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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea paid their players more in salary than any of their rivals in the Premier League last season.
The Blues, who won cruised to the Premier League title under the now sacked Jose Mourinho, paid £12million more than their nearest rivlas in wages.
It was the first time since the 2011-12 season that the Blues had boasted the biggest salary, overtaking Manchester United.
The club reported a total wage bill for last season rose to £215.6m, up £25m on the previous year.
Mourinho added expensive stars Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas, Filipe Luis, Didier Drogba and Loic Remy to the squad in the summer, while Juan Cuadrado joined the Blues in January.
Bumper new contracts were also given to a number of young players, including Eden Hazard, Cesar Azpilicueta, Oscar and Thibaut Courtois.
The 2014-15 figures, which have been made available on Companies House, show that the bill for their leading rivals last season saw Manchester United's at £203million, Manchester City's at £193.5million and Arsenal paying out £192.2million on wages.
Both Manchester clubs reported a drop in overall wages last season.
Chelsea announced in November the club had made a net loss of £23.1million on turnover of £314.3million - down £5.1million - but said they were well within the boundaries for complying with Uefa's financial fair play regulations.
The full annual figures reveal however that the club made a £42million profit on players trading, through selling Romelu Lukaku, Andre Schurrle and Ryan Bertrand - and despite bringing in Fabregas and Costa.
In the 2013-14 season Chelsea made a £65million profit in player trading.
The accounts also show that Abramovich injected funding to Chelsea via the club's parent company to the tune of £46.7million last season, and £57.1million the previous year.
The accounts state: "However.. part of the debt has been converted into equity during the year via the allotment of ordinary shares."
Additional reporting from PA
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