Great stuff. This all helps us with covering for the FFP, along with hurting our rivals. Not to mention the shit loads we will now make in merchandising from winning the Champions League and completing another double, along with being a more popular choice for companies to advertise with. Plus Drogba leaving us will not only mean our wage bill decreasing, but loads of tribute shirts and merchandise being purchased in his name.
The Blues’ qualification for next season’s competition as the 2012 winners sees them go straight into the group stages, which has resulted in a change to the usual split of UEFA television money. Normally, as domestic champions, City, guided to the title by Roberto Mancini, would get 40 per cent of television revenue, about £12m, second-placed Manchester United 30 per cent (£9m), third-placed Arsenal 20 per cent (£6m) and fourth-placed Spurs 10 per cent (£3m). City and Chelsea will instead receive 30 per cent (£9m), United 25 per cent (£7.5m) and Arsenal 15 per cent (£4.5m).
