Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri has admitted his main priority next season will be to preserve the Barclays Premier League champions’ place in the top-flight.
Advertisement
That netted Arsenal £21.5m in “facility fees”, one of just two categories of payments not shared equally among the 20 clubs in the top flight.
The Foxes were shown live just 15 times, while Arsenal were the most popular choice for broadcasters Sky and BT with 27 of their 38 matches picked. Second on the list were Manchester City at £96.972m, followed by Manchester United at £96.477m and Tottenham Hotspur with £95.222m.
Arsenal have become the first club in the history of the Premier League to earn over £100million from the competition’s central income payments.
The news of the clause in his current deal is likely to attract interest from Manchester City, with the Citizens comprehensively scouting Vardy during his sensational 2015/16 campaign, in which he scored 24 goals to help the East Midlands-based outfit towards the Premier League title.
Third-bottom Newcastle United (pounds 72,846,635), however, earned more than any other club in the bottom six after appearing live on television 16 times.
City’s total sum, £93.2m, is £21m more than they received after the 2014-15 season.
The lowest earning club, Aston Villa, earned £66.6m, the biggest sum ever for a bottom-placed club.
Each club also gets £29.416m from the overseas broadcast deal and £4.509m from the central commercial contract.
Advertisement
However, they will be missing out on earning at least as much as Arsenal did this term, with the team finishing bottom in 2016-17 poised to net more than pounds 100m. Burnley, Hull City and Queens Park Rangers received £25.937m, while Cardiff City and Fulham were paid £20.803m with Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Reading, Wigan Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers on £10.535m.
