Year-on-year comparisons are shot through with caveats though, so hard conclusions are not easy to make. To seal his transfer from Boca Juniors, Shanghai Shenhua paid Tevez's hometown club a reported transfer fee of 71.6m. Create your account and get enhanced access to all the latest stories. That said, Chinese owners are pioneering in the sheer amount they are willing to spend. Interestingly, this is the second-highest viewership numbers of all time for a paid channel, only next to American fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones. Basically, to get to 14 million, Sky seem to have added up the viewing figures for all their sports channels across 24 hours, then pretended that these are all unique viewers without any crossover between programmes and fed the press a story trumpeting 14 million viewers without making the distinction between viewership numbers and actual viewers. China is the world's biggest Premier League fan, Charlie Rose stripped of Walter Cronkite award, NAB 2017: Valossa collaborates with Yle on AI-based broadcast metadata. suffer a 10.3 per cent year-over-year (YoY) fall, most-watched Premier League final day on record. But crowdless is all there is on offer, so we watch it regardless. In the long term this may lead to a decay in numbers; it certainly isnt likely to lead to an increase. "Number of Tv Viewers of The English Premier League in The United States from 2018/19 to 2020/21 (in 1,000s). The audience across Africa was 290m. READ MORE: How Football Explains Capitalism. Arsenal v Sheffield United had a low of 743,000 and a high of 1.1 million: more typical of a non-big Sky game. The lucrative rewards available are encouraging EPL sidesnot to mention clubs further afieldto invest in their relationships with the Asian market. So lets have a look at some other football numbers from this week to see how The Peoples Game is delivering for the people. Amongst the so-called Big-Five leagues in Europe, which include the top-tier football leagues of England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France, the combined revenue of all Benitez: Man City have the focus to win title, Haaland equals record for most Premier League goals in a season, Haaland hits 50th goal of the season analyse how our Sites are used. Premier League - Statistics & Facts | Statista Related readings: Charlie Patino decision, relegation confirmed as 5.9m transfer completed - Arsenal loan latest, Tottenham offered chance to sign perfect Harry Kane replacement in bargain summer transfer, Harry Kane's future at Tottenham continues to draw speculation, with Manchester United understood to be considering a move for the 29-year-old striker ahead of next season, Arsenal can learn from $38.6m Unai Emery transfer mistake as talks held over move, Arsenal transfer news as Mikel Arteta identifies former Gunners star as midfield reinforcement but faces repeating Unai Emery mistake, Christian Pulisic faces Chelsea transfer deadline with Mauricio Pochettino decision looming, Chelsea news: Christian Pulisic has 60 days to rescue his career at Stamford Bridge as his contract situation remains unresolved, Arsenal to be without William Saliba against Chelsea as Mikel Arteta issues worrying update, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has been speaking to the media ahead of his side's Premier League clash against London rivals Chelsea on Tuesday night, Arsenal facing Serge Gnabry transfer repeat after Mikel Arteta makes huge decision, Charlie Patino has enjoyed a brilliant loan spell with Blackpool this season and is considered to be one of the best talents at Arsenal - but he looks set to find a new club this summer, Why Arsenal vs Chelsea will be played on Tuesday after Premier League decision, Arsenal continue their fight for the Premier League title as they welcome London rivals Chelsea to the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night after the game was moved from it's original Saturday slot.