Southampton are standing toe-to-toe with the Premier League's top sides and performing admirably in the process.

That is if you look at the wage bills of each of the top flight English clubs which has the Saints sitting 16th in the 20-team competition.

Ronald Koeman has done a brilliant job in getting the south coast club to seventh on the table where they sit nine points clear of Swansea City in eighth position with a wage bill of just £55.2million - the fifth lowest in the league.

At the top of the wage standings are third-placed Manchester United (£215.8m), fourth-placed Manchester City (£205m) and league leaders Chelsea (£192.7m).