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Swansea City's historic season has smashed another record after it was confirmed they banked their biggest ever Premier League pay-cheque for their stunning campaign – an eye-watering £80m.

The Swans marched past milestones for their best ever points tally in the Premier League as well as most wins and highest ever finish.

Now those achievements have been matched by their cash flow after it was revealed the full figure they received from the Premier League - £80.571m.

That's more than £6m than the £74m they took home last year and underlines the incredible rewards on offer in the English top-flight.

Swansea were handed £21m in an equal share of the Premier League fund for competing in their fourth successive season in the top division which was boosted by £16.18m in meritocracy payments for finishing eighth compared to the £1.2m banked by QPR as they finished bottom.

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Overseas TV money – equally shared among the 20 teams – was a staggering £27.7m while central commercial payments – another equal share – was £4.39m.

Swansea's attractive style meant they were televised 12 times, earning them £10.26m in TV facility fees to hand them their princely total.

QPR, relegated to the Championship, were the lowest earners with £64.8m while champions Chelsea – televised 25 times – banked an incredible £98.9m.

That figure is potentially the minimum on offer when new broadcasting deals kick-in for the 2016-17 season, illustrating Swansea's point of the importance of remaining in the Premier League next season.

Chelsea bagged £24.89m - £8m more than Swansea – for finishing first while Manchester United were screened more than any other side with 27, earning the Old Trafford giants £21.4m.