Man Utd are still paying Sanchez more than Sheff Utd's ENTIRE squad earn

Sheffield United host Manchester United on Sunday in what represents the biggest financial mismatch in the Premier League this season.

Remarkably though, Chris Wilder's Blades will go into the fixture ahead of their opponents despite a huge gulf when it comes to transfer fees and wages.

Here, Sportsmail compares the Premier League's princes and paupers.

TEAM COST

Sheffield United's expected line-up on Sunday cost just £17.7million to assemble, while Manchester United's set them back a whopping £305m. That means Sheffield United's team value is just 5.8 per cent of Manchester United's.

Admittedly the Sheffield United figure would be almost doubled should they start their record signing, £17m striker Oli McBurnie, but that figure still pales in comparison to the embarrassment of riches not available for Manchester United.

Five players out injured for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer cost a total of £218m - that's Paul Pogba (£90m), Nemanja Matic (£40m), Eric Bailly (£34m), Luke Shaw (£34m) and Diogo Dalot (£20m).

The most expensive player in Manchester United's line-up will, ironically, be Sheffield United academy graduate Harry Maguire, who cost £80m from Leicester City in the summer. United's £305m total comes from seven transfer fees, with four academy products expected to start at Bramall Lane.

Conversely, Sheffield United are only expected to start three players who cost over £1m. They are defender John Egan (£4m), midfielder Oliver Norwood (£2m) and striker Lys Mousset (£10m). Three of their XI were signed on free transfers and five for six-figure sums. Those include goalkeeper Simon Moore, signed from Cardiff for £500,000 in 2016, who is expected to start in place of Dean Henderson, who is ineligible due to the terms of his loan from Manchester United.

WAGE BILL

It doesn't get any prettier reading here for Manchester United fans.

Despite finishing sixth last season and sitting in mid-table this campaign, they have the highest wage bill in the Premier League at £171m.

Sheffield United's, by contrast, is the lowest in the Premier League at £14m.

Those figures are according to spotrac.com, with slight tweaks made owing to discrepancies in Daniel James, Scott McTominay and Alexis Sanchez's salaries.

Staggeringly, Manchester United are paying Sanchez, on loan at Inter Milan and currently injured, more than Sheffield United are paying their entire squad. Inter are paying around £4.5m of Sanchez's £21m annual salary.

And for the managers, Solskjaer is on a contract worth £7.5m-a-year while Wilder earns around £1m-a-year.