Chelsea are believed to forking out up to £600,000 on loan wages every week.Blues players who are under contracts at Stamford Bridge but playing for loan clubs amount to the highest total cost in the Premier League, according to data by BettingOdds.
This is despite the financial predicament the club finds itself in, with UK-enforced sanctions being hit on their current owner Roman Abramovich.The current state of play means Chelsea are inoperable as a business - they can’t renew contracts or sign players until the club is changed over to a new owner.
Of course, the Blues are unlikely to be paying the full £30,170,760 a year every week as they will be in agreement with some clubs over paying only a certain percentage of their wages.
In second, Manchester United are paying £548,600 a week, while Arsenal are spending the third highest at £502,000. The side have been plunged into chaos after their Russian oligarch owner had his assets frozen in the UK owing to his ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is currently waging war with Ukraine.
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