Last week we took a look on the best paid player in each of the 5 richest Premier League clubs; Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, and Manchester City. Arsenal's Jack Wilshere is the best paid player of all the five clubs while surprisingly, Edin Džeko is the worst paid of the best paid.

This week we take a look on whom the best paid goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and striker are in each club. Chelsea is the club spending the most money on their goalkeepers. Petr Čech is the best paid goalkeeper both in Chelsea and of the five clubs. In fact, Petr Čech and the two reserves Ross Turnbull and Henrique Hilário are the three best paid goalkeepers of all the investigated players. Quite surprisingly, the research shows that Anders Lindegaard, Manchester United's reserve keeper actually has a better salary that David de Gea. However, you must remember that the numbers we are working with here, is the basic salary why we can't tell if other players are better paid when it comes to bonuses. The chard also shows, that once again, Manchester City is the club paying the smallest wage!

Among the defenders, Chelsea is also the club paying the highest salary. Veteran John Terry makes an £624.400 annually, almost £22.000 more than United's Patrice Evra as the second highest paid. While the two richest clubs in the Premier League is paying more than £600.000 annually to their best paid defender, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City stays under the £600.000 mark. Once again, Manchester City is the clubs paying less in salary.

As we know from last week, Jack Wilshere is the best paid player in the 5 clubs why it is no surprise that he is also the best paid midfielder. Just after him comes the three veterans Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Ryan Giggs. The worst paid of the best paid midfielder's is once again a Manchester City player: Yaya Toure. The chart gives an impression that the routined players as Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Ryan Giggs is very valuable, but at the same time it makes sense given their many years in the league.

Last thing today is the strikers. Arsenal brought in Lukas Podolski when Robin van Persie left for Manchester United, and the German is taking his share of the wages in the club. Almost £700.000 is spent annually on Lukas Podolski. That is almost £250.000 more than the worst of the best paid strikers, Daniel Sturridge, earns annually.

What do you think about the wages shown in the article? Are footballers paid too much, and do they deserve the money? Do you have any facts or figures you want to share with Great Dane Football Blog? Comment below or send us a Facebook message!

For some time, there has been talks about a salary cap in the English Premier League. Something, most of the clubs are arguing against. For the next couple of weeks,  Great Dane Football Blog will put the focus on the wages in the Premier League and find out if they have any impact on the club's chances of winning trophies.

This week we take a look on the best paid players from each of the 5 richest Premier League clubs; Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool.

The salary data is taken from matchincome.com and when needed from a broad range of media online.

Let's first of all take a look on last week's chart, which has been updated with last season's wage spending among the five clubs.

As the chart shows Arsenal and Manchester City are the only two teams to increase the amount of money spent on wages. Meanwhile, Liverpool has managed to save £64.8m since the 2010/11 season.

The salary data for the next chart is updated for this season, why we can expect an even larger amount of money spent on wages in Arsenal next season. The best paid player in all of the five clubs in England international Jack Wilshere from Arsenal. the midfielder signed a new contract last year which has made him the best paid. Wayne Rooney is the best paid player in Manchester United with an annually income of around 662,000£. In Chelsea and Liverpool it is the veterans Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard that is cashing the big check each year. Meanwhile, in Manchester City, Edin Džeko is the best paid with an annual income of around £550,000.

The surprising with this chart is that most football fans sees Manchester City as one of the clubs spending most money. Despite this, the best paid player is actually the less best paid player comparing with the five other clubs.

What do you think about this? Does it change your view on Manchester City?