Everton cling on to Top 20 rich club status

Tuesday, 23 January, 2018 11comments | Jump to most recent

Everton FC just scrape into the Deloitte top 20 richest clubs list behind the likes of the mighty Southampton, West Ham Utd and Leicester City.

The ranking is based on revenue stream. Current Premier League leaders Manchester City saw revenue rise to £453.5m and closed the gap slightly on German champions Bayern, for whom income fell to £505.1m.

Tottenham climbed to 11th as they enjoyed additional revenue from playing European games at Wembley.

Leicester, who also benefitted from a run to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, rose to 14th, overtaking traditional heavyweights such as Inter Milan.

West Ham climbed to 17th, their highest position in the 21 years of the Deloitte ranking, owing to an increase in matchday revenue following their move to the London Stadium.

Southampton and Everton's entry into the top 20 was largely attributable to improved Premier League television money.

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Karl Masters
1 Posted 23/01/2018 at 16:43:02

If only the Team was in the Top 20 in the World!

Jason Wilkinson
2 Posted 23/01/2018 at 17:12:23

We moan about the money the Sky six have. (As in they buy trophies) Then moan about not being up there with them. It is chicken and egg scenario. Always has been and always will be. We will become as good as the money pumped in allows.

Liam Reilly
3 Posted 23/01/2018 at 17:17:41

I don't remember Southampton being on TV that much last season?

Anthony Hughes
4 Posted 23/01/2018 at 17:23:50

People moan about the Sky/BT involvement in the Premier League without them we would be in real trouble Moshiri may have allowed us a £150 million interest free loan (which you would presume one day he will want back).

But the transfer funds to improve the team has come from the TV deals and player sales – not from Moshiri's personal fortune.

David Israel
5 Posted 23/01/2018 at 17:36:10

The piece largely explains why West Ham and Leicester were above us. I suppose Southampton made a lot of money with player sales, as they have done over the past few years.

Stan Schofield
6 Posted 23/01/2018 at 17:43:12

Jason@2: Only the elite clubs, Man City, Man Utd and Chelsea, buy trophies. These clubs win nearly all the trophies. The likes of Liverpool, Spurs and Arsenal try to buy trophies, but fail, apart from Arsenal winning the FA Cup a few times. There's a big difference between the winners and the 'nearly clubs'. The former generally spend a lot more than the latter.

Other than that, I think you're right. We'll stop moaning if we become elite. On the other hand, if we become like Liverpool, Spurs and Arsenal, we'll continue to moan, but the moaning will be about yet another season of coming close but winning nothing.

Ian Burns
7 Posted 23/01/2018 at 18:58:06

Stan - right now I would settle for coming close!!

Dermot Byrne
8 Posted 23/01/2018 at 19:31:04

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Perspective?

Stan Schofield
9 Posted 23/01/2018 at 19:37:28

Ian, so would I mate!

Trevor Lynes
10 Posted 27/01/2018 at 15:16:21

We are back to the 40-points goal. This would signify success with the present squad.

James Marshall
11 Posted 30/01/2018 at 22:55:09

We've got more money than we've ever had, yet we're still as shit as ever. Just goes to show that money can't buy happiness.

Or trophies.

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