Qatar 2022: Manchester City to get £4.5m from Fifa for 16 players more than other EPL Clubs

Manchester City stand to receive about £4.5 million from Fifa for their 16 players involved at the World Cup in Qatar–the most of any club in the world.

Fifa will distribute $209 million (£169 million) in its Club Benefits Programme based on about $10,000 (£8,100) for each day a club’s player has been in the tournament as well as the week-long official preparation period before the World Cup started.

Manchester City stand to earn $5.58m (£4.5 million) — more than Barcelona ($4.1 million) despite the Catalan club having 17 players at the World Cup. Eight of the Barcelona players were in the Spain squad who were knocked out by Morocco in the round of 16 which affects the overall payment.

For each player whose country reached the group stage, a club can apply to Fifa to be paid $180,000, rising to $220,000 for the last 16, $280,000 for the quarter-finals, $320,000 if they reached the semi-finals and $370,000 for making the final.

The payments will be made for all squad players regardless of whether they actually played in the matches or not, but the amount may be affected if a player has been at a club for less than two years in which case some of the payment may have to be shared with the previous club.

In the Premier League, Manchester City are ahead of Manchester United $3.62 million (£2.92 million) who had 13 players in the tournament. Chelsea should earn $3.05 million (£2.47 million) having had 12 players involved, followed by Tottenham Hotspur — $2.88million (£2.33 million) for 11 players, Arsenal with $2.61 million (£2.11 million) for 10 players and Liverpool $1.92 million (£1.55 million) for seven players.

The lowest payments in the Premier League will go to Bournemouth, Crystal Palace and Southampton who stand to earn $360,000 (£291,000) having each had two players involved whose countries did not get beyond the group stage.

Clubs have received payments from Fifa since the 2010 World Cup but the total amount paid has risen from $40 million in that tournament to $70 million in 2014 before an agreement was struck with the European Club Association for the total figure to be $209 million for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

No agreement has been reached for the 2026 World Cup but there will be 416 more players involved — a total of 1,248 players instead of 832 — because the number of countries is rising from 32 to 48 teams.