The Premier League kicked off last week. Its highest paid player, Chelsea’s Frank Lampard, has won a new contract paying him £151,000 a week, or £3,775 an hour.
In stark contrast Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal, West Ham and Fulham are all paying barely the minimum wage of £5.52 an hour to cleaners, kitchen porters, cashiers and bar staff, according to a recent report by the Institute for Public Policy Research think-tank.
A survey of all 20 Premier League clubs carried out by the Institute for Public Policy and the Fair Pay Network found some paying staff in match tickets, not in cash.