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How much Arsenal have made in UEFA Champions League prize money after knocking out Real Madrid
Arsenal pulled off a historic result in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday.
Mikel Arteta defeated Carlo Ancelotti and Real Madrid convincingly across both legs, progressing into the last four with a 5-1 scoreline on aggregate, which is quite the achievement against a side who have won the UEFA Champions League a record 15 times.
Not only do Arsenal now have a chance to win their first ever UEFA Champions League title, but a large chunk of prize money is also heading to the Emirates Stadium after progressing beyond the quarter-final.
Arsenal bank over £12m after defeating Real Madrid
Just for reaching the semi-final, Arsenal have secured a sum of at least £12.64m in prize money, as revealed in an official document, the total given to semi-finalists.
That is a useful chunk of cash for the Gunners – over double the £6m fee spent to sign Gabriel Martinelli from Ituano in July 2019 – and there is more in the bank from earlier rounds.
- Winner: €25m (£21.07m)
- Runner-up: €18.5m (£15.59m)
- Semi-finalists: €15m (£12.64m)
- Quarter-finalists: €12.5m (£10.53m)
- Round of 16: €11m (£9.27m)
- Reaching knockout round play-off: €1m (£842,669)
- League phase wins: €2.1m (£1.77m)
- League phase draws: €700,000 (£589,868)
Arsenal finished third in the league phase with six wins and a draw from eight games, so Arteta also secured £11.2m before the knockout stage even began.
The remarkable 9-3 aggregate win over PSV Eindhoven in the Round of 16 then earned the Gunners an additional £9.27m, before reaching the quarter-final banked another £10.53m for the north Londoners.
Furthermore, UEFA pay out €18.62m (£15.95m) before a ball is even kicked just for qualifying for the competition.
Therefore – just in prize money alone – Arsenal have received a total of £59.6m from UEFA this season, with more to come if the Gunners can beat PSG in the last four.
Aston Villa banked £45.19m after PSG knocked the Villans out in the quarter-final on Tuesday.
UEFA money could pay for Nico Williams
Arsenal have already held talks over Nico Williams as Andrea Berta – the new Director of Football for the Gunners – focuses on signing the Spain international.
1 – Arsenal are first team ever to win each of their first two games against Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabéu in all competitions. Historic.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe)
The talented winger is believed to have a release clause written into his Athletic Bilbao contract worth £49m – so Arsenal could actually trigger this and have more than £10m left over from the UEFA prize money.
Whatever Arsenal decide to do with the cash, it just goes to show how financially rewarding it is to be a formidable side in European football.