Over the course of the 2017-18 season, Premier League clubs have paid £217m in wages to injured players, with United playing the most out of any club at £23m.
It has been revealed that Premier League paid a total of £217m in wages to injured players during the 2017/18 season.
This is according to findings from a research by insurance broker JLT Specialty.
Last season saw the total number of injuries falling from 735 to 663, but the cost was higher, increasing by 21% from £176.6m in the previous season.
London-based Arsenal recorded the most injuries during the 2017/18 season with 54 separate injuries.
Hamstring injuries were most common, while knee injuries had the highest average cost of £613,402 per injury.
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Meanwhile, Manchester City and Newcastle United both suffered the second fewest number of injuries in the season (24).
Brighton had the fewest injuries (15) of any top-flight club and also paid out the least in wages (£3.01m) to injured players.
The injury costs to clubs were calculated at an average of £323,000 in wages.
Head of sport at JLT, Duncan Fraser, explained that there could be more injuries in the upcoming season due to most players being involved in the World Cup.
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"It will be interesting to see what effect, if any, the World Cup has on injury rates in the upcoming season,” he is quoted as saying by the BBC.
"History has shown that teams could expect to see more injuries following an international tournament than during a fallow year.”
"If this trend continues then teams can expect to see a rise in both the amount of injuries and the costs resulting,” Fraser added.
| Premier League table of injuries 2017/18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Club | Cost (£m*) | Number of injuries |
| Manchester United | 23.3 | 37 |
| Arsenal | 19.3 | 54 |
| Liverpool | 16.2 | 44 |
| Chelsea | 16 | 38 |
| Everton | 15.9 | 35 |
| Crystal Palace | 15.8 | 35 |
| West Ham | 14.8 | 50 |
| Manchester City | 13.9 | 24 |
| Watford | 11 | 37 |
| Tottenham | 10.5 | 33 |
| West Brom | 8 | 34 |
| Swansea | 7.3 | 27 |
| Burnley | 7 | 26 |
| Stoke | 6.5 | 30 |
| Leicester | 6 | 30 |
| Bournemouth | 5.7 | 35 |
| Southampton | 5.1 | 25 |
| Newcastle | 4.5 | 24 |
| Huddersfield | 4 | 30 |
| Brighton | 3 | 15 |
| *figures rounded to nearest £100,000 |
Credit: BBC