Manchester City are expected to pocket about £166million from Premier League central funds and in prize cash this season, a record high figure for any winner of England’s elite division.
When Pep Guardiola’s club won their fourth Premier League title in five years last May, they picked up £153m, but that will increase this year as a batch of improved overseas TV contracts from 2022-23 kick in.
The Mail on Sunday forecast for this season’s bumper payouts expects the 20 clubs to share around £2.7billion from the league.
Each club’s reward is made up of six separate elements: equal shares of domestic and overseas TV cash; differing amounts of domestic and overseas cash based on merit, ie finishing position; ‘facility’ money that increases the more often a club has appeared in a televised live game in the UK; and a share of the league’s commercial income.