As in 2018, Fifa announced on Thursday that it would pay 209 million dollars (188 million euros) to clubs for the participation of their players in the World Cup in Qatar. In detail, 440 clubs are concerned. Based on a calculation of 9,800 euros per player and per day of presence at the World Cup, Manchester City gets away with the biggest check, in this case 4.12 million euros. Barca and Bayern follow. PSG comes in fifth position with compensation of 3.43 million.
In total, 46 English clubs are concerned, 33 Spanish, and 27 French (for a total of 14.8 million euros). For the record, as noted The Team, the smallest of them is Avranches, in National, which is entitled to 114,725 euros thanks to the nice course of Azzedine Ounahi with Morocco. The current Marseillais played there during the 2020-2021 season before joining Angers. All details are recorded in the 71-page report published by FIFA.
“Clubs play a vital role in the football ecosystem, and the club profit distribution scheme is a great way to support them,” club president Gianni Infantino said in a statement sent on Thursday. Morning.
Note that for the next two editions of the World Cup, the number of participants increasing from 32 to 48, the total amount redistributed by the International Federation will increase to 355 million dollars (318 million euros). The result of an agreement concluded at the start of the year between Fifa and ECA, the European Club Association, the main provider of selections and led by the president of PSG Nasser Al-Khelaïfi.