Relegation will slash West Brom's income in half

The Baggies have picked up £94.6million in total this season for finishing bottom of the top tier.

Each Premier League club receives £34.8m from domestic TV rights, £40.8m from international broadcasters, and £4.8m from central commercial sponsors such as Nike and Barclays.

On top of that, Albion received £1.9m merit money for finishing 20th and £12.3m facility fees for being shown live on television 10 times.

Next season, they are due to receive roughly £41.5m in parachute payments plus a further £7m in prize money from the Championship – making up a total of £48.5m.

Parachute payments last three years for Premier League clubs who were in the top tier longer than one season before relegation.

The first year, relegated clubs are given 55 per cent of the equal share handed out to top tier clubs for domestic and international television deals which currently stands at £75.5m.

So Albion are expected to receive £41.5m next year, just like Hull City, Sunderland and Middlesbrough did this season.

If the Baggies do not bounce back at the first attempt they will then receive 45 per cent of those deals in the second year and 20 per cent in the third year.

Under the current deal, that would mean the club receive £34m after the second season – like Villa did this year – and a third year payment of around £15m.

However, those two seasons will come under the new Premier League television deal for 2019-22 and so it's uncertain at this stage how much Albion would get.

Although the domestic television rights for those three years has dropped slightly from £5.13bn to £4.46bn, only five of the seven packages have been sold so far, and overseas rights are still yet to be sold.

As for the Championship prize money, in the 2018/19 season, clubs will receive a basic award of £2.3m and a solidarity fee from the Premier League worth £4.6m.

Clubs are also given £100,000 for every home game shown live on television, although the away club only gets £10,000.

The hosts receive £120,000 for live Sunday games and £140,000 for televised Thursday matches.

There is no merit prize money based on finishing position like the Premier League, meaning every one of the 24 clubs receives roughly £7m.

Albion's players have 50 per cent relegation pay cuts written into their contracts to deal with the financial impact of going down.