Source: Daily_Mail
Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal still the kings of cash despite Euro failures
English teams continue to dominate the Champions League in financial terms evenif they failed on the pitch, figures released today by UEFA have revealed. [LNB]Despite not progressing beyond the quarter-finals, Manchester United, Chelsea,Arsenal and Liverpool earned a combined total of £114.6million from television and prize money alone from last season'stournament. [LNB]That figure reflects the high value of the new ITV and Sky broadcasting dealsfor the competition and is comfortably higher that the £95m earnedby the four Italian teams including champions Inter Milan, and the £86m by the four Spanish teams in the competition. [LNB] Rolling in it! Chelsea and United still had a successful year off the field despite Champions League failure[LNB]Inter Milan were the top individual earners with £39.8m followedby Manchester United with £37.4m. [LNB]Arsenal, who also made thequarter-finals, earned £27.3m with Chelsea making £26.3m and Liverpool £23.6m. [LNB]The figures reflect a 25 per cent increase in the value of the broadcast deals beingpaid by ITV and Sky for the television rights for the 2009-12 period and apartfrom Chelsea, each English club enjoyed an average 10-15 per cent rise compared to theprevious season despite having a less successful Champions League. [LNB] Cashing in: Fulham's run to the Europa League Final significantly boosted their bank balance[LNB]The figures also highlight the discrepancy with sums earned from the new EuropaLeague, even though that competition has been boosted by central marketing of TVand sponsorship rights. [LNB]Beaten finalists Fulham earned £8.1m, while Everton's income was£2.8m, and Liverpool earned £2.3m after dropping down from the Champions Leaguefor the knock-out phase. [LNB]The disparity is even sharper in Scotland where Rangers earned £14m for their part in the Champions League, almost ten times as much asCeltic's £1.5m for their Europa League run. [LNB] ITV dodge punishment over World Cup gaffe despite millions missing goalFIFA president Blatter backs 'easy' England for World Cup 2018 bidTHE MATT LAWTON INTERVIEW: The world according to Harry Redknapp[LNB]
