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Arsenal and Manchester United are among the Premier League clubs set to benefit greatly from a new proposal to alter the distribution of prize money
Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea are among Premier League clubs set to profit further with plans underway to alter the distribution of prize money.
England's top flight currently operates on a system of 1.6:1 which saw last season's treble winners Manchester City pocket £161.3million in prize money for the 2022-23 campaign.
However, Daily Telegraph now claim that that format could be ripped up, and the 'Big Six' are set to profit under a revised model.
The report explains that from the 2025-26 season, Premier League prize money is set to be distributed via a 1.8:1 ratio, meaning the potential for tens of extra millions going to the country's biggest sides.
It is said that the revised 'calibration' is down to the Consumer Prices Index and the international growth of the Premier League.
The news arrives just days after Everton were slapped with a 10-point deduction for breaching Premier League profit and sustainability rules, which plunges the Toffees into 19th in the table and will not go down well with the Premier League’s smaller sides.
But insiders have told the Telegraph that a higher rate of inflation will mean smaller clubs get a more favourable rate next season.
All Premier League clubs are preparing to radically change the division on Tuesday when they are due to vote on a New Deal For Football.
Meanwhile, it has been claimed that Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, both Manchester clubs and Tottenham have 'been at odds' with rivals about the model of the solidarity system pay-outs.
The EFL is due to get an extra £130m in funding - but the exact nature of how that money is made up, and how much is coming from the pockets of Premier League teams remains unclear.
All of this arrives just days after Everton were rocked with an historic points deduction.
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