Aston Villa Icon Paul McGrath Sadly Kicks The Bucket @64 In addition, the teams that finish first through eighth in the league will get a bonus of €2 million (£1.7 million), while the teams who finish ninth through sixteenth will receive an additional €1 million (£859k).
In addition to having incredible Villa Park evenings competing against the best in European football, Aston Villa will receive a large financial boost that will increase as they advance through the Champions League into the following season.
The club’s happy players watched as title-hopeful Manchester City defeated Tottenham on Tuesday, mathematically guaranteeing Villa’s fourth-place finish in the Premier League and entry into the Champions League for the next season.
Unai Emery and Villa’s executives will now be pleased about the potentially game-changing prize money that will come from a massive €3.317 billion (£2.850 billion) prize purse arrive in the club’s coffers. Additionally, this is only for competing. Reaching the Allianz Arena final in 2025 and taking home the trophy would earn you even more money.
A total of €670 million (£575 million) will be distributed evenly among the 36 teams that advance to the Champions League’s redesigned league phase, which will take the place of the existing group stage. Villa is so qualified for €18.62 million (£16 million). After that, there will be eight matches to play in this round, with bonuses of €2.1 million (£1.8 million) for wins and €700,000 (£601,000) for draws.
This will result in an overall league standings with all 36 participating teams after eight games. A club is awarded’shares’ based on its finishing position; the higher the final position, the more shares the club will receive. One share is worth €275k (£236k), so the team in 36th place would receive €275k (£236k) as compensation for their efforts, while the winning team would receive 36 shares, or €9.9m (£8.5m), from the league system.
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