The financial might of the Premier League has been starkly underlined by a new Uefa report, revealing that English clubs’ television revenue growth over the past decade almost matched that of every other top-division European league combined.
Between 2014 and 2024, Premier League clubs benefited from an increase of 1.5 billion euros (£1.3bn) in TV revenue.
In the same period, the combined rise in television income across clubs from the 53 other European top-division leagues stood at 1.6 billion euros (£1.4bn), underscoring the English top flight’s unparalleled financial dominance.
These figures were detailed in Uefa’s European Club Finance and Investment Landscape report, published on Thursday.
The report further highlighted significant disparities in total revenue growth across the continent, with Premier League clubs also enjoying plenty of success in Europe’s biggest competitions.
While Premier League clubs collectively saw their total revenue surge by 3.5 billion euros (£3bn), and clubs in Europe’s other four major leagues – France, Germany, Italy, and Spain – experienced a combined growth of 5.9 billion euros (£5.1bn), the remaining 649 clubs across Europe managed a combined increase of only 3.5 billion euros (£3bn).
The Premier League’s financial power was also evident in transfer net spend figures. Analysing audited financial statements from 2021 to 2025, Uefa found that Manchester United recorded the largest net transfer spend at 794 million euros (£692m).
Chelsea followed with 754 million euros (£657m), and Arsenal with 675 million euros (£589m), reflecting the substantial investment by English clubs.
Looking ahead, the report projected that the total revenue of European clubs is set to surpass the 30 billion euro (£26.1bn) mark for the first time in 2025.
This milestone follows previous thresholds of 20 billion euros reached in 2017 and 10 billion euros in 2007, illustrating the continuous expansion of the sport’s economic landscape.