£1bn record Prem TV deal
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SCUDAMORE ... against player-stockpiling
PREMIER LEAGUE clubs are set to pocket a stunning £1billion thanks to a recession-busting TV deal.
Chief exec Richard Scudamore is ready to announce the bumper windfall shortly as he publishes the figures for the worldwide rights to screen top Premier League matches.
The current global deal is worth £645m but the next three-year agreement will dwarf that.
Negotiations are not complete, with the huge markets of China and Russia still to be settled.
But Scudamore is confident he will now deliver the landmark £1bn figure.
And that will be shared between the 20 clubs, meaning £50m each.
Prem football is the world's richest. Domestic rights, taken up by Sky, ESPN and the BBC, are worth £1.8bn - making a grand total of £2.8bn.