FIFA has published how much it paid each club around the world for releasing its players for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
World soccer’s governing body said it paid 416 clubs from 63 different countries, at a daily rate of $8,530 for each of the 736 players selected.
Premier League clubs Manchester City, Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester United are all in the top 10, while the likes of Real Madrid, PSG and Barcelona all feature.
Below is the full list of payments made to each club around the world:
Top 10 club payments worldwide:
- Manchester City, $5 million
- Real Madrid CF, $4.8 million
- Tottenham Hotspur, $4.4 million
- FC Barcelona, $4.1 million
- Paris Saint-Germain, $3.9 million
- Chelsea, $3.8 million
- Manchester United, $3.6 million
- Club Atletico de Madrid, $3 million
- Juventus FC, $3 million
- AS Monaco, $2.9 million
Premier League club payments:
- Arsenal FC $2.2 million
- Brighton & Hove Albion FC $331,000
- Burnley FC $628,260
- Chelsea FC $3.8 million
- Crystal Palace FC $618,355
- Everton FC $824,945
- Fulham FC $182,535
- Huddersfield Town FC $611,280
- Leicester City FC $2.17 million
- Liverpool FC $2.58 million
- Manchester City FC $5 million
- Manchester United FC $3.6 million
- Newcastle United FC $123,105
- Southampton FC $1.11 million
- Tottenham Hotspur FC $4.3 million
- Watford FC $415,302
- West Ham United FC $1.09 million
- Wolverhampton Wanderers FC $437,942
Notable clubs paid more than $1 million:
- Al Ahly (Egypt)
- Al-Hilal FC (Saudi Arabia)
- Al-Ahli FC (Saudi Arabia)
- CF Pachuca (Mexico)
- CA Boca Juniors (Argentina)
- FC Copenhagen (Denmark)
- Celtic FC (Scotland)
- RSC Anderlecht (Belgium)
- AFC Ajax (Netherlands)
- Feyenoord Rotterdam (Netherlands)
MLS payments:
- Houston Dynamo $212,250
- Los Angeles FC $338,892
- Los Angeles Galaxy $481,100
- Minnesota United FC $287,245
- New York City FC $451,385
- New York Red Bulls $382,050
- Orlando City SC $158,480
- Portland Timbers $304,225
- San Jose Earthquakes $591,470
- Seattle Sounders FC $530,625
- Montreal Impact $115,322
- Toronto FC $127,350
- Vancouver Whitecaps $411,765
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