Fulham returned to the Premier League after a four-year absence as Tom Cairney scored the winner in a 1-0 victory over Aston Villa in the Championship playoff final at Wembley on Saturday, the richest game in world football. Villa also had a penalty appeal turned down but Grealish was lucky to escape a red card with a reckless tackle on Cairney. Villa threw everything forward in the nail-biting closing stages but Fulham held on without too many alarms. According to the Deloitte Sports Business Group, the playoff winners are guaranteed 160 million pounds, potentially rising to 280 million if they avoid relegation next season. Fulham will earn 95 million pounds next term, as part of the Premier League's huge broadcasting rights deal, and up to 75 million pounds in parachute payments in 2019-20 and 2020-21 should they fail to stay up.

Source: dna May 26, 2018 19:18 UTC