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Liverpool Echo

Sport

Keifer MacDonald

Liverpool earn seven-figure fee from World Cup as FIFA player payments list confirmed

Liverpool Fifa World Cup Ibrahima Konate Darwin Nunez Jurgen Klopp EPL Alisson Fabinho Jordan Henderson

Liverpool will receive the fifth highest compensation payment in the Premier League from FIFA following the completion of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Under FIFA's Club Benefits Programme, clubs are entitled to a one-off payment from FIFA in recognition of the part they have played in making the World Cup possible. The scheme was set up in 2010 and was an initiative planned to reward clubs for releasing their players for international duty.

For the 2022 finals, $209m was set aside for FIFA to pay for the clubs of the participating players, with each club earning roughly $10,000 for each day one of their contracted players is still involved in the competition.

Players who were eliminated at the group stage will net $180,000 for their clubs, while those who make it all the way to the showpiece final are expected to cost FIFA $370,000 regardless of how many minutes they play.

The Reds had seven current employees at this winter's finals: Jordan Henderson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate. Alisson, Fabinho and Darwin Nunez.

However, the Club Benefits Programme also compensates clubs where players have played in the previous two seasons during the qualifying stages of the World Cup. However, they will only receive a percentage of the fee.

In Liverpool's case, it means they will receive payments for Neco Williams, Takumi Minamino and Xherdan Shaqiri, who all competed for their respective nations in the Middle East.

However, on the flip side, it means a portion of the fees the Reds receive for both Nunez and Konate will go to Benfica and RB Leipzig, who held the respective players' registration in one of the previous two seasons

In total Liverpool will be awarded $1.8m, which ranks behind Tottenham Hotspur ($2.4m), Manchester United ($2.6m), Chelsea ($2.86m) and Manchester City ($4m) in the Premier League.

With England reaching the quarter-finals stage of the competition before tasting defeat against France at the Al Bayt Stadium, Alexander-Arnold and Henderson's advancement will see the Reds receive $560,000 ($280,000 x2).

Brazilian duo Alisson and Fabinho, who saw their hopes of securing their country's first world title in 20 years crushed in a dramatic penalty shootout defeat to Croatia, will also earn Liverpool the same amount as the aforementioned England duo. Meanwhile, Van Dijk also added $280,000 to the pot as his first major international tournament with Holland ended in a last-eight defeat to Argentina.

With Nunez and Uruguay suffering a shock group stage exit, the 23-year-old's efforts will see FIFA pay out $180,00 to the forward. But since the Reds have only held his registration for this season alone, they will only pocket a third of that fee.

Liverpool's last representative in Qatar, Konate, who helped France become the first side in 20 years to reach back-to-back World Cup finals thanks to a solid showing against Morocco on Wednesday evening, will command a fee of $370,000 from FIFA for his involvement.

As mentioned, the fee will be split with his former club Leipzig, who the Frenchman left in May 2021 to move to Anfield. However, Liverpool will receive two-thirds of the fee, adding another $240,000 to their total.

The previously mentioned three former players - including Williams and Minamino - will add a collective sum of roughly $340,000.

Clubs can apply for the payments in due course.

Final compensation received by Premier League clubs for the World Cup:

Manchester City - $4m

Chelsea - $2.86m

Manchester United - $2.65m

Tottenham - $2.4m

Liverpool - $1.8m

Arsenal - $1.57m

Wolves - $1.54m

Leicester - $1.4m

Brighton - $1.35m