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Salarys in EPL are skyrocketing... Robinho at Manchester City recently signed for $15.9 million per year... with more multi billionaire owners and the EPL growing further as the most viewed sports league on the planet..salaries will continue to grow rapidly.
In 2009 average is 1.1mil pounds which is 1.8mil us dollars
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According to an April 2006 article in The Independent (a prominent UK newspaper), average salaries are as follows:
One British pound is equal to approximately $1.50 US.
Referring to the premiership figure, the article adds, "That figure typically rises by between 60 and 100 per cent when performance-related bonuses, including for actually playing, are added."
The article provides additional detail, including data on average salaries by position and age, as well as salary data from six years earlier. No doubt salaries have continued to climb; premiership salaries rose 65% from the 2000 survey, the article notes.
In 2006- A premiership player would, on average, get £676,000 per year. (Strikers- £806,000, midfielders- £754,000, defenders- £653,000 and goalkeepers -£533,000.) Championship players earned an average salary of £195,750, League One players £67,850 and League Two £49,600.