Langa Mabena
ENGLAND football giants Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa are set to receive major financial windfalls if they finish in the top eight of the European Champions League.
The Premier League trio occupy first, fifth and eight place respectively in the 36-team table after Tuesday night’s games.
Each of the teams participating in this season’s revamped competition will take home a guaranteed £15 744 700.
But thanks to the new league ranking bonus system, as well as they’re final position in the table, they’re all in line to receive whopping bonuses.
The overall bonus sum for the tournament is split into 666 equal shares which were initially each valued at £232 516 — the amount the last-placed team in the competition will receive.
The 35th-placed side will take home two shares, which will be allocated until the table-topper is given 36 shares.
As it stands, current league leaders Liverpool will pocket a whopping £8 370 576 for 36 shares.
Fifth-placed Arsenal are set to take home 33 shares, which equate to £6 742 964.
Aston Villa, meanwhile, are on course to rake in £6 975 480 as a seventh-placed finish will earn them 30 shares.
The shares, however, will be increased due to the undisputed prize money for draws — which increase the pot by £591 675 each time.
Teams will also receive an additional £1 775 445 for each win they notched in the group stage. That means Liverpool’s seven wins have pocketed them a staggering £12 428 115. Arsenal and Villa’s respective four wins apiece, meanwhile, have so far earned them £7,101,780. (www.thesun.co.uk)
Online Reporter