The European football market grew combined revenues by 10 percent in 2020/21 to €27.6 billion, according to Deloitte’s 31st Annual Review of Football Finance.
The growth, in spite of the absence of fans owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, was driven largely by deferred broadcast revenues from the previous year and the success of the postponed EUFA EURO 2020 tournament.
The ‘big five’ European leagues - the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1, g...