The highest paid players at Sheffield United - in pictures

Few would have predicted Sheffield United's fall from grace judged on how well they performed last season on their return to the Premier League.

Ninth-place under Chris Wilder was well earned and should have been the launchpad for the Blades to kick on and cement their place as an established top-flight team this term.

But things have not quite panned out that way. Their recruitment in the close season was questionable and to describe their start to the 2020/21 season as a disaster would be an understatement. The Blades needed 18 games to record their first Premier League victory and Wilder was sacked after five years in charge in March 2021.

Relegation to the Championship is near certain with Sheffield United rooted to the bottom of the table and currently 15 points from safety.

Above is a photo gallery of Sheffield United players and their weekly salaries.

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Who is the highest paid player at Sheffield United?

Phil Jagielka is the highest paid player at Sheffield United.

The veteran defender takes home a weekly pay packet of £50,000 ($68,542), according to Spotrac, an online team and player contract website. That equates to an annual salary of £2,600,000.

The 10 highest paid players at Sheffield United in 2020/21

1. Phil Jagielka, £50,000 a week

2. Sander Berge, £32,692 a week

3. David McGoldrick, £28,846 a week

4. Rhian Brewster, £27,500 a week

5. Lys Mousset, £25,000 a week

6. Aaron Ramsdale, £22,212 a week

7= Oliver McBurnie, £20,000 a week

7= Michael Verrips, £20,000 a week

9. Jayden Bogle, £16,500 a week

10. Oliver Norwood, £15,000 a week

hall of shame

SUNDERLAND 2002-03

No one has ended a Premier League season quite like Sunderland. They lost each of their final 15 games, taking no points after January. They ended up with 19 in total, sacking managers Peter Reid and Howard Wilkinson and losing 3-1 to Charlton when they scored three own goals in eight minutes.

SUNDERLAND 2005-06

Until Derby came along, Sunderland’s total of 15 points was the Premier League’s record low. They made it until May and their final home game before winning at the Stadium of Light while they lost a joint record 29 of their 38 league games.

HUDDERSFIELD 2018-19

Joined Derby as the only team to be relegated in March. No striker scored until January, while only two players got more assists than goalkeeper Jonas Lossl. The mid-season appointment Jan Siewert was to end his time as Huddersfield manager with a 5.3 per cent win rate.

ASTON VILLA 2015-16

Perhaps the most inexplicably bad season, considering they signed Idrissa Gueye and Adama Traore and still only got 17 points. Villa won their first league game, but none of the next 19. They ended an abominable campaign by taking one point from the last 39 available.

FULHAM 2018-19

Terrible in different ways. Fulham’s total of 26 points is not among the lowest ever but they contrived to get relegated after spending over £100 million (Dh457m) in the transfer market. Much of it went on defenders but they only kept two clean sheets in their first 33 games.

LA LIGA: Sporting Gijon, 13 points in 1997-98.

BUNDESLIGA: Tasmania Berlin, 10 points in 1965-66