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Tom Cavilla

How much money Chelsea will make as top four confirmed in final Premier League standings

Chelsea sealed their spot in next season's Champions League despite defeat to Aston Villa in their final Premier League game of the season.

The Blues were beaten 2-1 at Villa Park but still sealed a top-four place as Tottenham stunned Leicester City 4-2 at the King Power Stadium.

It means Chelsea will again compete in Europe's premier competition next season, whatever the outcome of their Champions League final against Manchester City in Porto.

Taking over with the club languishing in mid-table, Thomas Tuchel guided his side to a fourth-place finish - but just how much will that be worth, and how costly would it have been missing out on the Champions League?

Based on last season's figures each finishing position is worth between £2m to £4m extra in merit payments and a little extra in overseas broadcasting revenue.

In 2019/20 Liverpool won a merit payment of £35.5m for topping the table with 20th-placed Norwich City getting only £1.8m.

The overseas broadcasting income has been worked out differently since the start of the 2019 contract cycle and various in value based on a team's finishing position.

That meant Liverpool banked just over £70m, according to estimates from Swiss Ramble, while bottom-placed Norwich ended up with £44.6m.

Chelsea finished fourth and made £67.1m, with fifth-placed Spurs getting £64.3m and Arsenal £61.5m for ending up sixth.

All 20 clubs are awarded an equal payment from TV and radio deals. Last season it was worth £31.8m per club, with additional facility fee payments based on how many times a team is shown live.

Liverpool earned £31m from facility fees last season. Chelsea made £26.8m, Tottenham £27.8m and Arsenal £26.8m. Crystal Palace and West Ham banked only £13.4m and £17.5m respectively.

But with every Premier League game this season being televised due to the pandemic, it is unclear how those payments will be broken down.

Last season merit payments were calculated as follows:

1st £35.5m

2nd £33.8m

3rd £32m

4th £30.2m

5th £26.6m

6th £23.1m

7th £28.4m

8th £24.9m

9th £21.3m

10th £16m

These figures all subject to change because of pandemic, however.

Chelsea missed out on the chance to bank additional revenue in the FA Cup final, losing 1-0 to Leicester City at Wembley.

The Blues did, however, bank a fee worth £900,000 for finishing as runners-up in the competition.

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