Hammers in-line for £122m windfall this season

West Ham will earn TV rights worth £122m this season if they finish in their current position of tenth place in the Premier League. If they manage to climb to seventh like last season the total will top £128m.  Each league position is worth £2m per place in the Premier League merit payment this season under a new £5.5 billion mega TV deal.

Each one of the twenty Premier League clubs will get an equal share worth £85m each and then receive £1m per game shown on UK TV with a guaranteed minimum payment of ten games.

Last season West Ham had 15 games shown on TV and are on target for a similar total this season which will net them £15m in what are called facility payments. Arsenal were on the TV 27 games last season meaning they received £100.8m for the season despite coming second while champions Leicester received £93m after they had  just 15 games shown live on the box.

Even the last place club who will be relegated this season will receive £97m this season.

The Hammers earned £85.6m TV income of last season for finishing seventh under the old TV deal. With the London Stadium match income likely to reach £32m and retail and commercial sponsorship income increasing to around £30m combined West Ham could easily find themselves with turnover approaching £190m by the end of this season.