FIFA HANDS OUT CASH

FIFA HANDS OUT CASH

FIFA are paying out more than $200-million to clubs whose players competed at last year’s World Cup finals, but there is no windfall for any South African clubs after failing to have a single player in Qatar. A total of $209-million will be paid to 440 clubs from 51 different countries whose players were at the tournament last November and December, won by Argentina. FIFA are paying a daily amount of $10,950 for each of 837 footballers at the World Cup, regardless of how many minutes they played during the tournament. The total per player is divided and distributed to the club, or clubs, with which the player was registered in the two years leading up to the finals in Qatar. This is an increase from the $8,530 that FIFA paid per player at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.