Manchester City and Chelsea are already quids in from playing inside the Fifa Club World Cup – and they might yet come to be earning masses extra.
Some of their summer time signings’ switch expenses have even already been paid off.
With close to empty stadiums, immoderate weather conditions and terrible pitches dominating the information time desk sooner or later of the enterprise stages of the opposition, it is straightforward to overlook genuinely how a whole lot cash clubs are incomes due to the fact the suit goes on.
Some corporations pocketed tens of loads of thousands handiest for qualifying.
BBC Sport appears at how a whole lot you can earn at the Club World Cup – and what kind of the English corporations have made already.
How does the prize coins work?
If Manchester City win the suit they might land approximately £92m in ordinary – but Chelsea could earn barely less.
The capability prize cash come to be first of all said as £97m however the exchange price among US dollars and British kilos has changed seeing that then.
Teams get a participation price for gambling, which for European groups varies relying on “carrying and commercial enterprise standards”.
City’s charge is the maximum of £27.9m. Chelsea are on the higher surrender of the dimensions but do now not get pretty as an entire lot, BBC Sport has been informed.
Both teams licensed for the occasion by prevailing the Champions League inside the beyond four seasons.
Teams from North America, Africa, Asia and Oceania get simply under £7m, with South American clubs touchdown about £11m.
The prize money rises depending how an prolonged manner you pass (irrespective of which continent you’re from).
In the group degrees, wins are properly sincerely really worth nearly £1.5m, with about £750,000 for a draw
Reaching the ultimate sixteen earns clubs £five.5m
The region-finals are simply properly really worth £nine.6m
A semi-final spot lands groups a few other £15.3m
Reaching the very last and dropping is £21.9m
Winning the competition is absolutely really worth £29.2m
The wellknown prize pot Fifa has furnished is $1bn (£730m), which is believed to be a record amount.