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Amazing European qualification for Burnley last year - but financially it was bad business

Getty Images | Burnley qualified for Europe last season, and most times it means healthy finances due to more revenue coming in. But in the Burnley case it didn't go like that.

Burnley paid out £20 million in bonuses following Europa League qualification.

Europa League revenues remarkable lower than the bonus expenses.

Also, a dip in form - maybe due to a hard summer with qualification matches in Europa League - cost the club in the league, meaning decreasing league merit payment.

8 May 2019 - 5:39 AM

By Alex Miller

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