saints are only ranked 16th in the top flight in terms of their wage bill - £ 55.2 million - yet are currently seventh in the premier league .
chelsea are 10 points clear at the top of the table but are only the third-highest payers with a wage bill of £ 192.7 .
bottom-club burnley 's wage bill is just £ 21.5 m that behind manchester united -lrb- £ 215.8 -rrb- and manchester city -lrb- £ 205m -rrb- .