The premier league have confirmed West ham United will receive £73,207,049 from TV income this season under the terms of the new broadcast rights deal.
That puts West Ham 12th in the money league this season despite finishing 13th. West ham received a merit payment of £9.9m for finishing 13th as each league place earns £1,236,083 per place. They also received a massive £52m as an equal share that every other premier league club received. The £52m payment is made up of £21,631,444 from Sky/BT Sports for the domestic TV rights, £26,295,817 for overseas TV rights and a further £4,270,850 from premier league central commercial sponsorship funds.
When you add this TV Income to the estimated £18m in ticket sales, £14m in commercial activities and £6m in retail sales it means we should receive around £111m in income this season up from just under £90m last season including a £10.5m loan from the chairman.
Although West Ham’s financial year finishes on the 31st May we won’t get to see the actual accounts until January 2015 but it could improve if west ham have improved retail and commercial sales this season.
It will be interesting what we do with extra £21m of income over the summer transfer window and the coming season.