{"id":5347,"date":"2026-05-01T17:35:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5347"},"modified":"2026-05-01T17:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:35:02","slug":"championship-clubs-wages-and-net-spend-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5347","title":{"rendered":"Championship clubs&#8217; wages and net spend revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>The grand finale day of the season is rapidly approaching<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>The final day of the Championship is approaching us, with the top-of-the-table still very much in contention. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Ipswich Town, Millwall and Middlesbrough are all vying for the elusive second placed position to achieve automatic promotion. Wrexham, Hull City and Derby County are battling it out for the final play-off position of 6th. The bottom three though is already signed and sealed, with Oxford United, Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday awaiting the third-tier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Though the table doesn&#8217;t lie come the end of the season, where does your side&#8217;s league position rank compared to the annual wage bill and the net spend? We ranked the clubs from top to bottom, putting the club&#8217;s with the highest net spend at the top of the list.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: -\u20ac39.09million (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a317,864,600 (12nd)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 6th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:2\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: \u2013\u20ac24.92million (2nd)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a322,932,000 (6th)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 10th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:3\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: -\u20ac14.75million (3rd)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a314,638,000 (19th)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 11th <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:4\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:5\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: -\u20ac13.92million (4th)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a311,731,200 (24th)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 19th  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:6\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: -\u20ac11.63million (5th)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a315,912,000 (14th)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 8th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:7\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:8\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: -\u20ac11.55million (6th)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a313,146,800 (21st)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 14th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:9\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:a\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: -\u20ac5.99million (7th)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a315,056,000 (17th)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 20th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:b\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: -\u20ac4.45million (8th)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a312,506,000 (22nd)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 18th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:c\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:d\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: -\u20ac3.45million (9th)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a319,162,000 (10th)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 17th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:e\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: \u00a0-\u20ac3.35million (10th)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a317,056,000 (13th)<\/li>\n<li>League position: Top<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:f\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:10\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: -\u20ac1.15million (11th)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a314,008,800 (20th)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 22nd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:11\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:12\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: \u20ac910k (12th)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a331,551,000 (2nd)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 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id=\"B:17\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:18\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: \u00a0+\u20ac4.56million (16th)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a311,754,600 (23rd)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 24th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:19\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1a\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: +\u20ac5.85million (17th)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a315,769,000 (15th)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 3rd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1b\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: +\u20ac6.07million (18th)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a319,022,000 (11th)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 16th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1c\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1d\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: +\u20ac6.63million (19th)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a321,213,400 (7th)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 7th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1e\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: +\u20ac8.7million (20th)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a319,500,000 (9th)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 21st<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1f\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:20\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: \u00a0+\u20ac22.37million (21st)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a324,898,000 (4th)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 9th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:21\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:22\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: +\u20ac29.95million (22nd)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a329,614,000 (4th)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 2nd <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:23\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: \u00a0+\u20ac57.3million (23rd)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a342,666,000 (1st)<\/li>\n<li>League position: 23rd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:24\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:25\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Net Spend: +\u20ac87.6million (24th)<\/li>\n<li>Wage Bill: \u00a331,538,000 (3rd)<\/li>\n<li>League Position: 5th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:26\"\/><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Championship #clubs #wages #net #spend #revealed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The grand finale day of the season is rapidly approaching The final day of the Championship is approaching us, with the top-of-the-table still very much in contention. Ipswich Town, Millwall and Middlesbrough are all vying for the elusive second placed position to achieve automatic promotion. Wrexham, Hull City and Derby County are battling it out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5514,2659,3668,1465,1268,917],"class_list":{"0":"post-5347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-championship","9":"tag-clubs","10":"tag-net","11":"tag-revealed","12":"tag-spend","13":"tag-wages"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}