Whereas parachute funds present one thing of a cushion, relegation from the Premier League remains to be a substantial monetary hit.
May the groups who completed in 18th place, one spot from security, argue that they may have stayed up however for Metropolis?
There are a few methods of this.
Firstly, the outcomes in opposition to Metropolis who took at the least 4 factors off each 18th-placed staff aside from Birmingham.
Secondly, the mere indisputable fact that Metropolis had been capable of assemble a squad much better than their funds ought to have allowed. May they in any other case have been concerned in relegation battles?
Once more, this isn’t to say Metropolis would have been relegated. It’s about likelihood.
BBC Sport has taken the overall prize cash earned by the staff ending in twentieth within the following season. That means a minimal return for having stayed within the high flight.
Deducted from that’s the first season of parachute funds to present a web quantity.
Hull had been relegated twice within the interval, costing the Tigers £93.78m.
The Tigers completed beneath Metropolis within the desk 4 instances, including £5.2m in place cash to the sum.
It leaves the East Yorkshire membership because the second-most impacted on £99m.
Swansea are third within the desk with £63.1m. Of that complete, £54m is from relegation and £9.1m in place cash from the seven seasons the Swans had been within the high flight.
Newcastle suffered relegation by ending 18th in 2015-16, costing them a projected £60.4m, of which £7.9m was place cash.
Norwich (£43.8m), Wigan (£39.6m), Burnley (£31.1m), Bolton (£26.4m) and Birmingham (£25.1m) additionally suffered relegations in 18th place.