Cost per Premier League point revealed

Each Premier League point cost West Ham £2.1m according to offthepitch.com who have compiled a table.

The table divides the last published wage bill by the total number of points, in the case of West Ham that is £106m  divided by the 52 point tally in the 2018/2019 Premier League season to reach to that figure. Fulham, Newcastle and Spurs also spent £2.1m per point despite having different point totals.

Wolves came out the best with just £0.9m and Manchester United worst with £4.5m per point.

However, there is a small flaw in the table which makes the figures inaccurate.

The published wages figures were based on 2017/2018 Premier League season as no figures for last season have been published so far.  West Ham’s real wage bill last season is thought to be closer to £115m per annum making the cost per point around £2.2m  and Wolves, Huddersfield and Fulham are artificially low based on their season in the Championship.