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New Champions League distribution favours old lags

Uefa have now published the financial results of all European competitions for 2018/19 and the Swiss Ramble has made his authoritative analysis available on thread reader. A link to it does not work, but you should find it easily enough if you go to Twitter and check @SwissRamble.

Among the key points:

  • Barcelona had the highest 2018/19 Champions League payment of €118m, but English clubs received four of the top six distributions.
  • The Champions League revenue distribution changed in 2018/19 with the introduction of the UEFA coefficient, so that the TV pool is much less important than it was before. This rewards historically successful clubs rather than those with larger national TV rights deals.
  • At €85m Real Madrid almost earned the same as Atletico Madrid €86m, as their higher UEFA coefficient just about compensated for a lower TV pool.
  • Highest Europa League payments by far went to English clubs, winners Chelsea €46m and runners-up Arsenal €39m.
  • Juventus €96m was by far the highest earnings in Italy, around €40m more than the other Champions League clubs: Roma €58m, Napoli €57m and Inter €51m. The Europa League representatives, Lazio and Milan, only received €15m apiece.

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