Leeds United could benefit as play-offs may return £80m to Premier League pot | OneFootball

Leeds United could receive a modest financial lift if the Championship play-offs send Southampton up alongside Ipswich Town, with up to £80m flowing back into the Premier League pot, according to yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk.

Ipswich clinched automatic promotion with a 3-0 win over Queens Park Rangers, pipping Millwall and Southampton to second. Southampton, Millwall, Hull City and Middlesbrough contest the play-offs, first legs this weekend.

Southampton’s 19-game unbeaten run has many tipping them for Wembley success and, if they go up, Leeds would benefit. Like Ipswich, they were relegated last year and received parachute payments on returning to the Championship.

Before this season, Ipswich and Southampton each took 55% of the Premier League’s equal-share broadcast revenue, which last season was £89m, equating to just under £49m per club.

That would drop to 45% this summer, around £40m each, but Ipswich’s promotion returns their £40m to the central pot to be shared across Leeds and their 19 rivals. If Southampton also win the play-offs, another £40m is redistributed, roughly £4m per team.

Neither club would receive a third-year instalment, but both going straight back up would hand Leeds a useful, if not transformative, boost. Separately, Leeds expect more than £100m in broadcast income this season, with merit payments worth about £3m per place. Last season 14th earned £18.6m and 10th £29.1m, so Daniel Farke’s side have reason to finish strongly against Tottenham, Brighton and West Ham.

Source: yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk