Following on from last season's record-breaking performance by the Premier League's dominant force Manchester City, The Athletic revealed that the Blue Moon Army's total payroll expenditure last season was £422.9 million (about HK$4.1 billion), a figure that surpassed the single-season expenditure of any Premier League club in the history of the club, while its total income reached £712.8 million (about HK$6.9 billion), both figures setting a new record in Premier League history. Both figures set a new record in the history of the Premier League, and Manchester City deserves the title of "the first giants".
Last season, Manchester City not only won the Premier League title, but also the EFL Cup and UEFA Champions League. The outstanding performance of the players is the key to the team's success. The players' outstanding performance was the key to the team's success, and they were well rewarded for it, with high salaries and bonuses, making City's payroll figures staggering. The team became the first Premier League club to spend more than £400 million in a single season, a 20% increase on the previous season.
The team's leading scorer, Ahmed Salah, has become the "Emperor of Work" with an annual salary of 45 million pounds (about HK$436 million). The 23-year-old Norwegian international has scored 69 goals in 71 appearances since joining City, and his astronomical salary is indeed a recognition of his performance.
In addition, Manchester City's total revenue last season also reached 712.8 million pounds, this achievement also set a new record, and surpassed the city's arch rival Manchester United (648.4 million pounds), Manchester City has undoubtedly become the Premier League's king of the money-sucking.
