Manchester City will bank more than an estimated £160m for their fifth Premier League title win in six years with rivals Chelsea and Liverpool braced for massive losses by failing in their quests for the top four.
Pep Guardiola’s side close out their league campaign away to Brentford this afternoon before turning their attention to the FA Cup final against Manchester United and the Champions League showdown versus Inter Milan a week later.
And while they aim to become the second English side to complete the treble, after United in 1999, they are already assured of huge financial rewards.
Winning the Premier League is set to be worth more than £160m with a potential Champions League win set to earn the Abu Dhabi-owned club another £100m. The FA Cup will be worth an additional £4m should they beat their neighbours at Wembley.
But not every team is reaping rewards as fifth-place Liverpool are set to miss out on at least £50m because of their failure to qualify for the Champions League with Chelsea, who are in the bottom half, expected to lose more than £60m for their dismal performance.
All 32 Champions League group stage teams make €15.6m (£13.5m) as a base participation fee, with Liverpool’s 10-year coefficient payment this season worth an additional €27.3m (£23.7m) and Chelsea's was €32m (£27.8m). They made €2.8m (£2.4m) for each of their group stage wins and a €9.6m (£8.3m) top up for making it into the knockout stages.
Liverpool could still make £15m from next season's Europa League but Chelsea have failed to qualify for any continental competition.
In 2022/23 the broadcast pot shared among the 20 top-flight clubs grew again to more than £2.5bn.
Running parallel to that is the merit payment system. Each place in the table is worth about £2.2m to clubs, meaning even those in mid-table have not - pardon the cliche - been on the beach with weeks remaining in the campaign.
West Ham, for instance, could climb two spots if they win at Leicester this afternoon and manager David Moyes said “that is very important for us” despite the club being safe in mid-table.
Brentford head coach Thomas Frank, meanwhile, said several weeks ago that his team would continue to fight for every spot because the prize money on offer could equate to additional money for their summer transfer kitty.
It will be of little solace to the teams relegated - two from Everton, Leeds and Leicester will join Southampton in the Championship next season - but even the bottom three are set to earn more than £100m for their efforts this season.
Unsurprisingly the Premier League also beats the rest of Europe's big leagues - La Liga's champions stand to make about £135m, the winners in Germany get roughly £90m and in Serie A the biggest prize was worth similar last year.
