A Win Worth Up To £30m? Chelsea Close In On Club World Cup Jackpot

Much has been made astir nan immense riches connected connection astatine this year's Club World Cup - and Chelsea are now closing successful connected nan jackpot.

Tuesday's 2-0 triumph complete Fluminense not only saw them book their spot successful nan last but besides pouch almost an other £22m successful prize money.

The Blues will triumph moreover much if they are capable to hit either Real Madrid aliases Paris St-Germain connected Sunday.

So wherever does that time off Chelsea's full net from nan competition? BBC Sport does nan sums - and explains really nan prize money works.

The imaginable prize money was initially reported arsenic £97m but nan speech complaint betwixt US dollars and British pounds has changed since then, meaning nan maximum disposable was successful nan region of £92m.

Manchester City were connected people to triumph that, earning nan maximum information interest of £27.8m and winning each of their group games - only to past spell retired successful nan past 16.

The information interest for European teams varies depending connected "sporting and commercialized criteria".

Chelsea are connected nan precocious extremity of nan standard but do not get rather arsenic much, BBC Sport has been told, meaning nan full prize money disposable to them was somewhat little than for City.

Both teams qualified for nan tourney by winning nan Champions League successful nan past 4 seasons.

Teams from North America, Africa, Asia and Oceania get conscionable nether £7m, pinch South American clubs landing astir £11m.

The prize money rises depending really acold you spell (regardless of which continent you are from).

The full prize cookware Fifa has offered is $1bn (£726m), which is believed to beryllium a grounds amount.

Chelsea's semi-final triumph complete Brazilian broadside Fluminense takes their full prize cookware to astir £80m, though Fifa person not confirmed their nonstop information fee.

On apical of nan £21.9m for reaching nan final, nan Blues will triumph different £7.3m if they assistance nan trophy.

Meanwhile, Manchester City's exit intends their full net ended astatine £37.8m pursuing their conclusion by Al-Hilal.

Joao Pedro, a £60m signing from Brighton, repaid astir a 3rd of his transportation interest pinch his 2 decisive goals against Fluminense.

But Chelsea's full prize money for nan title would beryllium much than capable to salary for nan woody which brought him to nan nine - pinch a spot much near complete going towards nan £30m signing of Ipswich Town striker Liam Delap.

It will besides thief towards nan £29m they will salary for Palmeiras winger Estevao Willian aft nan Club World Cup, while Jamie Gittens - a £48.5m signing from Dortmund - is different costly caller arrival.

Manchester City paid £31m for Wolves left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri, who assisted a extremity successful their 5-2 triumph complete Juventus, and that interest was paid disconnected by their net - pinch an other £7m aliases so.

To put nan full imaginable prize cookware of £91.4m into context, only astir 12 transportation fees successful shot history magnitude to more.

Favourably - particularly erstwhile you see nan tourney is 'only' 7 games agelong for nan winner.

PSG earned astir £95m for winning nan Champions League past season, but their run was 17 matches successful total.

Prize money successful nan 38-game Premier League is much nuanced and dependant connected revenues, but successful 2023-24 champions Manchester City took location £175.9m.

At nan different extremity of nan scale, Crystal Palace only pocketed £3.9m for winning nan FA Cup this year.

That intends a squad would person to assistance nan FA Cup 24 times to gain nan aforesaid magnitude of prize money arsenic City - who mislaid to Palace astatine Wembley - would by winning nan Club World Cup.

Speaking successful March erstwhile nan prize money was first announced, Manchester City leader Pep Guardiola said his squad "don't deserve" to spot immoderate of nan money connected offer.

While City had impressed astatine nan title anterior to their daze exit, it follows a reliable and trophyless campaign.

"We don't merit a prize this season," said Guardiola. "The bonus, if you win, I don't cognize really much, it's for nan club.

"The managers, nan backroom staff, nan players, we don't merit - not moreover a watch."

Meanwhile, Chelsea head Maresca says he hasn't felt immoderate other unit because of nan riches connected offer.

"The owners conscionable want nan champion for america and for nan players crippled by game, and they are not talking astir nan last prize aliases nan last reward successful position of money," said Maresca earlier their final group crippled against ES Tunis.

"They ne'er put unit connected maine aliases nan players successful position of we request to triumph this tourney because of nan money."

In March, European Leagues president Claudius Schafer says he "fears for nan future" of home competitions because of nan distortion created by nan Club World Cup prize money.

"If an Austrian convention nine gets $50m, that has a immense power connected [that] league," he said.

Salzburg will person earned astatine slightest £11.5m contempt going retired successful nan group stage.

Meanwhile, Seattle Sounders warmed up for a crippled successful T-shirts pinch 'Club World Ca$h Grab' written connected nan front, successful an statement involving MLS players complete bonuses.

New Zealand champions Auckland City, whose squad are made up of amateurs connected expenses, are besides progressive successful a akin issue.