Figures for what? If you are talking about match statistics, there are people paid to sit at games and count passes/ crosses / possession etc. Pretty sure this info then has to be bought by folks who want it. Friend of mine did it at Wimbledon this year. Sat on the side of a courtwith a laptop putting in data on rallies, serves, area of court, that type of thing.
I heard they turned up at Lakshmi Mittal's house in Kensington Palace Gardens with a huge Abacus, note pad and pen.
Pure guesswork. Also, some fans seem to equate these guesswork figures of the millionaire/billionaire owners as monies available to their own particular club.
I find it funny when l see that too....."our chairmans worth £125 million so he can afford to spend £25 million in the transfer window!" like he would spend the majority of his own wealth on the club! l'd sort it in this order.......Kids, Houses, Cars, Dog, BFC, Missus
Amazing thing, the internet. http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/fourfourtwoview/archive/2009/10/07/how-we-count-the-beans.aspx