Arsenal have become the first club in the history of the Premier League to earn over £100million from the competition's central income payments, reports the London Evening Standard.

The Gunners earned the highest sum of any club in the top flight, nearly £101m, thanks to having their matches televised in the UK 27 times, the most of any side this season.

That netted Arsenal £21.5m in "facility fees", one of just two categories of payments not shared equally among the 20 clubs in the top flight. Clubs also receive merit payments that vary from nearly £25m for the league champions to little over £1m for the bottom-placed side.

Arsenal were the highest-earners in the league, ahead of Manchester City (£97m), Manchester United (£96.5m) and Tottenham (£95.2m).