Everton’s hopes of qualifying for Europe may be over, but there is still plenty of money on the line going into the final day of the Premier League season.
Tottenham are Sunday’s opponents. Given what is at stake for Spurs, David Moyes’ side will go into the game knowing that, for everyone apart from Evertonians, they are not the protagonists of this final act.
It could have all been very different. Everton have ended the season pitifully, winless in six when the Europa League or even the Champions League was a genuine, material possibility.
Still, Sunday will not be a dead rubber for the Toffees. Mathematically, they could finish anywhere between 9th and 14th. And while it will still be a what-might-have-been occasion, the Premier League’s financial distribution system means that there are still prizes to play for.
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The Blues could finish as low as 14th… 😫
Based on last season’s official data, each place in the Premier League was worth increasing increments of around £2.65m. Roughly, £1.6m of that figure was sourced from the league’s domestic broadcast income with Sky Sports and TNT Sports.
But 2025-26 was the first season under the Premier League’s new domestic TV deal, which – at £6.7bn over a four-year cycle – is worth four per cent more than its predecessor. If the money is distributed along the same lines, that means that a best-case 9th-place finish would net Everton nearly £10m in extra prize money compared to a worst-case 14th.
The Premier League also awarded prize money of increasing increments of £1.1m from its international TV deals. In Everton’s case, that means another £6.6m is on the line on the final day, taking the total amount that the club could effectively earn from a win over Spurs to £16.6m.
Of course, that would rely on several results elsewhere going their way too.
Another variable is how much the Premier League’s central costs have risen or fallen. Figures from a Premier League shareholder meeting seen by Everton News show that legal expenses and other central costs totalled nearly £64m last season, and that figure is subtracted from the final sums distributed to clubs via prize money and commercial income.
However, legal costs – which accounted for £44.6m of that figure – are likely to have fallen in 2025-26.
The costs of investigating, charging and presenting evidence against Manchester City to an independent commission for their alleged breach of 130 financial rules were borne in 2023-24 and 2024-25, while the PSR cases involving Everton, Nottingham Forest and Leicester were a significant drain on resources too.
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There will be some other costs – like paying lobbyists to persuade the government to water down the Independent Football Regulator – but the picture will almost certainly be brighter than other recent seasons. And the money saved will be redistributed among Everton and their peers.
All in all, Everton News estimates that total prize money of up to £18m could be on the line on the final day.
No, it’s not the shot at a European tour which fans wanted, but it is money that could help the Friedkin Group put together a healthy budget ahead of the summer transfer window.
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