WORLD CUP DUTY
City scores biggest slice of Fifa’s $209m for releasing Cup players
The global soccer body says English clubs received most of the cash to clubs who released players for the 2018 World Cup
Zurich — English champions Manchester City are the biggest beneficiaries from the $209m Fifa handed out to clubs who released players for the 2018 World Cup, the global soccer body said. City will receive $5m, ahead of Real Madrid ($4.81m), Tottenham ($4.38m), Barcelona ($4.14m) and Paris St Germain ($3.89m), Fifa said. They are followed by Chelsea, Manchester United, Atletico Madrid, Juventus and AS Monaco. English clubs — including those from the lower tiers — will receive $37.41m while Spanish clubs will receive $22.56m, German clubs $18.92m and Italian clubs $17.45m. Fifa pays clubs a basic amount of $8,530 per day for every player released for the World Cup, although this has to be split with any club that the player has represented in the previous two years. The system was introduced for the 2010 World Cup after European clubs complained they had to bear the consequences of players being injured in national team matches. Initially, $40m was handed out for the 2010 World Cup, b...
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