Premier League race 'worth hundreds of millions' to home city
by Rob Davies from Economics | The Guardian on (#49TFJ)
Manchester could net 220m and Liverpool 133m thanks to football fans' spending - report
Taking part in the Premier League title race can be worth hundreds of millions of pounds to a football club's home city, according to a report that said Manchester City and Liverpool are squaring up for a 300m battle.
The report by the thinktank Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) said competing for a league title could increase a city's economic growth by 1.1 percentage points.
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