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Manchester City paid £18.3 million to injured players in 2016/17, more than any other club in the Premier League, a study has revealed. Bottom club soccer/">Sunderland's disastrous year included a league-leading 58 injury absences at a cost of of £11.65m. City finished third in the final league table, 15 points behind champions Chelsea. That calibre of absentee means that while they had one of the league's shortest injury lists - just 30 across the season - it cost the club £611,204 on average for each. Led by captain Vincent Kompany's 255 days on the sidelines, City's injury list included Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sané, Bacary Sagna and Gabriel Jesus at various points in the campaign.

JLT report shows how much injuries costs the Premier League

A study by insurance broker JLT Specialty has revealed that Premier League clubs paid injured players a total of £177 million during the 2016/17 season.A report by The Telegraph said Manchester City incurred the biggest cost among the Premier League clubs – at £18.3 million for 30 injuries. Champions soccer/">Chelsea had 21 injuries, costing the team £6.63 million in salaries.Manchester United's cost was at £17.8 million; Arsenal, £16.26 million; West Ham United, £13.7 million. Compared to the preceding season, clubs paid £20 million more. Incurring the smallest amounts were Burnley at £1.91 million and West Bromwich Albion at £1.83 million.There were a total of 713 injuries in the 2016/17 season, with knee injuries accounting for £50 million of the costs. Be Wiser Insurance partners with tournament featuring Steven Gerrard and Rio Ferdinand


A selection of some of the 28 Premier League players to suffer serious knee ligament injuries in the 2016-17 seasonLast season 28 Premier League footballers suffered serious knee ligament injuries - that's the highest number in the past five campaigns. The research also showed:There were 108 knee injuries last season - second only to hamstring injuries (131). Knee injuries were the costliest injury, paying out an average of £448,719 per injury and total of almost £50m over the season. However knee injuries were the most severe - the with the average player missing 70 days with a knee problem. Dr Bilal Barkatali, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in sports knee injuries, suggests overplaying and fatigue is the key reason, particularly in high-level footballers.


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