THE incredible TV revenues Premier League clubs enjoy in relation to their European counterparts has been revealed.
And it makes for astonishing reading.
Multi-billion pound deals has seen England’s top flight side’s incomes explode.
And Marca reveal that Southampton earned more than Real Madrid last season — despite Los Blancos winning La Liga AND the Champions League.
The Saints, who finished last season in eighth place, raked in £125.4million from TV money alone, while the European champions got £124.7m.
Meanwhile sixth-place Everton saw their coffers increase by £130.8m — more than Barcelona, who earned £130.2m.
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Atletico Madrid finished third and reached the Champions League final, netting £88.3m in the process.
But that figure wasn’t enough to match Bournemouth‘s £120m.
Leganes were the lowest-earning side in La Liga, bringing in just 35m, but that was dwarfed by their Premier League equivalent in Sunderland, who finished bottom but raked in a staggering 95.6m.
Astonishingly, Spain’s top flight is actually second in terms of revenue and no club in Serie A or the Bundesliga, matches the lucky Black Cats’ income.
Nancy finished bottom of Ligue 1 and earned just £13.8m — which is nearly seven times less than Sunderland.
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