The reason for being the lowest paid player at a Premier League club can be down to a number of different factors.

Youngsters can be promoted to the first team before they are handed a new lucrative long-term contract while signings can be brought in simply to fill homegrown quotas.

Not every team in the Premier League has a player that falls into one of those two categories, though, and there are some first-team stars who are on surprisingly low salaries.

Press the next page as we name the lowest-paid player at each of the clubs in the Premier League top six.