Manchester City stand to make about £4.5million from a FIFA programme that rewards clubs for providing players to World Cup squads.
In contrast, neighbours Manchester United will be losing out on a six-figure sum because of their decision to terminate Cristiano Ronaldo's contract at the start of the tournament. 16 of Pep Guardiola's players were in action in Qatar - a total only beaten by Barcelona's 17 - and forward Julian Alvarez will line up for Argentina in Sunday's final. United had 13 players at the tournament, not including Ronaldo, and will make a touch more than £2.9m.
FIFA's Club Benefits programme, which is worth £190m, sees every club paid $10,000 (£8,271) per day that a player is with their national team. But United said that the mutual agreement to release the Portugal forward was from “immediate effect”, leaving them ineligible for another slice of the £190m scheme.
