The tournament is expected to consist of 18 clubs and could start as early as 2022
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A European Premier League made up of the continent’s richest clubs would include seven England teams
The tournament is expected to consist of 18 clubs and could start as early as 2022
A total of five English clubs are expected to join the new European Premier League, but if money was the main motivation behind its creation, then England could claim the right to have seven clubs in the competition
This is the number of English clubs in the top 18 of Deloitte’s annual Football Money League
Barcelona topped Deloitte’s ranking of richest clubs in the world in 2018/19, latest figures available
The Catalan club had an income of £ 741m This put them ahead of Real Madrid (£ 667m), Manchester United (£ 627m), Bayern Munich (£ 6581m) and PSG (£ 560m 5m) )
Manchester City were sixth (£ 538 2m), Liverpool were seventh (£ 533 0m), Tottenham in eighth (£ 459 £ 3m), Chelsea ninth (£ 452 £ 2m), Arsenal 11th (392 £ 7m) and West Ham 18th (190 £ 7m)
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