The club that finishes bottom of the Premier League next season is set to collect around £63m in earnings from a new broadcasting deal currently in negotiations, just over £20m more than the current amount.
The Premier League is close to finalising its deals which will bring a total of around £5.5 billion in broadcasting rights for 2013-16. That is £2 billion more than the current deal.
The league champions next season can expect to earn close to £100 million in broadcast earnings while the bottom club can expect their earnings to go up from £39.8 million, which Queens Park Rangers picked up this season, to around £63 million.
The way the Premier League distributes its TV money means half of the total cash from the domestic deals is divided equally between the member clubs, and all of the overseas broadcasting income is also split equally.
A further 25 per cent of domestic TV income is split as merit money depending on where each club finish in the league, and the final 25 per cent is paid in ‘facility fees’ for each time a club’s matches are shown on television in the UK.
For that reason, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur both earned more than Chelsea despite finishing below their capital rivals in the table because both appeared in more live TV games.
Under the 2010-13 deal, which expired this season, each club received a £13.8 million equal share each season plus £18.9 million from overseas rights.
Clubs were further guaranteed a minimum of £5.78 million for live TV and highlights appearances.
Manchester United earned the most from these facility fees, totalling £12.9 million from 25 live appearances.
Some £88 million was paid out in parachute payments to clubs relegated over the last three seasons.
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go up and clear the debts and start from a clean slate rather than 30-40m of friendly debt hanging round our necks