COSTA DO SAUIPE, BRAZIL – DECEMBER 06: The World Cup trophy on stage before the Final Draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil at Costa do Sauipe Resort on December 6, 2013 in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

FIFA pays club teams for World Cup participation

FIFA apparently pays club teams whose players play in the World Cup. I didn’t know that before Thursday but it’s true.

What happened was that FIFA paid $70 million to club teams. In a report, it showed that FIFA would pay teams $2,800 for every day they were on national team duty during the World Cup. The $2,800 gets split when a player has been with other teams within the past two years.

The full list is here, but here are some notable figures.

TOP 5 EPL
Chelsea – $1,253,233
Manchester United – $1,160,367
Arsenal – $1,081,267
Manchester City – $1,009,167
Liverpool – $807,333

TOP 5 La Liga
Real Madrid – $1,297,800
Barcelona – $1,191,167
Atletico Madrid – $681,567
Valencia – $439,133
Sevilla – $318,267

TOP 5 Bundesliga
Bayern Munich – $1,734,367
Borussia Dortmund – $851,667
Schalke – $766,033
Wolfsburg – $619,033
Freiburg – $343,467

TOP 5 Ligue 1
PSG – $973,933
Lille – $453,600
Monaco – $414,167
OL – $338,333
Saint Etienne – $310,800

TOP 5 Serie A
Napoli – $1,100,867
Juventus – $1,043,933
Inter – $840,933
AC Milan – $704,667
Lazio – $670,133

TOP 5 MLS
San Jose Earthquakes – $260,400
Sporting Kansas City – $209,533
New York Red Bulls – $200,200
Real Salt Lake – $196,000
Houston Dynamo – $179,200

(NBC/ECA Europe)

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