West Ham should earn several million in profit from their participation in the Premier League Summer Series in the US.
Clubs like Manchester United, with a bigger US fan base, are usually offered $10m to compete, but other clubs would probably get half that, so around £3.7m for the other clubs in the tournament. Out of that will probably come expenses such as flights, hotel and food, but they likely get all clubs will get a percentage of the gate money too.
The Hammers will join AFC Bournemouth, Everton and Manchester United for a four-team pre-season tournament, with double-header fixtures to be played in New Jersey, Chicago and Atlanta.
West Ham’s Summer Series kicks off against Manchester United at the 82,500-capacity MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Saturday 26 July – the venue for the 2026 FIFA World Cup final.
From there, Graham Potter’s squad will head to 61,500-capacity Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, to face Everton on Wednesday 30 July, before completing an exciting hat-trick of matches by taking on AFC Bournemouth at 71,000-capacity Mercedez-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, which is also a host city for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
And then the clubs moan the players play too many games
Maybe it’s because sullivan has made us a massive club. in reality maybe it’s because I’m a londoner but we won’t be making pots of money for sure because we all know the only person’s pockets who will be bulging is. Only 1 guess allowed.
Usual ignorant comment from neanderthal subscriber
The only ignorant Neanderthals on here are the ones defending Sullivan. Twat
Delightful reading. Thanks John. I look forward to reading your next contribution at the end of 2026.
“ I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower….”
Time to use AI to grammar check
Have to agree with you here, Tim. For somebody who is an associate editor, albeit on Claret&Hugh, you would think Sean Whetstone should know how to write properly and have better grammar. Maybe he wrote his intro in a hurry and never got around to updating it. However, that is me just trying to be kind!
Perhaps Sean you could show your calculations of how this gets to be a ‘massive’ transfer boost because I can’t get there at 3.7 million, plus some gate money, less expenses. As for gate money the Manchester United game will likely have a decent crowd, but the game against the Cherries will be around 5.000 or so
I’m underwhelmed…..so exciting……
Massive?!
yeeeeee-ha !!!