Champions League £1.75bn prize money announced with Chelsea, Man City, Spurs and Liverpool gaining £14m from qualifying for group stage

UEFA has confirmed this season’s Champions League will pay out an incredible £1.75billion. The eye-watering figure is sure to be music to the ears of all sides playing this term. There will be four Premier League sides competing for Europe’s top prize. And Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs will automatically receive £14m each after […]

UEFA has confirmed this season’s Champions League will pay out an incredible £1.75billion.

The eye-watering figure is sure to be music to the ears of all sides playing this term.

AFP

There will be four Premier League sides competing for Europe’s top prize.

And Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs will automatically receive £14m each after reaching the group stage.

It’s drawn from a total of £440m to be split between the 32 sides which qualify for the six-game showdown.

And an incredible £525m will be available for performances, with teams receiving £2.4m per win and £800,000 per draw.

Teams that qualify for the last-16 will each cash in to the tune of £8.5m, while those who make it to the quarters will net £9.5m each.

Reaching the semis is worth a tasty £11m, while making it all the way to the final will bank clubs £13.5m.

There’s even more cash available, with the winner landing a £3.5m windfall, as well as another £3m for qualifying for the Super Cup final – worth £900k alone for the winner.

Another £525m has been put to one side as a reward for coefficient rankings.

Each share is worth £1m, with the lowest-ranked side in the group stage getting just one, while the highest-ranked side picks up 32 shares.

And finally, there is £262m for TV, the value of which will be determined by each football association’s market share.

The money will be split according to performances in the previous domestic championship, making this season’s Champions League a real money pie.