Manchester United edge champions Manchester City in Premier League payments

Reuters: English champions Manchester City’s record-breaking campaign earned them GBP 149.4 million from the Premier League but they were just beaten by rivals Manchester United in the earnings table.

United, who finished second in the league, received GBP 149.7 million as they had two more games televised than City during the campaign.

Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Arsenal were the only other clubs to earn more than GBP 140 million. West Bromwich Albion, who were relegated to the Championship (second-tier) after finishing last, received GBP 94.7 million.

The 2017-18 campaign was the second under a 5.1 billion-pound domestic TV rights deal signed in 2015, with 20 clubs splitting a total of GBP 2.4 billion in central payments. The payments include broadcast and commercial income plus prize money. Commercial income, overseas broadcast income, and a percentage of domestic broadcast income is shared equally between the league’s 20 clubs.

The rest is divided according to each club’s league position and the number of televised games they feature in each season.