Premiership winner to get £50 million in new deal

18-01-2007

Premiership winner to get £50 million in new deal
The football club that wins next season's Premiership will net £50 million following a renegotiation of the existing media deal.

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has brokered the £625 million contract with overseas broadcast and internet firms, which is in addition to the £1.7 billion deal agreed with Sky and Ireland's Setanta last year.

Since then the Premier League has also negotiated £400 million through mobile phone rights, meaning that the league will earn £900 million from next season onwards until the end of the decade.

Last season's Premiership winners Chelsea were paid £30 million in TV rights and prize money, but next year's bottom club can expect to receive the same amount under the new deal.

Mr Scudamore told the Telegraph today: "This deal really does take us on to another level. It means that the team at the top who got £30 million last year will get around £50 million while even those at the bottom will receive about £30 million."


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