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How much Aston Villa have made in UEFA Champions League prize money after PSG edge Villa Park thriller
Aston Villa almost pulled off a historic result in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday against PSG.
The French giants came into the second leg of the quarter-final at Villa Park with a 3-1 aggregate lead, and quickly made it 5-1 after racing into a 2-0 lead with just 27 minutes on the clock.
However, goals from Youri Tielemans, John McGinn and Ezri Konsa got the Villans back into it, and they very nearly knocked PSG out as the latter missed a free header, and Marco Asensio also squandered a glorious chance.
A campaign to remember 👏
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While Aston Villa fans and Unai Emery alike will be disappointed, there is – at least – a fair chunk of prize money heading to Villa Park.
Aston Villa bank over £10m just from quarter-final defeat
Aston Villa have banked £10.53m after being knocked out of the UEFA Champions League by PSG – as revealed by in an official document.
That figure comes from the quarter-final alone, with the Villans also earning millions of pounds earlier in the competition.
- 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)
Aston Villa finished eighth in the league phase, winning five games and drawing one, so with UEFA paying out £1.77 per each victory and £589,868 for each draw, the Villans made £9.44m before the knockout stage began.
Having also defeated Club Brugge in the Round of 16, Aston Villa banked another £9.27m – meaning the Villans receive a total of £29.24m just from performance money alone.
UEFA also mention in their document that a sum of €18.62m (£15.95m) is awarded to clubs who qualified for the UEFA Champions League – before a ball is even kicked in the competition – so overall, Aston Villa have secured £45.19m from the competition.
UEFA money could pay for Marcus Rashford
As you may already know, Aston Villa have a £40m option to buy Marcus Rashford from Manchester United this summer.
Emery somewhat dodged the question when asked if Aston Villa will trigger that clause, saying after the second leg: “It is difficult to plan it now. He’s feeling comfortable and feeling better. Today, he played a fantastic match. We are very happy. The most important thing is if he’s happy, we’re happy. Then, of course, it depends on the circumstances and what happens in the next weeks, and in the next year as well.”
Rashford shone against PSG – performing like an £80m player instead of a £40m one – so with over £40m in the bank from UEFA prize money, Aston Villa could use it to sign the England international permanently.