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Paris St Germain's David Luiz celebrates after scoring during their French Ligue 1 soccer match against Evian Thonon Gaillard at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris January 18, 2015 Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes

A new survey revealed that Paris Saint-Germain is the best paid team in global sport.

The 2015 Global Sports Salaries Survey (GSSS) of Sporting Intelligence showed that the football club topped the list for the first time. The average first-team pay at Paris Saint-Germain was computed at million annually. ESPN FC Asia reported that PSG also garnered the second-highest wage bill for the whole team at over million. In 2014, Manchester City was the highest-paid team.

Nick Harris, Sporting Intelligence editor, said, "Foreign ownership, and oil money in particular, has transformed elite English soccer in the past decade and is now making a significant impression in other leagues -- and sports. Before Qatar Sports Investments bought France's PSG in 2011, they weren't among the top 10 French clubs in all-time title wins. Now they're on a hat trick of title wins and the world's richest sports team."

Eight out of the top 10 are football clubs. PSG of France’s Ligue 1 is number one in terms of average weekly wage at based on the same ESPN report. Real Madrid is second at Former first-placer Manchester City fell to third place at Barcelona is fourth at MLB team Los Angeles Dodgers rounded out the top five at and has the highest wage bill for the entire team. Manchester United is No. 6 at Bayern Munich is seventh at Chelsea is in eighth place at MLB team New York Yankees made the ninth spot at per week. Arsenal rounded out the top ten at

Sports Intelligence cited that Real Madrid of La Liga jumped from fourth to second place. Barcelona moved from No. 5 to No. 4. ESPN pointed out in another report that the NBA has the highest average per-player salary at million.

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