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Manchester Evening News
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Joe Bray

Man City set for multi-million-pound windfall from FIFA as 11 players remain in World Cup

Manchester City have already pocketed around £3.6m from FIFA during the World Cup, and could be entitled to another £600,000 depending on how their remaining players fare in Qatar.

FIFA's club benefits programme entitles clubs to claim $10,000 per day per player involved at the World Cup, with City sending 16 players to represent their countries. With six days of training before the tournament, and a 13-day group stage, City could expect £136,000 per day, which was around £2,750,000 guaranteed regardless of how each country managed.

As it happened, only two players failed to reach the knockout stages, as Kevin De Bruyne's Belgium and Ilkay Gundogan's Germany were surprisingly knocked-out at the group stage. That left 14 players in the knockout stages, with 11 progressing to the quarter-finals.

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