HOW THE FOOTBALL CLUB/PREMIER LEAGUE, GET THEIR INCOME AND THE BIGGEST BETRAYAL IN FOOTBALL.....................................Updated at Sep 28, 2026, 06:24
LET'S START WITH THE CLUBS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE 1. THROUGH BROADCASTING: Every tv station and radio station across UK, in Africa, in Asia, in Europe, in Australia and America, pay huge amount of money in order to have the right to broadcast any matches played by the club. That one alone brings the income of £50-80 million. 2. THROUGH THE SEAT SOLD ON MATCH DAYS (HOME):Let's take Manchester City as an example. every seat cost £50-80,after every seat is occupied, its brings the total to £30,000-800,000.(then the VIP seat),each VIP set cost around £800-1000,bringing the total to around £40million-60million. Only seat cost the total of £40.30million-60.80million 3. THE FOODS/DRINKS SOLD THAT DAY: The foods/drinks sold on that day makes the total of £500,000-800,0004. T-SHIRT/JERSEY SOLD: The t-shirt/Jersey sold, brings the total of £2million-4million. 5. MONEY GIVEN TO THEM BY THE PREMIER LEAGUE: Every club in the Premier league, get shares from the league,like £100million-150million. 6. THE PLAYERS SOLD: Every player sold in the Premier league is from £20million+,bringing to £1billion+.
THE PREMIER LEAGUE INCOME
The Premier league is the richest and biggest league in the world, these are the ways in which the Premier league get their massive income. Let's dive into it right now
1. THROUGH BROADCASTING: Many TV channels and radio stations in the UK, Germany, Scotland, France Spain, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Wales, USA, Canada, Mexico, Poland Sweden and many other countries across Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and America, pay huge amount of money in order to gain the right to broadcast the matches played in the Premier. The total money may result to £200-500million.
THROUGH SPONSORS: Many sponsors pay massive costs in order to become shareholders in the Premier league. The total money may come to £500-800million. What a massive income.
3. THROUGH PUNISHMENT/FINES FROM THE PREMIER LEAGUE TO THE CLUBS: The red cards and yellow cards,do not go into the income of the clubs, it goes to the league. The punishment given to the club for disobeying the rules in the Premier league, goes to the income of the league. The money collected can be up to £100-400million.
These are the major ways in which the Premier league makes there money
From all the money collected by the league, do not belong to them, it belongs to the same clubs that is in the Premier league. 70% of the income received by the Premier league are shares to the clubs. As far a club is in the Premier league, it received massive income from the league for just being in the league. The remaining 30% of the income are used to pay the staffs, the manager and all the people working in the Premier league. The Premier league received massive income and shares almost everything, leaving the league with little or no money. What a mischievous and ridiculous pattern.
THE BIGGEST BETRAYAL IN FOOTBALL
The biggest betrayal in football is not a single event. It is a wound that has been reopened many times, in many cities, with the same anatomy: a player who was loved like family, who kissed the badge, who promised loyalty, and then walked across the divide to the enemy.
But if you ask historians, ultras, journalists and the players themselves to name ONE — the one that still hurts, still starts fights in bars 25 years later — there is a consensus.
*Luis Figo: Barcelona to Real Madrid, 2000. The betrayal that almost started a war.*
And to understand why it was so big, you have to understand why the others — as painful as they were — were not as big.
Let me take you through the anatomy of betrayal in football.
1. What makes a transfer a BETRAYAL and not just a transfer?
Every summer, 2,000 players move clubs. 99% of them are not betrayals. A betrayal in football has 4 ingredients:
*a) Identity:* The player is not just good, he IS the club. He is captain, idol, academy product, or symbol of an era.
*b) Rivalry:* He moves directly to the most hated rival. Not to another league, but to the team your fans hate most in the world.
*c) Deception:* He lies. He says "I will never go" days before he goes.
*d) Context:* The timing makes it political. It is not just sport, it is about power, money, pride, and region.
When all four are present, a transfer stops being business and becomes treason.
2. The Gold Standard: Luis Figo — 23 July 2000
In 1995, Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo arrived at Barcelona from Sporting CP.....THAT IS W
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