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Thought this would be of interest considering all the talk about wage bills, transfers and so on.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/...and-wage-stakes

Premier League clubs' financial figures for 2013/14 (2012/13 in brackets), in order of wage bills (£):

1. Man Utd (currently 3rd): wages 215.8m (180.5m); turnover 433.2m (363.1m); wages to turnover ratio 50% (50%); profit after tax 23.8m (146.4m)

2. Man City (4th): wages 205m (233.1m); turnover 346.5m (271m); wages to turnover ratio 59% (86%); loss after tax -22.9m (-51.6m loss)

3. Chelsea (1st): wages 192.7m (172.6m); turnover 319.8m (255.8); wages to turnover ratio 60% (67%); profit after tax 18.4m (-49.4m loss)

4. Arsenal (2nd): wages 166.4m (154.5m); turnover 298.7m (242.8m); wages to turnover ratio 56% (64%); profit after tax 7.3m (5.8m)

5. Liverpool (5th): wages 144m (131m); turnover 256m (206m); wages to turnover ratio 56% (63%); profit after tax 0.4m (-49.9m loss)

6. Tottenham (6th): wages 100.4m (96.1m); turnover 180.5m (147.4m); wages to turnover ratio 56% (65%); profit after tax 65.3m (1.5m)

7. Newcastle (14th): wages 78.3m (61.7m); turnover 129.7m (66.5m); wages to turnover ratio 62% (91%); profit after tax 18.7m (9.9m)

8. QPR (19th): wages 75.3m (78m); turnover 38.7m (60.6m) ; wages to turnover ratio 195% (129%); loss after tax -9.7m (operating loss 65.3m but £60m debt write off as one-off income injection) (-65.4m loss)

9. Sunderland (16th): wages 69.5m (57.9m); turnover 104.4m (75.5m); wages to turnover ratio 67% (77%); loss after tax -17.1m (-13m)

10. Everton (12th): wages 69.3m (63m); turnover 120.5m (86.4m); wages to turnover ratio 58% (73%); profit after tax 28.2m (1.6m)

11. Aston Villa (15th): wages 69.3m (71.9m); turnover 116.9m (83.7.m); wages to turnover ratio 59% (86%); loss after tax -3.9m (-51.8m).

12. West Brom (13th): wages 65.4m (not available); turnover 86.8m (69.7m); wages to turnover ratio 75% (not available); profit after tax 9m (8,000)

13. West Ham (10th): wages 63.9m (56.2m); turnover 114.9m (89.8); wages to turnover ratio 56% (63%); profit after tax 10.3m (-3.5m loss)

14. Swansea (8th): wages 62.3m (48.1m); turnover 98.7 (67.1); wages to turnover ratio 64% (72%) profit after tax 1.7m (15.3m)

15. Stoke (9th): wages 60.6m (60.3m); turnover 98.3m (75.5m); wages to turnover ratio 67% (77%); profit after tax 3.8m (-31.1m loss)

16. Southampton (7th): wages 55.2m (41.4m); turnover 106m (71.8m); wages to turnover ratio 59.3% (65.5%); profit after tax 33.4m (-7.1m loss)

17. Crystal Palace (11th): wages 45.7m (18.7m); turnover 90.4m (14.5m); wages to turnover ratio 50.5% (124%) profit after tax 17.2m (3.6m)

18. Hull (17th): wages 43.3m (25.9m); turnover 84.5m (11.1m); wages to turnover ratio 64% (72%); profit after tax 9.4m (-25.6m loss)

19. Leicester (18th): wages 36.3m (26.8m); turnover 31.2m (19.6m); wages to turnover ratio 116% (136%); loss after tax -20.8m (-34m)

20. Burnley (20th): wages 21.5m (15.3m); turnover 19.6m (15.2m); wages to turnover ratio 110% (100.6%); loss after tax -4.2m (-7.8m)

Pretty much follows league placings

True Stan but doesn't guarantee anything.

Our top earners are people like johnson, lovren, lallana and balotelli.

How are we going to compete with the top teams if we overpay for crap players?

That pretty much shows BR is NOT underperforming. We are where we should be.

Step up fsg

It shows that 5th is nothing more than average for us. Look at Koeman/Southampton or Palace, who are clearly over performing under their respective managers. The worrying thing is that we've barely made a profit, interesting to note that we are performing worse than last season yet we've spent more and our wages are a lot higher.

"Step up" how?

Not if you consider the fact we spent 120 million over the summer. So yes Rodgers categorically IS under performing this year.

If you think that it is the price per player that says the true story then it's not about FSG as I don't think that they are the ones who dictate the size of the squad, how would they know how many players we need to have over a season? They fck up by appointing a rookie manager and are paying for it. BR is an average manager and is getting us to perform where we should be, nothing more. Mourinho is overperforming which is no surprise and so is Koeman.