Finance

EPL Clubs Paid £217M In Wages To Injured Players In '17-18

8.3.2018

The cost of injuries in the Premier League last season increased by 21% from '16-17. GETTY IMAGES

Research by insurance broker JLT Specialty showed that Premier League clubs paid £217M in wages to injured players during the '17-18 season, according to the BBC. The cost increased by 21% from £176.6M in '16-17, "despite the total number of injuries falling" from 735 to 663. Arsenal suffered 54 separate injuries last season -- the most in the Premier League. Hamstring injuries were most common, while knee injuries had the highest average cost of £613,402 per injury. Champion Man City suffered the second fewest number of injuries during the season -- 24. JLT Specialty calculated that an injury costs a club an average of £323,000 ($420,695) in wages (BBC, 8/2).

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