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Two Spanish soccer teams have bypassed the New York Yankees as the highest paid teams in the world, according to the average pay of their starting lineups. Barcelona's starters averaged $7.9 million followed by its major rival Real Madrid with $7.4 million. The Yankees came in at $6.8 million. The Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic ranked fourth and fifth at $ 6.5 and $ 6.4 million respectively. The rest of the top ten best paid teams included Chelsea, Inter Milan, the Boston Red Sox, the Denver Nuggets and Manchester United  At the very bottom of the survey were the NHL’s New York Islanders at $1.1 million.        

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