In fact, Cardiff earned more from finishing bottom of the Premier Leaguethan United earned as champions, the Welsh club receiving £62.08m for finishing 20th this term.

The league's new £5.5bn broadcast deal was behind the increase in payments, with second-placed Liverpool the top earners on £97.5m, a consequence of more of their games being screened live by broadcasters.

Each club's payment is made up of 50% of UK broadcast revenue which is split equally between the 20 clubs; 25% of it depends on where the club finishes in the final league table; and the final 25% comes from fees each time a club's matches are broadcast in the UK.

 

Premier League payments to clubs for 2013-14

1) Liverpool £97,544,336

 

2) Man City £96,578,329

 

3) Chelsea £94,106,163

 

4) Arsenal £92,870,080

 

5) Tottenham £89,663,884

 

6) Manchester United £89,161,831

 

7) Everton £85,027,727

 

8) Newcastle £77,379,252

 

9) Southampton £76,915,298

 

10) Stoke £75,679,215

 

11) Swansea £74,173,056

 

12) West Ham £73,671,003

 

13) Crystal Palace £73,207,049

 

14) Aston Villa £72,666,897

 

15) Sunderland £71,700,890

 

16) Hull £67,026,634

 

17) West Brom £65,790,551

 

18) Norwich £64,554,468

 

19) Fulham £63,318,385

 

20) Cardiff £62,082,302

 

Total £1,563,117,350

{jcomments on}