Spending in football has never been higher, and Premier League stars are now among the most affluent earners in world sport.
Top players can expect to take home hundreds of thousands of pounds every week, and contract offers seem to only be on the increase.
As a result, clubs are left with a titanic outlay over the course of the season, with some truly staggering amounts being splashed out on retaining their key assets.
Here is a look at how much every team will spend on salaries this season according to the website Spotrac, along with the highest earner at each club.
AFC Bournemouth
Highest earner: Callum Wilson (£3,120,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £36,760,000
Arsenal
Highest earner: Mesut Ozil (£18,200,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £99,406,273
Aston Villa
Highest earner: Tom Heaton (£2,184,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £25,983,000
Brighton
Highest earner: Pascal Gross (£2,600,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £31,850,666
Burnley
Highest earner: Danny Drinkwater (£5,200,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £37,024,000
Chelsea
Highest earner: Kepa Arrizabalaga and N'Golo Kante (£7,800,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £104,185,000
Crystal Palace
Highest earner: Wilfried Zaha (£6,760,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £71,942,000
Everton
Highest earner: Bernard and Yerry Mina (£6,240,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £81,452,000
Leicester
Highest earner: Jamie Vardy (£7,280,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £69,500,000
Liverpool
Highest earner: Mohamed Salah (10,400,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £113,256,000
Manchester City
Highest earner: Kevin De Bruyne (£18,200,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £145,771,000
Manchester United
Highest earner: David De Gea (£19,500,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £141,435,000
Newcastle
Highest earner: Jonjo Shelvey (£3,640,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £35,985,000
Norwich
Highest earner: Sam Byram (1,560,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £13,582,000
Sheffield United
Highest earner: Phil Jagielka (£2,600,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £13,520,000
Southampton
Highest earner: Danny Ings (£3,900,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £50,076,000
Tottenham
Highest earner: Harry Kane and Tanguy Ndombele (£10,400,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £89,285,000
Watford
Highest earner: Abdoulaye Doucoure and Andre Gray (£3,640,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £44,096,000
West Ham
Highest earner: Andriy Yarmolenko (£5,980,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £57,460,000
Wolves
Highest earner: Joao Moutinho and Rui Patricio (£5,200,000 p/a)
Total salary per year: £30,797,000
