Aston Villa land record-breaking £160m windfall – sources
Aston Villa have earned record prize money of £160million for their 2023-24 Premier League campaign, sources have told Football Insider.
Premier League clubs are set to receive their broadcast and merit payments within the next few weeks.
Villa were one of the standout clubs in this season’s Premier League with Unai Emery’s side finishing in fourth place.
Not only will the Birmingham-based side profit from their participation in the Champions League, but their impressive league performance has earned the club £160million.
The commercial and broadcast payments from both UK and overseas broadcasters is split equally between the 20 clubs.
Collectively, those payments are estimated to be worth around £90million to each club.
Aston Villa earn £160m Premier League payment
Additional merit payments are then given depending on a club’s league finish – each position in the table is worth £3.4million.
Finally, clubs are paid facility fees depending on how often their games were broadcast live on television throughout the season.
Overall, Villa are set to earn around £160million – ranking them fifth in the Premier League behind only Tottenham, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City.
As revealed by Football Insider, Aston Villa fear a potential Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR) breach for the 2023-24 campaign and could be forced to sell one or more first-team stars this summer to avoid a potential sanction.
Following a loss of £120million in their 2022-23 accounts, it is understood that Villa are on the limit of PSR’s allowable losses and could be at risk of a points deduction.
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