Manchester City will make millions during the World Cup due to a FIFA fund set up to pay clubs for each day their player is away at Qatar 2022.
FIFA's Club Benefits Programme was set up for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa to compensate clubs for releasing their players for the showpiece tournament. Four years ago for the Russia World Cup, clubs were entitled to $8,530 (£6,440) for each day a player was with their country for the tournament. City made around $5m (£3.78m) from the Russia tournament, and now the rate per player has increased for the Qatar 2022 tournament.
Now, City will be entitled to $10,000 per player per day, which is around £8,500 per day. With most World Cup squads confirmed, City can expect 16 players to represent their nations in Qatar over the next month.
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Five England players will come from City - John Stones, Kyle Walker, Kalvin Phillips, Phil Foden and Jack Grealish - with three players for Portugal (Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva and Joao Cancelo). Two players will represent Spain - Rodri and Aymeric Laporte - with six other countries represented.
Ederson is in the Brazil squad, Manuel Akanji has been picked for Switzerland, and Nathan Ake will look to build on his good form for the Netherlands. Ilkay Gundogan will be a key player for Germany, as will Kevin De Bruyne for Belgium. Julian Alvarez is on Argentina's 28-man squad, which must be whittled down to 26, but he can expect to make the final cut.
With six days of training before the tournament, and a 13-day group stage, City can expect £136,000 per day, which will be around £2,750,000 guaranteed regardless of how each country does.
Then, the progress of each country will depend on how much more City get for the rest of the tournament. For example, if England and Portugal both reach the final, City will pocket just over another £1m as eight players could be involved in the final.
FIFA say the compensation will be paid 'to all clubs for which the footballer has played in the two years prior' to the World Cup, meaning City could also get a share of money for Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Ferran Torres, and Eric Garcia - although they may also have to share fees for Phillips, Grealish, Haaland, Alvarez and Akanji.
And with players representing England, Portugal, Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany and Spain, City can expect some players to be involved at the latter stages of the tournament.
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