Liverpool will earn more Premier League prize cash this season than Manchester City — whether or not Jurgen Klopp’s side win the title on Sunday.
And the worst value for money club this season, based on the amount they pay their players in wages, has been Manchester United: every league point they accumulated this season cost nearly £100,000.
Liverpool are in line to earn the most because they have been more popular with broadcasters than City.
Matches involving Liverpool have been shown live 29 times by Sky Sports and BT Sport — two more than any other club. Manchester United were next with 27 televised games, while City, including today’s trip to Brighton, have been shown ‘only’ 26 times live.
Clubs are guaranteed a minimum of £12.5m for TV games with an extra £1.2m per live match when shown more than 10 times. The 29 live TV games will earn Liverpool about £3.4million more than City, enough to take their income above the league leaders.
The Mail On Sunday has calculated that Liverpool can expect around £150m, if they finish second — about £1.4m more than City, even if City win the title. Liverpool will clear £150m by winning the title.
Each club is supposed to be shown live at least 10 times in the UK each season. But Bournemouth, Southampton and Huddersfield have been shown only eight times each.
Relegated Huddersfield, Fulham and Cardiff will each take between £94m and £100m down with them to the Championship.
Our predicted money table (above) is based on current Premier League standings and is subject to change depending on today’s results. Each position in the table is set to be worth between £1.9m and £2m.
It means West Ham, who can still finish the season inside the top 10, still have around £4m to play for this afternoon.
Wolves provided the best value for their wages in the Premier League according to our ‘bang for your buck’ analysis.
Their average first-team basic wage was just below £1.8m per player, or just under £34,000 per week, when the campaign began.
With 57 points at the start of the final day, Wolves have spent ‘only’ £30,835 per player per point in 2018-19, or less than any other team in the English elite (see panel). Manchester United have offered the poorest return, with each point costing a whopping £99,010 per player.
Manchester City have been scintillating but expensive. Spurs have offered the best value in the top six, followed by Liverpool.
Cardiff had a shoestring budget, relatively, and did badly overall, but relatively well compared to their resources.
coaadlrs
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Liverpool FC is a mega club with a large worldwide fan base, hence its popularity with the media and the worldwide TV viewers and its financial worth/ take home pay. Manchester City FC is relatively new in terms of popularity (accumulating massive worldwide fan base) and winning of trophies, which at the moment is mainly driven by expensive players purchases and massive infrstrutural developments. The young shall eventually grow. But all in all; the English premier league (EPL) is the most organized, the most watched, the most popular, the most suspence filled, the most enjoyable, the richest etc, and thus the BEST, at least, country league in the world. As yet, no rival; Best of the Rest.
HongKong1840927
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That's why EPL is the best and most exited and interesting league to watch. There's no sure win against the weaker team week in week out. The weaker team can beat the strongest team this week and then lost to the so call the weakest next. Laliga can never have the charisma and the dramatic except games when their two best teams played against each other.
Topmaike
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this is why EPL is rated above laliga is because of this huge money from tv rights... Time for laliga to start doing things right we can't leave Satander to do it alone, imagine a relegated team in EPL to earn higher than Sevilla of 5th position in Spain. it's well
skyhillz
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I don't know why blitz and sky sports hate city, when Liverpool is on top of the table they talk about them every second. When city is topping the table they talk less about them, televising city game is also a problem for supersport. Hate them that will not change us loving how city play we will always support them. C'mon Sharks 🤓🤓🤓
soucy
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Fact the EPL is the most watched, the most loved and the richest league in the world. It’s unrivalled by any other league and has more following then any other league. These are facts and nothing you Spanish can say or do to change it. People all over the world love watching the EPL cause it’s fast paced bigger rivalry technically fantastic and any team can beat any team. These are facts not myths that you guys keep telling yourselves. Get over it and just watch and weep!!! You had two players that brought in the crowds now you have one soon there will be none! Then we see how great La Liga really is.
Desmondeyum
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PSG would make Mpabbe and other young footballers captain over Neymar Liverpool will get more money than City while City would take the tittle and be given more money
jerrymwas
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this is why Premier league is becoming dominant force yet again across Europe.... can you imagine a relegated Huddersfield getting £90millions after the season while champion of Netherlands let's say Ajax gets just £10 per season for TV rights.... that disparity is very very hard to ever be equal.... even laders of LA liga and other major leagues earn less than man united who are sixth in EPL in total TV rights revenue..... that's absolutely ridiculous given Huddersfield will earn even more than PSG in TV rights money....
RazeTSKnightfury
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Man United keeps hitting the ground in almost everything.... Ignorant fans will keep on praising this team.