Liverpool and Man Utd competing for £11m boost but two clubs in for biggest windfall

Some clubs don’t have much to win or lose in terms of Premier League prize money. Liverpool and Man Utd are in the same boat. But two teams have £20m at stake.

With the Premier League season coming to an end, the title, European qualification places and relegation battle remains undecided.

But there is plenty at stake beyond those obvious rewards, with even those mid-table beach goers competing for a fair whack of money.

Premier League prize money was calculated at about £2.2m a place for the 2021/22 season, meaning that the difference between finishing 12th and 13th is roughly a Michu with some change left over. And there can be no greater incentive for every team to keep pushing to the end.

Using that estimate of £2.2m per position, here is how much each club has left at stake based on the difference between their highest and lowest possible finishes this season.

 

Arsenal – £2.2m
Current position: 2nd

Lowest possible position: 2nd

Highest possible position: 1st (1 point behind)

Fixtures remaining: Brighton (h), Nottingham Forest (a), Wolves (h)

 

Manchester City – £2.2m
Current position: 1st

Lowest possible position: 2nd (1 point ahead)

Highest possible position: 1st

Fixtures remaining: Everton (a), Chelsea (h), Brighton (a), Brentford (a)

READ MORE: Arsenal given Premier League title advantage over Manchester City as run-in takes shape

 

Southampton – £8.8m
Current position: 20th

Lowest possible position: 20th

Highest possible position: 16th (9 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: Fulham (h), Brighton (a), Liverpool (h)

 

Newcastle – £8.8m
Current position: 3rd

Lowest possible position: 7th (10 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 3rd

Fixtures remaining: Leeds (a), Brighton (h), Leicester (h), Chelsea (a)

 

Brentford – £11m
Current position: 9th

Lowest possible position: 11th (8 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 6th (7 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: West Ham (h), Spurs (a), Manchester City (h)

 

Liverpool £11m
Current position: 5th

Lowest possible position: 8th (8 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 3rd (3 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: Leicester (a), Aston Villa (h), Southampton (a)

 

Man Utd – £11m
Current position: 4th

Lowest possible position: 8th (9 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 3rd (2 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: Wolves (h), Bournemouth (a), Chelsea (h), Fulham (h)

READ MORE: Can Liverpool catch Man Utd? Champions League contender faces impossible task with fixtures

 

Leeds – £13.2m
Current position: 19th

Lowest possible position: 20th (6 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 14th (9 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: Newcastle (h), West Ham (a), Spurs (h)

 

Leicester – £13.2m
Current position: 18th

Lowest possible position: 20th (6 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 14th (9 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: Liverpool (h), Newcastle (a), West Ham (h)

 

Wolves – £15.4m
Current position: 13th

Lowest possible position: 17th (8 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 10th (8 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: Man Utd (a), Everton (h), Arsenal (a)

 

Crystal Palace – £15.4m
Current position: 12th

Lowest possible position: 17th (8 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 10th (8 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: Bournemouth (h), Fulham (a), Nottingham Forest (h)

 

Aston Villa – £15.4m
Current position: 8th

Lowest possible position: 11th (12 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 4th (9 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: Spurs (h), Liverpool (a), Brighton (h)

 

Brighton – £15.4m
Current position: 7th

Lowest possible position: 10th (7 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 3rd (10 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: Arsenal (a), Newcastle (a), Southampton (h), Manchester City (h), Aston Villa (a)

 

Spurs – £15.4m
Current position: 6th

Lowest possible position: 10th (9 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 3rd (8 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: Aston Villa (a), Brentford (h), Leeds (a)

 

Everton – £17.6m
Current position: 17th

Lowest possible position: 20th (8 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 12th (8 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: Manchester City (h), Wolves (a), Bournemouth (h)

 

West Ham – £17.6m
Current position: 15th

Lowest possible position: 19th (7 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 11th (5 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: Brentford (a), Leeds (h), Leicester (a)

READ MORE: West Ham hold relegation key but Allardyce needs miracle and one team almost doomed with Saints

 

Chelsea – £17.6m
Current position: 11th

Lowest possible position: 16th (9 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 8th (8 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: Nottingham Forest (h), Manchester City (a), Man Utd (a), Newcastle (h)

 

Fulham – £17.6m
Current position: 10th

Lowest possible position: 14th (9 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 6th (9 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: Southampton (a), Crystal Palace (h), Man Utd (a)

 

Nottingham Forest – £19.8m
Current position: 16th

Lowest possible position: 20th (9 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 11th (9 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: Chelsea (a), Arsenal (h), Crystal Palace (a)

 

Bournemouth – £19.8m
Current position: 14th

Lowest possible position: 19th (9 points ahead)

Highest possible position: 10th (9 points behind)

Fixtures remaining: Crystal Palace (a), Man Utd (h), Everton (a)