Thursday, 18 August 2011

Man United and Barca get big windfall in Champs League

Thursday August 18, 2011

ZURICH: Barcelona and Manchester United earned over 50mil (US$72mil) each after reaching the Champions League final last season, UEFA said on Tuesday.
Last season’s 32 Champions League teams received a total of 754.1mil from a combination of performance-related payments and the television pool.       
United were the biggest earners, with 53.20mil comprising more than 27mil for their performances and another 25.9mil from the television pool, UEFA said.       
Despite winning the final 3-1, Barcelona’s earnings were slightly less at 51mil, as their performance-related payments were 30.7mil but they collected only 20.3mil from television.       
UEFA said other top earners were Chelsea (44.52mil), Schalke 04 (39.75mil), Real Madrid (39.28mil), Inter Milan (37.98mil), Bayern Munich (32.56mil) and Tottenham Hotspur (31.13mil).       
UEFA added that money from the centralised television pool was distributed according to the value of the teams in their own national market.       
All clubs were entitled to a minimum 7.2mil from the group stage. Further performance bonuses and participation fees were awarded in each of the knockout stages. — Reuters       

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