City were the top-grossing football club last season: how TV rights affected

According to a Deloitte report, the Sky Blues earned the most revenue from TV rights in all of Europe, with a total of $368.03 million, representing 52% of their turnover last season.

No team has won more than Manchester City

Despite Manchester City losing the Champions League final, no team won more than they did last season. Economically at least, with $706.59 million in revenue. This is reflected in the Football Money League report, published annually by consulting company Deloitte, which analyzes the finances of European football and in this issue for the first time points to the team coached by Pep Guardiola as the club with the most profits. revenues in all of Europe, displacing Barcelona, which occupied the podium last season and which this year drops to fourth place in the ranking.

This surprise, as described by Deloitte, occurred in unique circumstances caused by the pandemic, which destroyed the traditional methods of clubs to obtain benefits. The report states that since 2019, the club's total revenue has fallen by more than $1.1 billion. With stadiums closed to the public for most of the year, matchday revenue dried up, putting many teams who were heavily dependent on their stadiums at full capacity under control. Find out how "City" almost set a new record on this page - https://bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/News/Article.aspx?id=12146.

According to the Football Money League

According to the Football Money League, direct matchday revenue was between 15% and 17% of clubs' finances, but this has fallen to 1% in the 2020/21 season. From the US$1,352m that was billed per match day across Europe in the 2019/20 campaign, it went to just US$121m in the last one.

The commercial profits of the teams also fell significantly due to the pandemic crisis, although in the end this drop turned out to be only 7% less than many experts predicted. But this situation forced clubs to look for new sources of funding and depend even more on television rights. And in this aspect, Manchester City is the king of Europe.

Revenue from match broadcasts has reached an all-time high, becoming the main source of income for most teams, as opposed to other sources of income. In the 2019/20 season, television rights accounted for 39% of team revenue, with a total of $3,477 million; But in 2020/21, this variable came to represent 56% of revenue, reaching a turnover of US$5,011 million for the first time in history, according to a Deloitte report.

Thus, "Manchester City" rose to the pedestal of honor in the football economy. The Sky Blues earned the highest revenue from TV rights in all of Europe with a total of US$368.03 million, representing 52% of their turnover last season. This is US$109 million more than in 2019/20 (217). The Premier League is the competition that generates the most revenue for teams from TV rights and has not only made Manchester City the highest-grossing club, it has also helped to develop the English Championship as the highest-grossing.
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