It is El Cashico . . . Norwich City vs. Sunderland's relegation battle on Saturday has a potential win bonus of £120 million.
Norwich is in pole position as they go into what is in many ways the weekend's most significant match with 31 points from 33 games, four points ahead of Sunderland, which has a match in hand. Victory for Norwich would give it a seven-point cushion over the Black Cats, who will have five games in which to overcome what would be more like a chasm than a gap.
The rewards for the 20 Premier League clubs next season have never been so lucrative. Chelsea, last season Champions, earned £99 million in prize money while even rock-bottom Queens Park Rangers went down having pocketed £64.9 million. The average for each club will rise from £80 million to around £120 million per season, an increase of 50 percent.