eBusiness Weekly
Liverpool are set to receive a record £175 million payout in prize money for winning the Premier League title.
Topflight clubs agreed that they would receive their full prize money for last season, where Jurgen Klopp’s Reds won by a huge 18-point margin, and delay any reductions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
All 20 Premier League clubs decided that the relevant cuts that were made due to the virus outbreak, which could total up to £330 million via rebates to broadcasters, will instead be spread out over future seasons in order to not affect club’s current income at this fragile time, according to The Times.
However, they stopped short of bailing out the lower league teams.
All these decisions were discussed and made at last week’s by-yearly meeting between Premier League club’s chief executives and chairmen.
This is great news for Liverpool, who will receive a record sum of £175 million in prize money and television broadcast earnings for their title triumph.
The season just gone was the first in the new format for the TV deal cycle; the system that allocates TV money in a way to benefit the top clubs.
For the first time, the money paid to the clubs made from overseas broadcasters were allocated according to where they finished in the final standings, rather than split equally across all teams. — Daily Mail.
