The Premier League generated record revenues of £5.5bn for the 2021/22 financial period.
New figures have demonstrated just why owning a Premier League football club is such a valuable asset.
While the Glazer family looks set to relinquish their majority shareholding in Manchester United in the coming weeks, there has been much noise around the prospect of them maintaining a minority position in the Red Devils as they seek to continue to have a hand in the continued success of the world’s most successful football league
In the case of Liverpool, while owners Fenway Sports Group formalised a search for investment at the back end of last year, seeking to sell a minority stake in the Reds, the intention was to keep hold of the club that they have owned since 2010 while finding ways to secure the capital required for future growth and to ensure that they remained part of the elite group that has dominated the Premier League and European landscape for some time.
That investment search hasn’t ended and the club’s owners continue to assess their options when it comes to bringing on board fresh capital, but the latest figures published by the Deloitte sports group show why FSG have little appetite to part ways with the Reds, and why there is so much interest in acquiring Premier League football clubs by individuals, groups and sovereign wealth funds from around the world. The Premier League continued to outpace the competition and retain its position as the clear market leader, with member clubs reporting a 12 per cent rise in overall revenues in the 2021/22 season, culminating in a record aggregate revenue of €6.4bn (£5.5bn). That was a figure greater than both Spain’s La Liga and the German Bundesliga combined.
La Liga revenues remain at approximately half that of the Premier League, despite La Liga clubs’ total revenue increasing by 11 per cent to €3.3bn (£2.83bn) in the 2021/22 season. The relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions towards the end of 2021 helped Spanish top-tier clubs generate total matchday revenues of €409m (£350m) in 2021/22, a €353m £300m increase on the prior season and the main growth driver of clubs’ combined revenue. Second to La Liga, total revenue generated by Bundesliga clubs grew five per cent to €3.1bn (£2.66bn) in 2021/22, as a result of improved matchday revenues (€254m increase) and commercial revenues (€169m increase).
Following a fall in value of domestic and international broadcast deals, Serie A was the only ‘big five’ league to record a decrease in aggregate revenues in 2021/22, as total revenue fell seven per cent (€171m) to €2.4bn. In contrast, France’s Ligue 1 clubs experienced the greatest percentage growth in aggregate revenues of the ‘big five’ leagues in 2021/22, increasing 26 per cent (€412m) to a record high of €2bn. This growth was predominantly driven by new commercial deals and a post-pandemic uplift to matchday revenues.
In the case of Liverpool, while owners Fenway Sports Group formalised a search for investment at the back end of last year, seeking to sell a minority stake in the Reds, the intention was to keep hold of the club that they have owned since 2010 while finding ways to secure the capital required for future growth and to ensure that they remained part of the elite group that has dominated the Premier League and European landscape for some time.
That investment search hasn’t ended and the club’s owners continue to assess their options when it comes to bringing on board fresh capital, but the latest figures published by the Deloitte sports group show why FSG have little appetite to part ways with the Reds, and why there is so much interest in acquiring Premier League football clubs by individuals, groups and sovereign wealth funds from around the world. The Premier League and European landscape for some time.
That investment search hasn’t ended and the club’s owners continue to assess their options when it comes to bringing on board fresh capital, but the latest figures published by the Deloitte sports group show why FSG have little appetite to part ways with the Reds, and why there is so much interest in acquiring Premier League football clubs by individuals, groups and sovereign wealth funds from around the world. The Premier League continued to outpace the competition and retain its position as the clear market leader, with member clubs reporting a 12 per cent rise in overall revenues in the 2021/22 season, culminating in a record aggregate revenue of €6.4bn (£5.5bn). That was a figure greater than both Spain’s La Liga and the German Bundesliga combined.
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