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Manchester City’s third consecutive Premier League (PL) title in 2023 earned the club a record 176.2m pounds ($223m), a 15% hike over the previous season, the league revealed in their Annual Report released Friday.
Arsenal earned £172.2m for finishing runners-up, while Manchester United were paid £168.3m followed by Newcastle United £164.3m.
Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, West Ham United, Everton and Nottingham Forest all earned more than clubs that finished above them in the table due to more games shown on live TV.
Even last-placed Southampton, who were relegated to the Championship, were paid £103.6m. Other highlights the league outlined in their 2022-23 report included attendance, with stadiums that were 98.7% full – a slight increase over the previous season – with 43% of attendees aged 18 to 34, and 28% of them female.
The viewing audience of 900m made it the most widely watched football league in the world.
“The season culminated in two of our clubs victorious in UEFA club competitions,” the league’s chief executive Richard Masters said in the report.
