Arsenal missed out on the Premier League title on the final day, but should at least match Manchester City’s prize money this season.
Last season, Premier League clubs received a total of £2.78bn for their campaign, which was made up of six payments through the division’s ‘Central Revenue System’, which the Premier League said was ‘ “This guarantees the fairest distribution of funds among the major European leagues.” ‘.
city of manchester The champions with the most live matches in England were paid a record £176.2m, while Southampton received £103.6m for their feat of finishing bottom of the table.
Some of those payments are fixed. All 20 clubs received £79.2m through an equal share distributed under both domestic broadcast rights deals (£31.2m) and international broadcast rights deals (£48m) (these TV rights deals include It’s profitable for a reason). They also received £9.4m each from the centre. commercial income sources.
The rest will fluctuate based on where clubs finish and how often matches are selected for broadcast.
How much is each position in the Premier League?
The Premier League’s merit money is the total revenue from domestic and international broadcasting contracts, and is distributed on a sliding scale from 1st to 20th place.
The difference in prize money for the 2022/23 season was approximately £3.1m per position. Southampton, who finished bottom of the table, were given £3.1m, while champions Manchester City were given £62.1m. Or Ruben Diaz with a change.
This is expected to rise slightly due to inflation, but it gives a rough idea of how much income clubs should expect to earn this season.
Manchester City – £62.1m
Arsenal – £59m
Liverpool – £55.9m
Aston Villa – £52.8m
Tottenham – £49.7m
Chelsea – £46.6
Newcastle – £43.5m
Manchester United – £40.4m
West Ham – £37.3m
Crystal Palace – £34.2m
Brighton – £31.1m
Bournemouth – £27.9m
Fulham – £24.8m
Wolves – £21.7m
Everton – £18.6m
Brentford – £15.5m
Nottingham Forest – £12.4m
Luton – £9.3m
Burnley – £6.2m
Sheffield United – £3.1m
What is facility usage fee?
The only part of the prize money that is not fixed and distributed equally is the facility fee, which is based on the number of times each club is selected for television.
In the 2022/23 season, Manchester City will broadcast 29 live games in the UK and will receive £25.3 million in facility fees. Arsenal and Liverpool both played 28 games and paid £24.5m.
Bournemouth played the least, paying £10.2 million in facility fees for the 11 games that were broadcast live in the UK.
This can lead to discrepancies in terms of variable payment amounts. Bournemouth, who finished 15th last season, received £117.5m in prize money, less than the £120.5m received by 17th-placed Everton, as the Toffees were twice selected for live TV matches. .
Tottenham (£151.9m) came in eighth place, ahead of Aston Villa (£148.3m) and Brighton (£149.7m), despite coming in lower on both.
On this basis, Arsenal will have earned the most in facility fees of any club this season, with Burnley the worst performer.
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1) Arsenal (30 games live in the UK) – worth around £26m for the 2022/23 season
2) Spurs (28 games) – worth £24.5m
3=) Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United (27 games each) – worth £23.6 million
6) Chelsea (24 games) – worth £21.1m
7) Everton (22 games) – worth 19.4 million
8) Newcastle (21 games) – worth £18.6m
9) Aston Villa (20 games) – worth around £17.8m
10) West Ham (18 games) – worth £16.1m
11) Nottingham Forest (17 games) – worth £15.2m
12=) Brentford and Wolves (16 games each) – worth £14.4 million
14) Crystal Palace (15 games) – worth £13.6m
15) Brighton (13 games) – worth £11.9m
16=) Sheffield United and Luton (12 games each) – worth £11m
18=) Bournemouth and Fulham (11 games each) – worth £10.2m
20) Burnley (9 games) – worth around £8.4m
Premier League spending details from F365
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