The Premier League has announced the total payments made to each of its 20 members for the 2013/14 season.
Champions Manchester City earned £96.5million, representing a sharp rise from the £60.8m Manchester United earned from winning the league a year ago.
The league's new £5.5billion broadcast deal was behind the increase in payments, with second-placed Liverpool the top earners on £97.5m - a consequence of more of their games being screened live by broadcasters.
The Premier League Founder Members' Agreement - the contract signed by the initial clubs that formed the League in 1992 - sets out that 50 per cent of UK broadcast revenue be split equally between the 20 clubs, 25 per cent paid in Merit Payments (depending on where a club finishes in the final league table), and the final 25 per cent paid in Facility Fees each time a club's matches are broadcast in the UK.
All international broadcast revenue, and central commercial revenue, is split equally among the 20 clubs.
Premier League payments to clubs for 2013/14 (highest-lowest):
1 Liverpool £97,544,336
2 Man City £96,578,329
3 Chelsea £94,106,163
4 Arsenal £92,870,080
5 Tottenham £89,663,884
6 Manchester United £89,161,831
7 Everton £85,027,727
8 Newcastle £77,379,252
9 Southampton £76,915,298
10 Stoke £75,679,215
11 Swansea £74,173,056
12 West Ham £73,671,003
13 Crystal Palace £73,207,049
14 Aston Villa £72,666,897
15 Sunderland £71,700,890
16 Hull £67,026,634
17 West Brom £65,790,551
18 Norwich £64,554,468
19 Fulham £63,318,385
20 Cardiff £62,082,302
Total £1,563,117,350
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments