LONDON: English champions Manchester City’s record-breaking campaign earned them £149.4 million from the Premier League but they were just beaten by rivals Manchester United in the earnings table. United, who finished second in the league, received £149.7 million as they had two more games televised than City during the campaign. Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Arsenal were the only other clubs to earn more than £140 million. West Bromwich Albion, who were relegated to the Championship (second-tier) after finishing last, received £94.7 million. The 2017-18 campaign was the second under a £5.1 billion domestic TV rights deal signed in 2015, with 20 clubs splitting a total of £2.4 billion in central payments. The payments include broadcast and commercial income plus prize money. Commercial income, overseas broadcast income, and a percentage of domestic broadcast income is shared equally between the league’s 20 clubs. The rest is divided according to each club’s league position and the number of televised games they feature in each season. Premier League payments to clubs at the end of 2017-18 season (in pounds, clubs listed by league position): Manchester City – £149,438,654 Manchester United – £149,767,145 Tottenham Hotspur – £144,446,238 Liverpool – £145,904,609 Chelsea – £141,713,582 Arsenal – £142,042,073 Burnley – £119,772,976 Everton – £128,010,622 Leicester City – £118,170,198 Newcastle United -£123,018,207 Crystal Palace – £114,307,662 Bournemouth – £111,246,515 West Ham United – £116,094,523 Watford – £106,254,100 Brighton and Hove Albion – £107,712,470 Huddersfield Town – £102,391,564 Southampton – £107,239,572 Swansea City – £98,529,028 Stoke City – £98,857,518 West Bromwich Albion – £94,666,492 Published in Daily Times, May 18th 2018.