Manchester United's 15th place in the Premier League has plummeted! Running 40,000 kilometers for money in the summer, players are worried about injuries

27/05/2025 11:21:00 PANDATV

The dust has settled on the Premier League for the 2024/25 season, and as the standings are determined, the 20 teams will receive a final share of the prize money based on their position. According to the rules, Premier League teams share £2.84 billion in prize money, which will be distributed in six installments.

Each Premier League club will receive at least £100 million in prize money, with each team receiving an equal share of £86.9 million in transfers, plus each team receiving a share of £8.2 million from the league's commercial revenues. The prize money is divided according to the final league standings, and the cost of the facilities is linked to the frequency of each club's match, which can vary greatly between teams.

Slote's Liverpool, the Premier League champion team this season, will naturally get the most. Based on last season's figures, eventual champions Manchester City enjoyed a whopping £175.9 million, while runners-up Arsenal earned £175.5 million.

Manchester City were given £56.4 million in top-place bonuses, while Sheffield United at the bottom had a base prize of £2.8 million. This prize is calculated as follows: 20 times the base prize for the winner, 19 times for the runner-up, and so on.

However, runners-up Arsenal were the team with the highest facility fees, with the most games broadcast, earning £26.9 million.

These figures are expected to remain largely unchanged this season, with the exact amount ultimately not determined until the league publishes its annual report, which details each club's specific revenue. To be sure, the Premier League remains the richest football league in the world. Deloitte's latest annual football finance review shows that the 20 clubs in the 2022/2023 season generated more than £6 billion in annual revenue for the first time.

Manchester United ended up in 15th place in the Premier League, down sharply from last year's eighth, with an estimated prize money drop of almost £20 million from £36.7 million to £16.9 million.

As a result, just hours after Sunday's win over Villa, the United players had to put a smile on their faces and fly to Malaysia, where they played a commercial game in Kuala Lumpur before moving on to another in Hong Kong, bringing in between £8 million and £10 million for the club. But that's not what some players want at the end of the Premier League season, and there are already voices of discontent that fear it will bring potential injuries next season.

The Athletic revealed that Manchester United will travel nearly 40,000 kilometres on its tour on both sides of the world this summer!

In fact, the plan between the end of the season and the start of the new season sparked controversy last year. Then-manager Ten Hag felt it would be better to stay closer to England from a sporting point of view and asked for serious consideration of pre-season in Europe.

However, others at the club have suggested that the team wants a virtuous circle and can't just think about competition, because there is no money in football right now. In the end, the commercial needs triumphed. United signed a contract for the summer series, playing in Chicago, New Jersey and Atalanta this summer, and then went even further and committed to a first-ever playoff tour.

United's commercial executives have pointed to a gap that needs to be filled with a £20 million reduction in the prize money. But the player could counter that Sir Jim Ratcliffe wasted £14.1 million by sacking Ten Hag and Ashworth during the season, and that the tour was scheduled in January, well before United's final qualifying result.

Manchester United also knew that their players might not be happy with the busy schedule, so they chartered an Airbus A350 to fly to Asia to ensure that the players could stretch out during the 15-hour journey. At the old W Kuala Lumpur in Asia, they can also relax with a professional massage.

But from the point of view of preventing injury, the trek was naturally not perfect. According to the arrangement, the three players will be separated from the main squad and travel to India alone for a purely commercial visit, with the Red Devils vying to go. Because it means that the mission can be ended earlier, and South Asia is closer to Dubai, the family holiday destination they frequent. Andre Onana, Maguire and Diogu Darlow were lucky to be selected.