage bill stands at £60 million, with fellow former Premier League sides Southampton and Leeds not too far behind with £40m and £39m respectively.

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What is shocking is that Leicester's wage bill is higher than those of a quarter of the Championship's sides combined.

Their spend on wages is almost 10 times that of Plymouth Argyle, whose wage bill of £6.06m is the lowest in the division.

Leicester's huge expenditure on wages has come at a price; The EFL imposed a registration embargo on Leicester for allegedly breaching the upper loss limits in their PSR forecasts for this season.

Jamie Vardy has helped fire Leicester to promotion. (
Getty)

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However, according to the Daily Mail, the Premier League have no current plans to extend the embargo into next season following Leicester's promotion.

According to Capology, the Championship wage rankings are as follows:

1. Leicester City – £60,190,000

2. Southampton – £40,014,000

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3. Leeds United – £39,513,000

4. Norwich City – £24,196,000

5. West Bromwich Albion – £23,060,000

6. Cardiff City – £19,444,000

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7. Stoke City – £18,340,000

8. Watford – £14,952,000

9. Sheffield Wednesday – £14,584,000

10. Middlesbrough – £13,582,000

11. Birmingham City – £13,228,000

12. Bristol City – £12,894,000

13. Hull City – £12,333,200

14. Swansea City – £12,276,000

15. Queens Park Rangers – £12,020,000

16. Ipswich Town – £11,378,000

17. Preston North End – £10,942,200

18. Coventry City – £10,008,000

19. Millwall – £9,856,000

20. Huddersfield Town – £9,258,000

21. Sunderland – £9,150,000

22. Blackburn Rovers – £7,678,000

23. Rotherham United – £6,674,000

24. Plymouth Argyle – £6,060,000

Featured Image Credit: Getty

Topics: Leicester City, EFL Championship, Football, Premier League, FFP

Alex Brotherton
Alex Brotherton

Alex Brotherton is a journalist at SPORTbible. He has previously worked with publications including the Manchester Evening News, GOAL and BBC Sport. He is a football fanatic, but also dabbles in tennis and American football. He can often be found watching dreadful non-league football.

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