How much could Sunderland earn from their final position in this season’s Premier League table?
The Black Cats have enjoyed an overwhelmingly positive return to the top flight of the English game following their Championship play-off final win against Sheffield United and a highly ambitious summer transfer window that saw the likes of Omar Alderete, Robin Roefs and Granit Xhaka all added to Regis Le Bris’ squad.
Memorable wins against the likes of Chelsea and Newcastle United and solid performances against Manchester City, Arsenal and Aston Villa have led Sunderland to be tagged as one of the Premier League’s surprise packages during the season and they head into the final months of the campaign still in contention for a place in Europe.
A home game against Fulham is next on the agenda for Le Bris and his players once their FA Cup tie with Oxford is consigned to the history books and a win against the Cottagers could lift the Black Cats as high as eighth place in the table if results elsewhere fall in their favour next weekend.
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But how much could be earned from their final position in this season’s Premier League table? This season’s figures are yet to be released but we can get an estimate on what Sunderland could earn based on the figure’s from last season’s Premier League. The merit payments form just one part of a sizeable income earned by each club with earnings also coming from an equal share and domestic and international broadcasting payments based on how many times each club hosted a game broadcast live on television.
How much did each club earn from their final Premier League position last season?
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1st: Liverpool - £32.3m (Total income: £174.9m) 2nd: Arsenal - £30.7m (Total income: £171.5m) 3rd: Manchester City - £29.0m (Total income: £165.5m) 4th: Chelsea - £27.4m (Total income: £163.7m) 5th: Newcastle United - £25.8m (Total income: £160.2m) 6th: Aston Villa - £24.2m (Total income: £159.3m) 7th: Nottingham Forest - £22.6m (Total income: £152.5m) 8th: Brighton and Hove Albion - £21.0m (Total income: £145.1m) 9th: AFC Bournemouth - £19.4m (Total income: £143.4m) 10th: Brentford - £17.7m (Total income: £138.9m) 11th: Fulham - £16.1m (Total income: £135.5m) 12th: Crystal Palace - £14.5m (Total income: £136.1m) 13th: Everton - £12.9m (Total income: £131.8m) 14th: West Ham United - £11.3m (Total income: £130.9m) 15th: Manchester United - £9.7m (Total income: £136.2m) 16th: Wolverhampton Wanderers - £8.1m (Total income: £123.1m) 17th: Tottenham Hotspur - £6.5m (Total income: £127.8m) 18th: Leicester City - £4.8m (Total income: £116.9m) 19th: Ipswich Town - £3.2m (Total income: £111.1m) 20th: Southampton - £1.6m (Total income: £109.2m)
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