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Arsenal Total Expenditure vs Revenue 2022

Revenue Expenditure Net Total Debt
£424.43m £267.23m £152.2m £218m

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, Ofgem, HMRC, Sponsorlytix

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, Ofgem, HMRC, Sponsorlytix

 

Total Expenditure£267.23m

Total Yearly Expenditure Breakdown

Most of Arsenal expenses, just like any other football club in the world, comes from player salaries (payroll). Here is how football clubs spread their expenditure:

  1. Player Payroll
  2. Player Transfers
  3. Executive Staff Payroll
  4. Debt Payments
  5. Agent Fees
  6. Marketing Costs
  7. Transportation costs
  8. Stadium Costs

Player Payroll:

Arsenal spends a total of £101.22 million on players annual payroll as of fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, including £25,305,000 in annual taxes. Players making up to £50,270 per year are subject to 20% tax rate, which is also known as the basic tax rate. Taxes on income over this threshold are 40%. (higher rate). The extra rate is another name for the third tax bracket. Any income over £150,000 is subject to a 45% tax rate.

 

Arsenal Payroll Breakdown

Weekly Payroll Average Weekly Payroll Annual Payroll  Average Payroll per Year  Income Tax
£1,946,538 £64,884 £101,220,000 £3,374,000 £25,305,000

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, HMRC, Sponsorlytix

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, HMRC, Sponsorlytix

 

Arsenal Players Payroll 

 Player Name Payroll (Yearly) Payroll (Weekly)
Gabriel Jesus  £13,780,000  £265,000
Thomas Partey  £10,400,000  £200,000
Ben White  £6,240,000  £120,000
Kieran Tierney  £5,720,000  £110,000
Bernd Leno  £5,200,000  £100,000
Granit Xhaka  £5,200,000  £100,000
Gabriel Martinelli  £4,680,000  £90,000
Martin Ødegaard  £4,110,000  £79,038
 Cedric Soares  £3,900,000  £75,000
 Aaron Ramsdale  £3,220,000  £61,923
 Takehiro Tomiyasu  £2,910,000  £55,962
 Albert Sambi Lokonga  £2,700,000  £51,923
 Mohamed Elneny  £2,600,000  £50,000
 Gabriel Magalhães  £2,600,000  £50,000
 Fábio Vieira  £2,360,000  £45,385
 Edward Nketiah  £2,340,000  £45,000
 Rob Holding  £2,080,000  £40,000
 William Saliba  £2,080,000  £40,000
 Bukayo Saka  £1,560,000  £30,000
 Emile Smith Rowe  £1,040,000  £20,000
 Reiss Nelson  £780,000  £15,000
 Arthur Okonkwo  £80,000  £1,538
 Marcos Corrêa  £780,000  £15,000
 Matt Turner  £780,000  £15,000
 Oleksandr Zinchenko £2,700,000  £51,923
     
  Loan    
 Nicolas Pepe  £7,280,000  
 Pablo Marí  £4,420,000  
Ainsley Maitland-Niles £2,704,000  
 Nuno Tavares £1,404,000  
 Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson  £780,000  

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, Sponsorlytix

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, Sponsorlytix

 

Player Transfers: Arsenal spent a total of £115.8 million on player arrivals in the summer (2022/23) and generated a total of £20.87 on departures. Ending the summer transfer window with a -£97.44 million net.

Premier League teams spent a total of £1.9 billion on gross transfers during the summer 2022 transfer window, which is by a margin of £487.8 million the largest amount ever recorded during a single transfer window.

Arsenal spent a total of £1.46 billion on player arrivals in their all time Premier League transfers expenditure (1992/93 to 2022/23), taking in an income of £737.62 million with a net of -£722.85 million.

 

Arsenal All Time Premier League Players Transfers

Expenditure Arrivals Income Departure Balance Season 22/23 Net
£1.46b 499 £737.62m  502 £-722.85m £-97.44m

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, Sponsorlytix

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, Sponsorlytix

 

Executive Staff Payroll: The best paid directors of Premier League football teams make far more money than the highest paid directors at comparable-sized non-football businesses. The average chief executive remuneration in the UK is £215,879. Arsenal pays in the region of £2 million to their directors and executive staff each year.

Debt Payments: Arsenal  has a total of £218 million in debt on their books and shell out £8.7m on yearly payments (including interest).

Stadium Costs: A 90-minute match uses up to 25,000 KWh of electricity. As per the current Ofgem rates, Electricity costs £0.52 per kWh + Daily standing charge: £0.46 and Gas costs £0.15 per kWh + Daily standing charge: £0.28. It costs Arsenal approximately 25000 Khw on average per home game, that is £17,020.1 per game and £323,381.9 per season. 

Agent Fees: The 20 Premier League teams managed to pay agents £272.6 million this transfer window, despite all the discussion that football must cut back on its expenditures on transfer fees and wages in light of the financial calamity brought on by the epidemic. Arsenal paid £18.65 million in agent fees for their transfer business.

Marketing Costs: Arsenal offers a variety of officially-licensed goods with the Arsenal name and logo, from bed coverings to coffee cups apart from the marketing and promotions of the season tickets, hospitality and official kits, the club spends on marketing through social media, outdoor advertising and through local, national and international news publications. AFC Bournemouth spends on average £10 million on marketing.

Transportation Costs: For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022, Arsenal spent approximately £3.6 million on transportation costs, which includes pre-season preparations and logistics and all of the Premier League, Cups and UEFA competition away games.

 

Arsenal Total Expenditure

Executive Staff Payroll Total Debt Debt Payments Stadium Costs Agent Fees Marketing Costs Transportation Costs Annual Payroll TOTAL
£2m £218m £8.7m £0.32m £18.65m £10m £3.6m  £101.22m £267.23m

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, Ofgem, HMRC, Sponsorlytix

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, Ofgem, HMRC, Sponsorlytix


Total Revenue | £424.43m

Total Yearly Revenue Breakdown

Arsenal monetize’s its worldwide brand through the usual four income sources under the Commercial revenue sector:

  1. Sponsorship
  2. Matchday Revenue
  3. TV Rights Distribution
  4. Retail, Merchandising, Clothing & Product Licensing

Sponsorship: Through partnerships with top national and international brands and businesses throughout the world,Arsenal monetizes the value of the clubs worldwide brand and fan base. For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022, Arsenal generated sponsorship revenues of £126.33 million.

 

Arsenal Sponsorship Revenue

Sponsor Name Amount (per year) Contract Duration Placement
Emirates Airlines £33.33m  2018 – 2024  Main Sponsor (Front of shirt) & Training kit
Adidas  £50m  2018 – 2024  Kit Supplier
Rwanda Tourism  £10m  2018-2025  Sleeve Sponsor
Emirates Airlines  £6.75m  2006-2028  Stadium Naming Rights
Acronis  £1.75m*  not reported  Partner
Ball  £1.75m*  not reported  Partner
eToro  £1.75m*  not reported  Partner
Konami  £1.75m*  not reported  Partner
Prime Hydration  £1.75m*  not reported  Partner
Socios . Com  £1.75m*  not reported  Partner
Sportsbet . io  £1.75m*  not reported  Partner
Stats Sports  £1.75m*  not reported  Partner
Ultimate Champions £1.75m*  not reported  Partner
Cadbury  £1.75m*  not reported  Partner
Camden Town Brewery  £1.75m*  not reported  Partner
Extra Marks  £1.75m*  not reported  Partner
Lavazza  £1.75m*  not reported  Partner
Octopus Energy  £1.75m*  not reported  Partner
Therabody  £1.75m*  not reported  Partner
     Total £126.33m

*Estimated as per market standards and BV and EMV reach of Arsenal Football Club | Source: Sponsorlytix

*Estimated as per market standards and BV and EMV reach of Arsenal Football Club | Source: Sponsorlytix

 

Matchday Revenue: For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022, Arsenal generated a total combined Matchday Revenues of £63.6 million, including £58.9 million from the English Premier League, £1.1 million from the FA Cup, £3.6 million from the Carabao Cup and £0m from UEFA Europa League.

In each of the past 21 years, Arsenal have averaged over 99% of Premier League match capacity. Due to the amount of home games played and the success of our first team in various tournaments, matchday income will change from year to year.

 

Arsenal Matchday Revenue

Average Attendance Average Matchday Income / Game Average Matchday Income / Season
Premier League    
59,898 £3.1m  £58.9m
     
 FA Cup    
59,898  £0  £1.1m
     
 Carabao Cup    
59,898  £0  £3.6m
     
 Europa League    
59,898  £0  £0m
   Total £63.6m

Source: UEFA, England FA, Sponsorlytix

Source: UEFA, England FA, Sponsorlytix

 

TV Rights Revenue (Broadcasting)

The money the club makes from the sale of live football content benefits the club directly, and it also helps the business partners indirectly by giving them more worldwide visibility. The global television rights for the Premier League, UEFA club competitions, and other competitions provide cash for broadcasting.

Additionally, more than 100 nations and territories across the world receive Arsenal programming through the English Premier League TV Rights Distribution sales and also the in house club channel and official mobile app.

As a result of fluctuations in the amount of prize money available and the success of the first team in such contests, broadcasting income, including, in certain circumstances, prize money received in respect of such competitions, will change from year to year.

For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022, Arsenal generated a total combined TV Rights Revenues of £157.2 million, including £154.3 million from the English Premier League, £2.7 million from the FA Cup, £0.02 million from the Carabao Cup and £0m from UEFA Europa League.

 

Arsenal TV Rights Revenue

 Arsenal  £157.2m        
 Premier League  Equal Share  Facility Fees  Merit Payment  Commercial Revenue  Total
   £79m  £27.3m  £42.4m  £5.6m  £154.3m
 FA Cup  Prize Money  TV Fees      Total
   £0  £216k      £2.7m
 Carabao Cup  Prize Money  TV Fees      Total
   £77k  £180k      £200k
 Europa League  Performance Share  Market Pool      Total
   0  0      £0m

Source: UEFA, England FA, Sponsorlytix

Source: UEFA, England FA, Sponsorlytix

 

Retail, Merchandising, Apparel & Product Licensing: Arsenal on average sells 975k units of the official kit (home & away). The club’s retail, merchandising, garment, and product licencing for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 sales were £77.3 million. On a global scale, the club promotes and markets sportswear, workout and leisure wear, and other goods bearing the Arsenal name.

In addition, Arsenal offers a variety of other officially-licensed goods with the Arsenal name and logo, from bed coverings to coffee cups. These goods are supplied via the wholesale distribution networks of club partners as well as retail locations bearing the Arsenal logo and online shopping portals.

 

Arsenal Retail, Merchandise, Apparel & Product Licensing Revenue

£77.3m

Source: Sponsorlytix

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