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'We're in the money'

How does the Swiss Ramble do it? It must be something in the Swiss air that allows him to produce a series of authoritative reports on football finances. After last night, he has updated his figures on the amount that English clubs will earn from the Champions League this season.

Due to the significant increase (around 50%) in Champions League revenue in 2018/19, all English clubs will earn much more than prior season (2017/18 comparatives in brackets). As it stands:

  • Liverpool €107m (€81m)
  • Tottenham Hotspur €102m (€61m)
  • Manchester City €93m (€64m)
  • Manchester United €93m (€40m)

Champions League revenue for Liverpool is €107m for reaching the final, up from €81m last season. Includes: participation €15m, prize money €56m, UEFA coefficient €23m and TV pool €13m. If they win the final, they will earn an additional €4m, bringing their total to €111m.

Spurs Champions League revenue is €102m for reaching the final, up from €61m last season. Includes: participation €15m, prize money €55m, UEFA coefficient €16m and TV pool €16m. If they win the final, they will earn an additional €4m, bringing their total to €106m.

Manchester City Champions League revenue is €93m for reaching the quarter-finals, up from €64m last season. Includes: participation €15m, prize money €33m, UEFA coefficient €24m and TV pool €21m.

Manchester United Champions League revenue is €93m for reaching the quarter-finals, up from €40m last season. Includes: participation €15m, prize money €30m, UEFA coefficient €31m and TV pool €17m. United revenue has been boosted by the UEFA coefficient, a new distribution method for 2018/19, based on performances in UEFA tournaments over the past 10 years. [This is not the same UEFA coefficient that Arsene Wenger liked to parade around Islington.] On this basis, English clubs received the following payments: United €31m, City €24m, Liverpool €23m and Spurs €16m.

It is also worth noting the impact of the TV pool: (a) half based on position in previous season’s Premier League; (b) half based on current season’s Champions League progress. So Manchester City's 1st place in 2017/18 PL explains why they got more than Liverpool and Spurs, even though they progressed further.

The Swiss Ramble concludes, 'However, what is abundantly clear is that the English clubs have really coined it in this season’s Champions League, due to a combination of good progress in the competition and the much higher prize money (plus a good history in Europe in the case of Manchester United).'

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