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The Premier League has announced the total payments made to each of its 20 members for the 2013-14 season, with Liverpool leading the way.#INSERT type:image caption:Liverpool lost out in the league to Man City after dropping five points in their last three games. END# Champions Manchester City earned 96.5 million pounds, representing a sharp rise from the 60.8 million pounds Manchester United earned from winning the league a year ago. The league's new 5.5 billion-pound broadcast deal was behind the increase in payments, with second-placed Liverpool the top earners on 97.5 million pounds -- a consequence of more of their games being screened live by broadcasters. The Premier League Founder Members' Agreement -- the contract signed by the initial clubs that formed the League in 1992 -- sets out that 50 percent of UK broadcast revenue be split equally between the 20 clubs, 25 percent paid in Merit Payments [depending on where a club finishes in the final league table], and the final 25 percent paid in Facility Fees each time a club's matches are broadcast in the UK. All international broadcast revenue, and central commercial revenue, is split equally among the 20 clubs. Premier League payments to clubs for 2013-14 [highest-lowest]: 1 Liverpool £97,544,336 2 Man City £96,578,329 3 Chelsea £94,106,163 4 Arsenal £92,870,080 5 Tottenham £89,663,884 6 Manchester United £89,161,831 7 Everton £85,027,727 8 Newcastle £77,379,252 9 Southampton £76,915,298 10 Stoke £75,679,215 11 Swansea £74,173,056 12 West Ham £73,671,003 13 Crystal Palace £73,207,049 14 Aston Villa £72,666,897 15 Sunderland £71,700,890 16 Hull £67,026,634 17 West Brom £65,790,551 18 Norwich £64,554,468 19 Fulham £63,318,385 20 Cardiff £62,082,302 Total £1,563,117,350
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