More money, more problems! Arsenal to be paid almost £13m in first Premier League pay-day
Arsenal have earned £12,836,054 for where they were placed on the Premier League table after the final day of the 2012/13 campaign yesterday.
The fourth place finish – a minimum requirement for a club of Arsenal’s stature – was enough to not only secure the much coveted chance of playing Champions League football but also add some weight to Arsene Wenger’s transfer war chest this summer.
The sum of nearly £13 million – the average amount of fees spent on summer signings Lukas Podolksi and Olivier Giroud – could even be worth a new signing for the Gunners. But this is only part of the payments to be made by the Premier League.
The prize money for finishing fourth does not include earnings from the lucrative BPL TV rights deal which could take the total income to around £56 million.
Here is the table of who earned what this season.
1. Manchester United – £15,101,240
2. Manchester City – £14,246,178
3. Chelsea – £13,591,116
4. Arsenal – £12,836,054
5. Tottenham – £12,080,992
6. Everton – £11,325,930
7. Liverpool – £10,570,868
8. West Bromwich Albion – £9,815,806
9. Swansea City – £9,060,744
10. West Ham United – £8,305,682
11. Norwich City – £7,550,620
12. Fulham – £6,795,558
13. Stoke City – £6,040,496
14. Southampton – £5,285,434
15. Aston Villa – £4,530,372
16. Newcastle United – £3,775,310
17. Sunderland – £3,020,248
18. Wigan Athletic – £2,265,186
19. Reading – £1,510,124
20. Queens Park Rangers – £755,062
How do you think the club should invest these gains?
Buy arsenal buy wenger
The season ticket price covers more games than spurs woks out less and spending unless top quality don’t work even top quality don’t work some times ask m c better to have /90 % players who play for each other
Erm….Yeah! exactly!…….I think.
It’s appalling that QPR even “earned” a pound from the EPL.
well done
the most overrated player this season is jack wilshere. wenger needs to send the little boy back to bolton and this time for good and use the money for a real no.10 playmaker
your eye glasses say it all. you are suffering from glaucoma.
its a pity u had eyes but can not see. or mayb i dnt get wat u are saying. if not for injury, i dnt c who could hav rival wilshere for Arsenl player of d year.
I love ur comment
Wtf are u real or a yid hes been injured for alot of it.no tru gooner would say hes overrated
and what the fuck did he did he do when he was fit?
2 goals for attacking midfielder is crap
Have u ever broken ya leg or had a very bad injurey or snaped a bone in ya ankle? He hasnt been playing at 80%in his games. Hes not attacking.mid hes a play maker and his assists n passes unlock deffences. Hes still young n will be s future captain
U talk as if u don’t eat good salt, Wilshere is d bomb if not for d injury
Why do you have an opinion poll asking if Gervinho is good enough for Arsenal? Our real problem is in MF; your poll should be about Ramsey! He’s a minus to the MF!
Ramsey has improved so much this season n got arsenal player of the month
U understand d game of football
in what match did he unlock deffences? if he wont fit he wont be playing like diaby? we lost 3-1 at home to bayern munich but won away to them when he wont playing. we have have won alot more games when hes not playing. 2goasl and 2 assists is just good enuf to put on a arsenal no.10 shirt.
ramsay gets stcik from fans and media coz hes walsh and wilshere gets away with it coz he english and thats just fact
Do u go to live games? Or just an fair weather arm chair fan? When came.on vs blackburn a game i was it he changed it n to say ramsey gets stick cos hes welsh is bs
The Ramsey/Arteta partnership is just as important to our defense as the Kos/Mert partnership. How many goals did we use to concede because the midfield was not tracking runners into the box? Aaron is a workhorse with all the technical ability to sit in the centre of the park for Arsenal. He has one of the highest tackling percentages in the league, and the highest pass percentages. He doesn’t do many hollywood passes or score many goals, but that’s not his job. Also, look at every player we’ve had who’s been out long term, and name one that’s come back from it. Only Aaron and Rosicky by my count.
Jack being overrated? Only by idiot fans who built him up to such ridiculous levels in the early days that he was doomed to slip once his injuries set in. I’ve no fear for him in the future though as he’ll continue to show how special he is.
Jack has been playing lately from the bench with painkiller to keep the team and the fans positive in the fight for the champions league spot. Otherwise, he should have been operated 2 months ago. Every real gunner knows he is our best player along side Cazorla.
Well said fella. Jack had some bad injuries and ppl exspect him to be at his best straight away. Like i said earlier no tru gunner think jack is overrated.were starting to see ramsey play at his potentiel it took him ages to get over his leg.
Wilshere is just overated by fans and wenger. Personaly jack has not contributed anything in our team, we won most of our matches anytime he did not play. Ramsy an important for gunners this season
What ever happened to the Japanese player who was sent on loan? Great things were expected of him.If he doesn’t fulfill his potential,it is time wasted.
Then Wenger shd stop investing in the future when the present matters more.If he can’t get the gunners challenging,there are many other capable guys who willl be willing to take his place and could bring a new dimension to the gunners tactics.
Good amount to add to our finacial stengjt in the transfer market,only if arsene spend
Did any of the people making the comments go to school.
Guess you are talking about the standard of English, Peter ? Fair comment. You should have been taught at school, though, that a question is ended with a question mark and not a full stop, shouldn’t you ?
What’s with the LYING to protect Ramsey? He is a PROFESSIONAL footballer, not your friend. He loses the ball or does something stupid with it almost every time he has it! REWATCH ANY OF AFC’S last 20 games and see 4 urself!!! I have been in so much pain watching him closely! And his pressing is wasted and slow, sprints head on and leaves room behind him without getting close to the ball! Granted, he has had a rise in form, still not good enough for Arsenal’s bench though! Poor lad, love his heart.
Arsenal dat a lot of money,u must spend more to gain more
Arsenalfc should invest what they realize being finishing in the. Fourth place to buy credible players to boost the squad against next season campaign. Gunners till I die