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Back-to-back promotions, a glamorous takeover from Hollywood movie stars, and a documentary. For Wrexham FC and its fans, their fairytale success story seemingly knows no bounds with the club on an extraordinary upward trajectory since Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney took over in February 2021.
As the Welsh club aims for its third straight promotion, they enter the difficult world of League One football. We’ve seen many clubs taken over by numerous rich owners wanting to invest large sums of cash but it doesn’t always equate to automatic success.
With Wrexham climbing up the English Football League ladder, the money they have paid their footballers has increased season by season.
What are Wrexham’s player wages compared to the rest of League One?
Wrexham has the fourth-highest wage bill of any team in League One with an annual payroll total of $6,403,892, per a report by Capology. Here’s how the 24 League One clubs rank based on how much they’re spending annually on player wages:
RankClubAnnual payroll1Huddersfield$12,395,0002Birmingham$9,858,9143Reading$6,559,2334Wrexham$6,403,8925Blackpool$5,443,3736Barnsley$5,351,4647Bolton$5,268,6168Mansfield$4,740,4609Rotherham$4,590,30510Wigan$4,365,06211Charlton$4,234,31712Wycombe$4,138,52213Cambridge$3,997,42214Leyton Orient$3,987,06615Bristol Rovers$3,785,12316Stockport$3,447,25817Exeter$3,416,19418Lincoln$3,030,43219Stevenage$2,740,46320Peterborough$2,701,62821Burton$2,533,34222Northampton$2,059,55323Crawley$1,804,53624Shrewsbury$1,295,798
This chart compares Wrexham’s wage bill against teams that have dropped down from the Championship such as Birmingham City and Huddersfield Town who have the two highest wage bills in the league.
Wrexham shell out an average of $104,951 per week on player wages. The Welsh club has been able to prise talent away from Championship clubs or with players with previous Premier League experience.
Salary Sport reports that the highest-paid Wrexham…
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Author : Dharnish Iqbal
Publish date : 2024-08-22 12:11:58
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