Unic Press UK: Under the Club Benefits Programme, FIFA will share the sum of $209 million among 416 clubs – from 63 member associations – whose players contributed to the success of the FIFA World Cup 2018, which was hosted by the Russian Federation.
“The FIFA World Cup is the pinnacle of football, generating passion and emotion from every player and every fan in every corner of the world. It is FIFA’s responsibility to redistribute the revenues of this unique competition among the entire football community, and clubs, obviously, deserve to share in this success as they were key contributors. I’m very pleased to see that teams from so many different regions will benefit from this programme, which will help to develop football even further around the globe,” the FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Tuesday.
Thirty-eight English clubs will receive a payment, including Manchester City $5,003,440.00; Tottenham Hotspur $4,385,792.50; Chlesea $3,835,357.50; Manchester United $3,656,360.00; Arsenal $2,218,720.00; and so on
Two Nigerians clubs will be paid: Enyimba $118,860.00; and Ifeanyi Ubah $118,860.00.
