Premier League: Liverpool top earnings list ahead of champions Man City
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Liverpool came agonisingly close to winning their first league title since 1990
Liverpool earned over £152m from the Premier League this season, £1.44m more than champions Manchester City, after featuring in the most live UK TV games.
The Reds, who finished runners-up last season with a record tally of 97 points, were on Sky Sports or BT Sport 29 times, three more than City.
Pep Guardiola's side earned £38.4m for finishing top, almost £2m more than Jurgen Klopp's men.
Relegated Huddersfield received £96.6m after finishing bottom.
All 20 clubs received an equal share of around £34.4m, as well as getting £43.2m each for international TV and a further £5m in central commercial revenue.
2018-19 Premier League payments to clubs | ||
|---|---|---|
Live games | Total payments (£) | |
Manchester City | 26 | 150,986,355 |
Liverpool | 29 | 152,425,146 |
Chelsea | 25 | 146,030,216 |
Tottenham | 26 | 145,230,801 |
Arsenal | 25 | 142,193,180 |
Manchester United | 27 | 142,512,868 |
Wolves | 15 | 127,165,114 |
Everton | 18 | 128,603,905 |
Leicester | 15 | 123,328,078 |
West Ham | 16 | 122,528,663 |
Watford | 10 | 113,895,527 |
Crystal Palace | 12 | 114,215,215 |
Newcastle | 19 | 120,130,418 |
Bournemouth | 10 | 108,139,973 |
Burnley | 11 | 107,340,558 |
Southampton | 10 | 104,302,937 |
Brighton | 13 | 105,741,728 |
Cardiff | 12 | 102,704,107 |
Fulham | 13 | 101,904,692 |
Huddersfield | 10 | 96,628,865 |