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Well, since he managed to score 23 (?) goals whilst on loan in France, perhaps he has mastered the art of NOT being offside.
He must surely be worth another chance. <ok>
and I have watched a lot of Marseilles matches, he doesn't fall over 1/2 as much and gets quite good service - would I want him back - no way but his season has upped his tfr fee
 
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Chelsea won the title - and received almost £151m from the Premier League
Chelsea were paid £150.8m by the Premier League after winning the 2016-17 title - 50% more than the top earners in 2015-16.

The 2016-17 season was the first of the latest TV deal and saw a total of almost £2.4bn paid to the 20 clubs - up from £1.6bn last season.

Bottom club Sunderland got £93.471m - more than the £93.219m 2015-16 winners Leicester pocketed the previous season.

The figures are based on broadcast and commercial deals plus prize money.

Funds from the Premier League's central commercial deals and overseas broadcast rights are shared equally - as is half of the domestic broadcast income.

A quarter is paid out in prize money based on each club's league position and the other quarter in "facility fees" for each game broadcast on UK television.

Arsenal were the top earners in 2015-16 with £100.9m - but only the three relegated sides of Hull, Middlesbrough and Sunderland were paid less than that figure in 2016-17.

The ratio between the highest and lowest totals paid by the Premier League to its clubs in 2016-17 was 1.61 to 1, the lowest among Europe's top leagues, which means the Premier League is more equal when it comes to sharing revenue than its rivals.

The Premier League also paid out nearly £220m to Aston Villa, Cardiff, Fulham, Newcastle, Norwich, QPR, Reading and Wigan in parachute payments.

Villa, Newcastle and Norwich - the relegated sides in 2016 - got almost £41m each.

Premier League payment to clubs 2016-17
Club (UK live TV appearances in brackets)
Prize money (£s) Total payment (£s)
Prize money determined by finishing position - data from Premier League website
Chelsea (28) 38,832,180 150,811,183
Spurs (25) 36,890,571 145,461,325
Man City (28) 34,948,962 146,927,965
Liverpool (29) 33,007,353 146,112,439
Arsenal (25) 31,065,744 139,636,498
Man Utd (28) 29,124,135 141,103,138
Everton (18) 27,182,526 127,800,699
Southampton (15) 25,240,917 122,450,841
Bournemouth (13) 23,299,308 118,237,066
West Brom (11) 21,357,699 114,023,291
West Ham (15) 19,416,090 116,626,014
Leicester (16) 17,474,481 115,820,488
Stoke (10) 15,532,872 107,062,381
Crystal Palace (14) 13,591,263 109,665,104
Swansea (10) 11,649,654 103,197,163
Burnley (10) 9,708,045 101,237,554
Watford (13) 7,766,436 102,704,194
Hull (10) 5,824,827 97,354,336
Boro (13) 3,883,218 98,820,976
Sunderland (10) 1,941,609 93,471,118
Total 407,737,890 2,398,515,773
 
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Swansea City's Premier League payments from broadcast and central commercial income revealed
The Swans picked up nearly £4million on the final day by leapfrogging Burnley and Watford
  • Swansea City's late survival surge earned the club £103.1million from the Premier League's broadcast and central commercial income, their best return yet from a top-flight campaign.

Paul Clement's side ended the season in 15th position in the final table, with their leapfrogging of Watford and Burnley on the final day earning the Welsh club the thick end of £4million in merit payments.

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Swansea's total payments match their league finish of 15th in terms of where they rank among their top-flight peers, and they are just shy of £10million better off than bottom club Sunderland.

However, they are £47.7million worse off than champions Chelsea, who picked up £150.8million.


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Paul Clement
Of the five different sections of payments listed on the Premier League's official website, three of them are identical for all clubs.

All 20 receive £35,301,989 from their equal share of domestic broadcast money, £39,090,596 from overseas TV and the central commercial income - from sponsors etc - is distributed at £4,759,404.

The differential comes from the merit payments - decided by league position, as mentioned above - and facility fees.

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Facility fees are calculated on the number of times each club appears live on UK TV during the campaign.

All clubs are guaranteed a sum for at least 10 live games. Swansea were shown live 10 times last season so their figure is £12,377,520.

However, clubs who are shown more often earn more money for each additional game over the baseline figure.


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Paul Clement kept Swansea in the top-flight (Photo: Huw Evans Agency)
So, for example, Liverpool were shown the most often of all teams in the Premier League.

An incredible 29 of the 38 league fixtures played by Jurgen Klopp's side were shown live, and their total facility fees stand at £33,963,097.


That is some £21,585,577 more than the Swans, divide that figure by 19 for the additional number of live games and it works out at a princely £1,136,083 per game.

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The figures reveal just how much of a difference the massive new £5billion broadcast deal which came into effect for the 2016-17 campaign.

Swansea's prize money for finishing 12th last season was £75.3million, nearly £28million down on the new figures. Even their Premier-League best eighth-place finish of 2015 only reaped £77.6million.
 
Swans celebrates Girls’ achievements this season
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PUBLISHED

06:00 31st May 2017

. . . at Liberty Stadium award ceremony

It has been great to celebrate this seasons successes on and off the pitch."
Nia Davies

Swansea City celebrated and reflected on another successful season for its girls and young women’s generation at the annual Girls Development Player of the Season awards night at the Liberty Stadium.
The ceremony, jointly sponsored by McDonalds and Lonetree Ltd, was an opportunity to look back on a promising year for the club’s young female players from age seven to 21.
The Girls Development area of the club continues to make strides for Swansea City on and off the pitch and is helping introduce more young girls from the local area into competitive football.
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Addie Williams (Under 8), Lilly Hills (Under 10), Olivia Francis (Under 11) and Lara Morris (Under 12) all picked up Club Player of the Year awards for their respective age groups.
Meanwhile, Manon Thomas (Under 11), Ella Stafford (Under 12), Brooke Llewelyn (Under 14) and Lauren Jones (Under 16) picked up the Development Player of the Year awards.
Midfielder Lucy Powell, who also picked up the Girls Development Player of the Year at this season’s Academy awards, picked up the Neath Port Talbot College Player of the Year, with Celyn Davies scooping the first Goalkeeper of the Year award.
The evening also saw £1500 raised for girls development football with the auction of a signed Wales shirt and a boot signed by Wales and Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale.
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Nia Davies, Swans Girls Regional Football Development Coordinator, hailed the evening as a successful way to show how the Girls Development branch of the club has come over the past season.
“I am very proud of all the players and coaches achievements this year. It has been great to celebrate this seasons successes on and off the pitch,” she said.
“All the teams have been brilliant and risen to the challenges we have faced.
“So many of these young players have tremendous potential to take the game further, they have great personalities and are a delight to coach. We are always on the lookout for more young female players to welcome into the Girls Development programme at Swansea City.”
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Full list of award
U8 Club Player of the Year (sponsored by Swansea City Academy)

Addie Williams
U10 Club Player of the Year (sponsored by Jv Davies Painter & Decorators)
Lilly Hills
U11 Club Player of the Year (sponsored by Swansea City Academy)
Olivia Francis
U12 Club Player of the Year (sponsored Browns Group Ltd)
Lara Morris
U11 Development Player of the Year (sponsored Unilift SW)
Manon Thomas
U12 Development Player of the Year (sponsored Swansea City Supporters Trust)
Ella Stafford
U14 Development Player of the Year (sponsored by The Celebration Station)
Brooke Llewelyn
U16 Development Player of the Year (sponsored Dominos Pizza)
Lauren Jones
Neath Port Talbot College Player of the Year (sponsored by Kare Plus Swansea)
Lucy Powell
Goal Keeper of the Year (sponsored by McDonalds)
Celyn Davies

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long term and a lot of money. Just hope I haven't seen them play their last game in a white shirt. the money will be worth it in the long run.

We had £4m extra by finishing above Watford and Burnley. We should improve their contracts and give them £2m each on top of whatever they earn.
 
totally agree will be money well spent. We already know what the will give us. Don't give them tht 4m, could be a loss of 100m plus.

Nailing them on new contracts would also be a huge PR spin to bring in quality players to play alongside them, while giving us the chance to slap a £35-£40m clause into Gylfi's contract.

To replace them would cost the best part of £60m. As you say, definitely money well spent.
 
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