Will TV bring down football?

Last month, the 2016/2017 Premier League payments were revealed. Champions Chelsea earned over £150m (€170m) between prize money and TV broadcast revenue. But, that wasn’t the most alarming thing.

Sunderland, who finished bottom still raked in £93.5m (€106m), more than Juventus, Bayern Munich and Monaco received for winning their domestic titles.

With the 20 top-flight teams having made £3.6 billion (€4.1bn) in total last year, Deloitte estimates that figure will increase to £4.5bn in 2017. And, with the Premier League just 12 months into a three-year domestic TV deal worth £5.1bn, the party, it appears, is only getting started.