Loyal football fans of the top Premier League clubs are paying more for tickets and hospitality than ever before, a new report has revealed.
Deloitte's annual survey showed that the revenues of the twenty richest clubs in the world amounted to 2.1 billion euros. It broke the 2 billion euro mark on match days for the first time during the 2023/2024 season.
That made matchday revenue the fastest growing revenue stream, up 11 percent from the previous season. Nine of the twenty clubs Deloitte used to compile its data are from England.
The top 20 clubs also made record profits of 11.2 billion euros (£9.4 billion). The average ticket price for the Premier League is now £38, an increase of 18.75 per cent on before the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Football Supporters' Association (FSA) said: “Looking back on Covid, when stadiums were closed to fans, we often heard that 'football was nothing without fans' thanks to the noise and atmosphere we generate. Playing football in an empty stadium is not the same.
It feels like that lesson has been forgotten as almost every top club increased prices last season, concessions for young and old fans are under fire and the Premier League's own data shows prices have risen by 19 percent since 2020.”
The Mirror highlighted how fans were also asked to pay more due to the loss of FA Cup replays. Real Madrid is the richest football team in the world and has put Man City in second place by earning 1 billion euros in a single season. The Spanish giants became the first team to break the billion euros (£845m) mark, while City's revenues reached €837m (£710m). The Premier League dominated the top 10 richest clubs. Man United were fourth with €770.6m (£653m), behind Paris Saint-Germain. Arsenal are seventh with €716.5 million (£607.2 million), Liverpool eighth with €714.7 million (£605.7 million), Tottenham are ninth with €615 million (£521 million) and Chelsea are tenth, by €545.5 million (£462.3 million). ).
Real's three trophies, including La Liga and the Champions League, attracted huge TV dividends. Gate revenues increased thanks to the renovation of their Bernabeu stadium. Although City have broken their own turnover record as the club with the highest income in the Premier League, the difference between first and second place (£175 million) has never been greater. Paris St Germain (806 million euros), 4-2 conqueror of City in the Champions League on Tuesday evening, and Bayern Munich (765 million euros) made it into the top five. Real superstars Kylian Mbappé and Vinicius Junior both scored as they beat RB Salzburg 5-1. Newcastle's turnover grew by 29 percent to €371 million (£315.1 million), helping them rise to 15th in the “Money League”, ahead of Juventus. Tim Bridge, principal partner of Deloitte Sports Business Group, said: “High-performing clubs are diversifying the way they generate revenue by entering into innovative partnerships and developing the land and stadium space they own or operate. While commercial revenue dominates the income of the top ten Money League clubs, broadcast revenue remains crucial for teams in the second half of the table.”
Other English clubs in the top 30 of the Deloitte Money League are: West Ham United (17th), Aston Villa (18th), Brighton & Hove Albion (21st), Crystal Palace (26th), Everton (27th), Fulham (28th) , Wolverhampton Wanderers (29th). One club from outside Europe, the Brazilian Flamengo, joins the “Money League” in 20th place.
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