Prestwich_Blue
Well-Known Member
Just having a look at how UEFA will be distributing the prize money for this season's CL and comparing that to last season.
The way it works is that there are two pots of money. The first is a fixed amount, which depends on your results in group stage games (so much for a win and so much for a draw) and a fixed bonus for each round you get to.
The other pot is the "market pool" which is a bit more complicated. It's a big pot of money which is split between the clubs of each national association based on how much TV money their country paid for the rights. Last season, the English clubs got 19% of that pot, meaning that Sky & ITV's fees for the rights was 19% of the total across UEFA. Half of that pot gets split depending on where you finished in the league the previous season (40%/30%/20%/10%) and the other half is based how many games you played in the CL compared to the other clubs in your national association. So we played 8 games out of a total of 32 (I think) meaning we got 25% of that.
Last season we got €11.6m for our group stage participation, €3.5m for getting to the last 16 and €30.752 from the market pool, making €45.852m in total (about £33m according to our accounts).
This season, they've increased the fixed part and reduced the market pool so we've now earned a guaranteed €18m for the group and €5.5m for the last 16, making €23.5m, compared to the equivalent €15.1m last season. So we're already better off.
UEFA have said that the total market pool this year is €482.9m but what we don't know is (a) what proportion of the TV deal we now have and (b) how many games we will have played compared to the other three English teams. It's best, on that front, if they all go out as early as possible (EL games don't count) so our proportion is higher.
We can make some guesses however. Last season we (England) got 19% of the market pool with a TV deal worth £145m a season. That means that the total CL TV deal was around £760m. The BT Sport deal has doubled our per season deal, so if nothing else has changed, then we would have about 35% of the total deal. But let's assume it's a figure of 30%, on the basis that other deals have increased but not by as much.
So England's share of the Market Pool could be something like €145m. Splitting that into two gives €72.75m and we'll get 30% of that for our second place finish, which is €21.825m. For the other half, I'll assume that Arsenal go out tonight, so them and the rags will have played 6 games each, Chelsea get through but go out in R16, meaning they'll have played 8 games, and that we got out in the QF, meaning 10 games. That's a total of 30 games, of which we played a third. So our share of the other Market Pool pot would be €24.25.
Getting to the QF (which we have a better chance of doing having won our group) would give us an additional €6m as a fixed bonus as well so our total take could be something like €74.5m, compared to €45.85m last season, which is nearly €30m/more or around £22m. That's based on a few assumptions of course so it could be less but might be more (if we get to the SF or the overall share of the TV deal is higher).
So a good night's work all round.
The way it works is that there are two pots of money. The first is a fixed amount, which depends on your results in group stage games (so much for a win and so much for a draw) and a fixed bonus for each round you get to.
The other pot is the "market pool" which is a bit more complicated. It's a big pot of money which is split between the clubs of each national association based on how much TV money their country paid for the rights. Last season, the English clubs got 19% of that pot, meaning that Sky & ITV's fees for the rights was 19% of the total across UEFA. Half of that pot gets split depending on where you finished in the league the previous season (40%/30%/20%/10%) and the other half is based how many games you played in the CL compared to the other clubs in your national association. So we played 8 games out of a total of 32 (I think) meaning we got 25% of that.
Last season we got €11.6m for our group stage participation, €3.5m for getting to the last 16 and €30.752 from the market pool, making €45.852m in total (about £33m according to our accounts).
This season, they've increased the fixed part and reduced the market pool so we've now earned a guaranteed €18m for the group and €5.5m for the last 16, making €23.5m, compared to the equivalent €15.1m last season. So we're already better off.
UEFA have said that the total market pool this year is €482.9m but what we don't know is (a) what proportion of the TV deal we now have and (b) how many games we will have played compared to the other three English teams. It's best, on that front, if they all go out as early as possible (EL games don't count) so our proportion is higher.
We can make some guesses however. Last season we (England) got 19% of the market pool with a TV deal worth £145m a season. That means that the total CL TV deal was around £760m. The BT Sport deal has doubled our per season deal, so if nothing else has changed, then we would have about 35% of the total deal. But let's assume it's a figure of 30%, on the basis that other deals have increased but not by as much.
So England's share of the Market Pool could be something like €145m. Splitting that into two gives €72.75m and we'll get 30% of that for our second place finish, which is €21.825m. For the other half, I'll assume that Arsenal go out tonight, so them and the rags will have played 6 games each, Chelsea get through but go out in R16, meaning they'll have played 8 games, and that we got out in the QF, meaning 10 games. That's a total of 30 games, of which we played a third. So our share of the other Market Pool pot would be €24.25.
Getting to the QF (which we have a better chance of doing having won our group) would give us an additional €6m as a fixed bonus as well so our total take could be something like €74.5m, compared to €45.85m last season, which is nearly €30m/more or around £22m. That's based on a few assumptions of course so it could be less but might be more (if we get to the SF or the overall share of the TV deal is higher).
So a good night's work all round.