How much a club pays in wages remains the best financial indicator of how they’ll perform on the pitch. Between 2009 and 2018, the years when Manchester City were found to have committed huge breaches of financial rules, they spent £1.943bn on all wages, more than £100m above the next highest — Manchester United's £1.836bn — despite their rivals routinely hiring many more non-playing staff. Manchester City charges, Part 4: An astronomical wage bill that left Europe behind 📝 @CWeatherspoon_ 🔗 nyti.ms/4jayIGt