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How much money Tottenham Hotspur will make based on final Premier League position

Tottenham Hotspur's hopes of European football will be decided on the final day of the season.

Spurs travel to the King Power Stadium to face Leicester City, with both teams still fighting to determine their final league position.

The Foxes can still clinch a top four finish on Sunday, with Spurs only able to reach a Europa League spot at best.

Should West Ham United lose and Tottenham win, that would be enough to take sixth place.

But there is also the possibility that the Lilywhites could surrender seventh and drop out of Europe altogether.

Ryan Mason's objective will be to finish as high as possible as he oversees his final game of his interim period, enabling the club to reap the financial rewards in the process.

Based on last season's figures, each finishing position in the league 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.

There is plenty riding on Leicester v Tottenham (Carl Recine - Pool/Getty Images)

The overseas broadcasting income has been worked out differently since the start of the 2019 contract cycle and is based on where each team finishes.

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 Spurs getting £64.3m and Arsenal £61.5m for ending up sixth.

All 20 clubs are awarded an equal payment, which is a cut of the money from the current 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, the highest of any side, though Spurs were not too far behind on £27.8m.

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 are now subject to change as a result of the pandemic.

The last time Spurs missed out on European football was the 2008/09 season- something they will hope not to repeat this weekend.

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