NEWCASTLE’S Champions League pot of gold is about to be lower than HALF of the Prem’s different three contenders.
Eddie Howe’s males have earned the membership a spot again within the European elite for the primary time since the 2002-03 season below Bobby Robson.
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However a full decade with none Euro soccer will harm them when Uefa dole out the Champions League money in September.
Whereas Manchester City are assured of a minimal £58.06million earlier than they even kick a ball, Newfortress might begin with simply £21.5m, lower than half the seemingly charges paid to each Arsenal and Manchester United, who want one level from their last two video games to e-book a top-four spot.
That’s because of the Toon taking a tiny share of the controversial “ten-year historical coefficient pot”.
The £522m pot is split on a sliding scale, with top-rated qualifiers Actual Madrid taking £31.65m and City, fourth within the rankings, incomes £28.67m.
However Newcastle, as a consequence of their lengthy European exile, have NO rating factors.
As a substitute, they are going to be assigned one fifth of the English coefficient of 37.635 — simply 7.527 rating factors.
That just about actually means Newcastle will likely be the lowest-ranked qualifiers and take simply £989,000 from that pot. Manchester United will choose up £24.72m and Arsenal £21.75m.
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The full Champions League prize fund of £1.77billion per season is cut up into three parts — historic rankings, performance-related advantage funds, and TV “market pool” for every nation.
All 4 English sides earn the identical £13.6m qualification cost.
However with the Toon trying extra prone to end fourth — Manchester United will go third with a win over Chelsea tomorrow — they may get a smaller reduce of the TV pool.
BT’s mega-deal, which continues below the brand new TNT Sports activities label, means the English pot of £57.6m is the greatest in Europe.
The primary half is paid out in response to the Prem positions, with champs City taking 40 per cent — £11.52m — and the fourth-placed group only a tenth, or £2.88m.
Erik ten Hag’s United, in the event that they end third, will get a fraction MORE than Arsenal — £48.11m — due to that further coefficient cost.
However even ending third would solely bag Newcastle a complete of £24.38m.