Given the chance to reveal the true figures the senior source revealed:
Summer Spending Inbound
Pablo Zabelta Free Transfer on wages £70,000 per week
Joe Hart Season long loan on wages of £100,000 per week
Marko Arnautovic £25m with add ons on wages of £65,000 per week
Javier Hernandez £16m transfer fee on wages of £135,000 per week
Total Spend £41m Wages of £370,000 per week or £19.24m per year
Summer Outbound dealings
Havard Norveit Transfer fee £4m received Wages of £40,000 per week released
Darren Randolph Transfer fee £5m received Wages of £20,000 per week released
Ashley Fletcher Transfer Fee of £4m received Wages of £16,000 per week released
Robert Snodgrass £1m loan fee means all the £50,000 per week wages is released
Gokhan Tore End of loan releasing £40,000 per week of wages released
Jonathan Calleri End of loan £40,000 per week of wages released
Sofiane Feghouli £3.8m Transfer Fee received Wages of £60,000 per week released
Enner Valencia £5m Transfer fee received Wages of £40,000 per week released
Alvaro Arbeloa Retired at end of contract Wages of £55,000 per week released
Transfer Fees in = £21.8m
Outgoing wages released £361,000 per week or £18.77m per year
Net transfer Spend totals £19.2m
Net increase of player wages of £59,000 per week this summer or £3m per year