League title on shoestring budget

Leicester City’s unlikely title triumph was achieved with a team assembled and run on a miniscule budget compared to the Premier League’s big spenders

COST OF SQUAD (14 players with over 20 league appearances) £30m

Back: Fuchs (Free), Huth (£3m), Ulloa (£8m),

Middle: Simpson (£2m), King (Free), Schmeichel (£1.25m), Schlupp (Free),

Front: Kante (£5.6m), Mahrez (£400k), Drinkwater (£675k), Morgan (£1m), Vardy (£1m), Albrighton (Free), Okazaki (£7m)

WAGE BILL 2015-6 £millions (est.)

Value for money £m/point after 36 weeks

Bournemouth 25 0.61

Watford 29 1.52

Norwich 37 1.19

Leicester City 48.2 0.63

Swansea 51 1.19

Crystal Palace 54.3 1.39

Southampton 59.5 1.04

Aston Villa 65.1 4.07

West Brom 68.5 1.67

West Ham Utd 69.5 1.18

Sunderland 71 2.22

Stoke City 72.3 1.51

Everton 74.7 1.70

Newcastle Utd 75.8 2.30

Tottenham Hotspur 110.5 1.58

Liverpool 152 2.76

Arsenal 192 2.87

Manchester City 193.8 3.03

Manchester United 203 3.38

Chelsea 215.6 4.49

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Only Bournemouth tally cost less than Leicester’s £630,000 per league point

At other extreme, only relegated Aston Villa come close to Chelsea’s
£4.49m per point

Source: Wire agencies

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