Chelsea’s starting XI is set to be worth £200m+ more than Tottenham's… and here's how much more the Premier League champions pay by position

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Tottenham Hotspur broke the bank by their standards to sign 21-year-old Davinson Sanchez for £42million on a six-year deal on Friday.

For now, though, their priciest player on show at Wembley Stadium on Sunday is set to be Mousa Dembele, who cost £15m in 2012.

The bookmakers have Tottenham as favourites to win, as they see Antonio Conte’s Chelsea as a wounded animal.

There has been a lot of talk about Tottenham’s wages and how much money they are willing to part with, while Conte isn’t overly happy at having ‘only’ spent £150m this summer on four signings.

Here, Sportsmail crunch the numbers when it comes to cash to see who cost more and who is paid the most between Tottenham and Chelsea’s players ahead of Sunday.

How do Antonio Conte and Mauricio Pochettino's squads' finances compare ahead of Sunday?

GOALKEEPERS

It is the battle of the £7.8m goalkeeper versus the £7.9m one. Both would cost a great deal more if they were on the market now – as Real Madrid have found out on occasion with Courtois.

Lloris conceded 24 goals last season while also keeping 15 clean sheets. Courtois conceded 28 but kept 16 clean sheets, winning him the Premier League’s Golden Glove.

Hugo Lloris (£7.8m, £100,000) vs Thibaut Courtois (£7.9m, £120,000)

TRANSFER FEE: Tottenham 0 Chelsea 1

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Hugo Lloris and Thibaut Courtois both cost similar but the Chelsea man earns £20,000 more

BACK THREE

Tottenham could opt for for a back three of Eric Dier, Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen, despite having won with four against the 10 men of Newcastle United last week.

That would see them face Chelsea’s own back three of Cesar Azpilicueta, David Luiz and new £31m man Antonio Rudiger.

Alderweireld and Luiz – the two who would be in the centre – have similar statistics from last season but one is on more than twice the salary. Talks between Tottenham and Alderweireld have stalled, with the 28-year-old wanting a significant increase on his current £50,000-a-week contract.

In terms of money, then, all three of Chelsea’s defenders cost more than Tottenham’s, though it isn’t a clean sweep as Vertonghen’s £90,000 a week is more than Rudiger’s £77,000.

Eric Dier (£4m, £70,000) vs Cesar Azpilicueta (£7m, £75,000)

Toby Alderweireld (£11.4m, £50,000) vs David Luiz (£34m, £120,000)

Jan Vertonghen (£9.5m, £90,000) vs Antonio Rudiger (£31m, £77,000)

TRANSFER FEE: Tottenham 0 Chelsea 4

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Toby Alderweireld (£11.4m) cost £22.6m less than Chelsea counterpart David Luiz (£34m)

MIDFIELD AND WING-BACKS

Kyle Walker-Peters has been thrown into the deep end due to the sale of Kyle Walker to Manchester City for £50m and the injury to Kieran Trippier.

The 20-year-old is said to be on just £5,000 per week, having made his Premier League debut on the right wing at St James’ Park last week. That is compared to Victor Moses on £75,000.

On the other side is Ben Davies, who is believed to be on £30,000 per week and could take up a left wing-back position at Wembley.

As for Mousa Dembele versus N’Golo Kante, the former made 64 tackles last season while the latter made 127, though Chelsea’s man had more than 1,000 minutes on the Tottenham star. Theirs could be a crucial battle on Sunday.

Kyle Walker-Peters (free, £5,000) vs Victor Moses (£9m, £75,000)

Victor Wanyama (£11m, £70,000) vs Tiemoue Bakayoko (£40m, £75,000)

Mousa Dembele (£15m, £80,000) vs N’Golo Kante (£32m, £110,000)

Ben Davies (swap, £30,000) vs Marcos Alonso (£23m, £50,000)

TRANSFER FEE: Tottenham 0 Chelsea 8

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Tottenham youngster Kyle Walker-Peters is an academy product while Victor Moses cost £9m

FORWARDS

With Pedro likely to be sidelined and Eden Hazard fighting for fitness too, it is expected that 20-year-old Charly Musonda could start on the left of Chelsea’s front three.

There we have compared him to Tottenham’s Dele Alli, whose minutes per goal in the Premier League last season was 169.06. The 21-year-old got off the mark against Newcastle.

Thanks to Musonda being an academy product, Alli’s £5m price from MK Dons sees him as the player with the greater transfer fee.

Two other players who will prove pivotal to their teams’ chances are Christian Eriksen for Tottenham and Willian for Chelsea.

On £75,000 and £110,000 a week respectively, they will look to feed the sole strikers ahead of them.

Christian Eriksen (£11.5m, £75,000) vs Willian (£30m, £110,000)

Dele Alli (£5m, £60,000) vs Charly Musonda (free, £25,000)

TRANSFER FEE: Tottenham 1 Chelsea 9

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Christian Eriksen was an £11m signing from Ajax while Willian cost £30m from Anzhi

STRIKERS

Tottenham supporters like to remind their rivals that Harry Kane is one of their own, having cost nothing.

Alvaro Morata was Chelsea’s star signing this summer as he cost £70.6m in his move from Real Madrid. Automatically, he has been put on £150,000 a week – £50,000 better than Kane.

It isn’t all about money, of course, as Morata is still getting used to the Premier League. Kane is far from untested, having now won the Golden Boot for two successive seasons.

Kane’s minutes-per-goal ratio last season was 87.28 while Morata’s was 88.73 in Madrid.

These are the two who get paid to win Premier League games and that’s their task for Sunday.

Harry Kane (free, £100,000) vs Alvaro Morata (£70.6m, £150,000)

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Harry Kane is another of Spurs' academy products while Alvaro Morata cost a whopping £70m

TOTAL

Spending more money on salaries and signings doesn’t always mean they are the better team – as mentioned, the bookmakers have Tottenham as favourites to win on Sunday.

In 10 of the 11 positions in Sportsmail’s predicted line-ups, Chelsea paid more to have that player there. The odd one out was Musonda, because he is from the academy.

As for wages, Tottenham don’t exactly pay poorly but they aren’t as loose as last season’s champions of England.

Will any of this matter on Sunday? The home side certainly hope not.

TRANSFER FEE: Tottenham 1 Chelsea 10

BEST WAGES: Tottenham 2 Chelsea 9