FIFA will pay out $209 million to clubs whose players competed at last year’s World Cup finals in Qatar, the world’s governing body said on Thursday.
The money will be distributed to 440 clubs from 51 different nations whose players competed in the competition in November and December, which Argentina won.
FIFA will pay a daily fee of $10,950 to each of the World Cup’s 837 footballers, regardless of how many minutes they play throughout the event.
The sum for each player is split and allocated to the club or clubs with which the player was registered during the two years preceding the Qatar finals.
This is an increase over FIFA’s previous payment of $8,530 per player for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
In Qatar, 46 English teams will get the most money, totaling $37,713,297, followed by clubs from Spain, Germany, Italy, and France.
Manchester City will be paid $4,596,445 for a single club, followed by Barcelona ($4,538,955) and Bayern Munich ($4,331,809).
FIFA and the European Club Association inked a deal earlier this year that would give $355 million to clubs under the initiative for the World Cups in 2026 and 2030.
