Leicester City's finances compare to rest of Premier League

[davieG]

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The most recent set of accounts from top-flight sides show a combined loss of almost £1billion for the 2019/20 season

BySarah ClapsonDavid Dubas-Fisher
14:30, 7 AUG 2021

Premier League clubs lost almost £1billion in the 2019/20 campaign, according to their most recently published accounts.

Newcastle United published their 2019/20 accounts today, becoming the last Premier League club to do so.

The Magpies made a £22.5m pre-tax loss over the course of the season, the tail-end of which was impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

It brings the total losses for all top flight clubs that season to £979.3m, with Leicester City's standing at £67.3m.

Only four clubs - Chelsea (£35.7m), Sheffield United (£18.8m), Norwich (£2.1m), and Burnley (£0m) - failed to record a loss.

Club: Pre-tax profit in 2019/20

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Chelsea: £35.7m
Sheffield United: £18.8m

Norwich City: £2.1m
Burnley: £0m
Manchester United: £-20.8m
Newcastle United: £-22.5m
Watford: £-35.6m
Wolverhampton Wanderers: £-40m
Liverpool: £-46.3m
Arsenal: £-47.8m
Crystal Palace: £-58m
Bournemouth: £-60.1m
Brighton & Hove Albion: £-63.9m
West Ham United: £-65.3m
Leicester City: £-67.3m
Tottenham Hotspur: £-67.7m
Southampton: £-76.1m
Aston Villa: £-99.5m
Manchester City: £-125.1m
Everton: £-139.8m
TOTAL: £-979.3m

Despite this though, Premier League clubs earned a total of £4.5billion over the course of the campaign.

The six richest clubs earned more than the rest of the division combined.

Manchester United (£509.0m), Liverpool (£489.9m), Manchester City (£478.4m), Chelsea (£407.4m), Tottenham (£391.9m), and Arsenal (£344.5m) had a combined turnover of £2.6 billion.

Everyone else, meanwhile, earned a total of £1.9 billion.

Manchester United: £509.0m
Liverpool: £489.9m
Manchester City: £478.4m
Chelsea: £407.4m
Tottenham Hotspur: £391.9m
Arsenal: £344.5m
Everton: £185.9m
Newcastle United: £152.6m
Leicester City: £150m
Sheffield United: £143.8m
Crystal Palace: £142.4m
West Ham United: £139.5m
Burnley: £133.8m
Brighton & Hove Albion: £132.9m
Wolverhampton Wanderers: £132.6m
Southampton: £126.6m
Watford: £120m
Norwich City: £119.3m
Aston Villa: £112.6m
Bournemouth: £95.4m
TOTAL: £4.5billion

 

The combined £4.5billion turnover was down from £5.2billion in 2018/19, £4.8billion in 2017/18, and £4.6billion in 2016/17.

Income hasn’t been this low since 2015/16 when it stood at £3.6billion

Season: Combined turnover

2015/16: £3.6billion
2016/17: £4.6billion
2017/18: £4.8billion
2018/19: £5.2billion
2019/20: £4.5billion

Perhaps more worrying for top-flight clubs, given the crisis unfolding in Barcelona, is that wage to income ratio is now pushing 80 percent.

Season: Average wage/income

2015/16: 67%
2016/17: 57%
2017/18: 63%
2018/19: 63%
2019/20: 79%

 

Bournemouth had the worst record in the division, with 113 percent of the money they earned being spent on wages. - although the Foxes were second in the list, with 105 percent.

Club: Wage to income ratio

Bournemouth: 113%
Leicester City: 105%
Aston Villa: 97%
West Ham United: 94%
Crystal Palace: 93%
Southampton: 90%
Everton: 89%
Watford: 80%
Newcastle United: 79%
Brighton & Hove Albion: 78%
Burnley: 75%
Norwich City: 75%
Manchester City: 73%
Wolverhampton Wanderers: 71%
Chelsea: 70%
Arsenal: 68%
Liverpool: 66%
Manchester United: 56%
Sheffield United: 55%
Tottenham Hotspur: 46%

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The Premier League spent £3.3illion on wages in 2019/20. Manchester City had the highest wage bill of them all at £351.4m.

Club: Wage bill

Manchester City: £351.4m
Liverpool: £325.6m
Manchester United: £284m
Chelsea: £283.5m
Arsenal: £234.5m
Tottenham Hotspur: £181.3m
Everton: £164.8m
Leicester City: £157.5m
Crystal Palace: £132.6m
West Ham United: £130.8m
Newcastle United: £121.1m
Southampton: £114.4m
Aston Villa: £108.8m
Bournemouth: £107.9m
Brighton & Hove Albion: £103.2m
Burnley: £100.1m
Watford: £96.2m
Wolverhampton Wanderers: £94.7m
Norwich City: £88.9m
Sheffield United: £78.5m

Matchday income was, understandably, down. Tottenham topped the matchday table though, earning almost £100m from ticket-buying fans.

Club: Matchday income

Tottenham Hotspur: £94.5m
Manchester United: £89.8m
Arsenal: £78.7m
Liverpool: £70.9m
Chelsea: £54.5m
Manchester City: £41.7m
West Ham United: £22.5m
Newcastle United: £17.4m
Southampton: £14.5m
Brighton & Hove Albion: £13.5m
Leicester City: £13.1m
Wolverhampton Wanderers: £12.7m
Everton: £11.9m
Aston Villa: £11.1m
Crystal Palace: £8.6m
Norwich City: £7.6m
Sheffield United: £7.3m
Watford: £7.3m
Burnley: £4.6m
Bournemouth: £3.5m

 

When it comes to clubs finances, match-going fans aren’t as important as those sitting in their armchairs.

Broadcast revenue accounted for 52 percent of income this season for the division as a whole compared to just 13 percent for matchdays.

Liverpool earned the most from the broadcasters at £201.6m.

Club: Broadcast revenue

Liverpool: £201.6m
Manchester City: £190.3m
Chelsea: £182.5m
Manchester United: £140.2m
Tottenham Hotspur: £135.8m
Sheffield United: £120.1m
Arsenal: £118.9m
Burnley: £113.5m
Crystal Palace: £112.8m
Leicester City: £107.6m
Newcastle United: £106.1m
Everton: £98m
Wolverhampton Wanderers: £95.8m
Watford: £95.3m
Southampton: £93.5m
Norwich City: £91.8m
Brighton & Hove Albion: £89.9m
West Ham United: £82.5m
Bournemouth: £80.7m
Aston Villa: £77.7m
TOTAL: £2.3billion

Commercial income, meanwhile, represented 35 percent of the money earned by top-flight clubs.

Manchester United topped the commercial charts, bringing in £279.0m.

That works out as 54 percent of their overall turnover, making them one of only two clubs to rely more heavily on their commercial deals than any other form of income.

Manchester City are the other, with their £246.3m worth of sponsorships working out as 51 percent of their overall income.

Club: Commercial income

Manchester United: £279m
Manchester City: £246.3m
Liverpool: £217.4m
Chelsea: £170.4m
Tottenham Hotspur: £161.5m
Arsenal: £146.8m
Everton: £76m
West Ham United: £34.5m
Brighton & Hove Albion: £29.5m
Leicester City: £29.3m
Newcastle United: £29.1m
Wolverhampton Wanderers: £24.1m
Aston Villa: £23.8m
Crystal Palace: £21m
Norwich City: £20m
Southampton: £18.7m
Watford: £17.5m
Sheffield United: £16.4m
Burnley: £15.7m
Bournemouth: £11.2m
TOTAL: £1.6billion

[davieG]

Halfway down the page you can select individual teams finances.

 

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[STUHILL]

105% wage/income ratio is the number that stands out most to me. 

 

Need to get the wages down whilst also improving income avenues 

 

We may hold onto all our big players this window but I think we all know a big sale or 2 is coming next year

[volpeazzurro]

6 minutes ago, STUHILL said:

105% wage/income ratio is the number that stands out most to me. 

 

Need to get the wages down whilst also improving income avenues 

 

We may hold onto all our big players this window but I think we all know a big sale or 2 is coming next year

Very true, particularly if we don't get Champions League football which is a big ask in fairness. 

[Raw Dykes]

7 minutes ago, STUHILL said:

105% wage/income ratio is the number that stands out most to me. 

 

Need to get the wages down whilst also improving income avenues 

 

We may hold onto all our big players this window but I think we all know a big sale or 2 is coming next year

105% is bad, but we did well to get rid of a lot of dead wood last season. It might not be anywhere near as bad now.

[st albans fox]

Our FBS sponsorship will make the wage ratio numbers look better this season …..

[Cincinnati Fox]

2 hours ago, STUHILL said:

105% wage/income ratio is the number that stands out most to me. 

 

Need to get the wages down whilst also improving income avenues 

 

We may hold onto all our big players this window but I think we all know a big sale or 2 is coming next year

Recipe for disaster