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Tottenham Earned £95.222 million for 2015-16 BPL Season

By Alexander Balano

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 16: Tottenham Hotspur chairman, Daniel Levy and his wife Tracy Dixon during the Barclays Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at White Hart Lane on March 16, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 16: Tottenham Hotspur chairman, Daniel Levy and his wife Tracy Dixon during the Barclays Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at White Hart Lane on March 16, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images) /
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After completing their highest ever finish in the Premier League this past term, Tottenham Hotspur, have received the fourth highest earnings for the now completed 2015-16 season.

On the pitch, Tottenham were a huge success after starting the new league season slowly with a winless August. Even though things were looking grim early on, Mauricio Pochettino and his squad didn’t panic. Instead they remained focused and took the fight to Leicester City, until they went winless in their final four games. It’s somewhat fitting to see Spurs end the season on a sour note after they began the year in the exact same fashion.

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Nonetheless, Spurs’ overall success will greatly benefit them this summer in preparation for the summer transfer window after the Premier League just released their table for this past season’s payments to all 20 clubs.

Earning the most money is Arsenal (£101.952 million), with Manchester City in second (£96.972 million), Manchester United is third (£96.477 million) and rounding out the top four is Tottenham (£95.222 million).

From the link above detailing all 20 Premier League clubs’ earnings from this past season, it goes into detail as to how the money is distributed:

  • 50 percent of UK broadcast revenue split equally between the 20 clubs
  • 25 percent of UK broadcast revenue paid in Merit Payments (“Prize Money” per place in the table)
  • 25 percent of UK broadcast revenue paid in Facility Fees each time a club’s matches are broadcast in the UK.
  • All international broadcast revenue, and central commercial revenue, is split equally among the 20 clubs.

Essentially, Tottenham’s third place finish equates to 25 percent of their £95 million earnings. The most (or 50 percent of what they just earned) is obviously from the broadcast revenue in the United Kingdom. The rest (25 percent for “facility fees”, international broadcast revenue and central commercial revenue) also played a part.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 14 : Hugo Lloris of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates victory with Mauricio Pochettino the head coach / manager of Tottenham Hotspur after victory in the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium on February 14, 2016 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Matthew Ashton - AMA)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 14 : Hugo Lloris of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates victory with Mauricio Pochettino the head coach / manager of Tottenham Hotspur after victory in the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium on February 14, 2016 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Matthew Ashton – AMA) /

But the biggest difference of course, is how Mauricio Pochettino helped guide his club to their highest ever finish in the Premier League. While only 25 percent comes from your current standings at the end of the season, when added with the amount of their matches being shown throughout the UK and overseas, it more than equals the 50 percent of revenues that were split equally among all 20 clubs.

The overseas broadcast deal saw each club get £29.416 million while the central commercial contract netted teams an extra £4.509 million.

So it goes without saying, if Spurs didn’t have a great season as they did — and finish in the top three — then they surely wouldn’t have pocketed that much money like they got just recently.

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Take for example Leicester City, while they were crowned champions, they raked in just £93.220 million only.

Receiving £2 million less than Tottenham isn’t that bad in the grand scheme of things, but even their fairy tale season wasn’t enough to be shown on live television more often.

Like say, as much as the Premier League’s top six clubs: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham.

To get more in-depth with the numbers, Tottenham had 21 of their 38 league matches shown on Sky Sports and BT which puts them at sixth place behind Arsenal (27), Man United (26), Man City (25), Liverpool (23) and Chelsea (22).

What about Leicester? They were shown live just 15 times throughout the season and actually fell below Everton (18) and Newcastle United (16). And the Magpies eventually got relegated.

So really, what will this much money do besides helping out with transfers this summer? A portion of the earnings Tottenham just received could go to their £400 million stadium that is currently being constructed and will be ready in time for the 2018-19 season. Which is still the projected date.

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At the same time, with a 71 percent increase in revenues due to the UK broadcast deal with Sky Sports and BT for next season, Tottenham will earn even more money (just like the rest of the 19 clubs).

Still, more money means Spurs can definitely keep their star players and not worry about potentially losing them to any other big European club trying to poach Tottenham of their talent like in years past.

If Tottenham continue to be successful on the pitch, they’ll bank plenty of money because they’re being shown domestically and overseas. Plus wherever they’ll finish at the end of the season, especially if they secure a top four finish.

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