Worst value for money? Pogba & Co cost £12m PER POINT!

MANCHESTER UNITED delivered the worst value for money by far in the Premier League this season, taking into account the number of points they won set against the cost of assembling and paying their squad. Analysis by The Mail on Sunday shows Jose Mourinho’s club have spent £12.16million per point going into the final game. This is calculated by a squad acquisition cost of £522m and estimated total club wage bill of £280m this season for £802m outlay. With just 66 points, United are the only club into double figures of millions per point. Our accompanying table shows the value for money of all 20 top flight teams, using squad costs (fees paid for all players combined) and estimated total club wage bills for the current campaign based on previous bills plus predicted growth. Burnley, led by manager Sean Dyche (left), offer the best value with an outlay of £2.42m per point but Tottenham Hotspur are arguably the standout performers. Scond place in the table for Mauricio Pochettino’s team came at just over £4m a point, well below the divisional average of £5.74m. It is no surprise that bigspending United, Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea are high in the table but Sunderland’s massive £7.48m per point to finish bottom is perhaps the most woeful figure of them all.