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How much Chelsea have received after Club World Cup win against Los Angeles, it is hard to believe
Chelsea reigned supreme in their opening match of the reformed FIFA Club World Cup.
A goal from Pedro Neto and a strike by Enzo Fernandez secured a 2-0 win for the Blues over Los Angeles in the United States, putting Chelsea top of Group D, for now at least.
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Flamengo and ES Tunis – the other sides in Group D – face off at 02:00 (BST).
Enzo Maresca will know there is still a long way to go in the FIFA Club World Cup for Chelsea, but victory over Los Angeles secured a surprisingly large amount of prize money for the west Londoners.
Chelsea bank £1.5m after defeating Los Angeles
Neto – who Arsenal wanted to sign – and Fernandez have now ensured that £1.5m will be landing in Chelsea’s bank account with their strikes in the 34th minute and 79th minute respectively.
A single Group Stage win at the FIFA Club World Cup is worth £1.5m to each side, and even a payment of £800,000 is handed out in the event of a draw.
Should Chelsea go all the way in the United States and win the trophy, they would receive £30m – which is 15 times the £2m fee handed to the winners of the FA Cup.
Even reaching the final alone merits a sum larger than the £21.1m PSG received for winning the UEFA Champions League.
- Group Stage: £1.5m per win (£800,000 for a draw)
- Round of 16: £5.8m
- Quarter-Final: £10.1m
- Semi-Final: £16.2m
- Finalist: £23.2m
- Winner: £30m
Therefore, while this competition does add a potential of seven more games to the schedule for Maresca and his players after a gruelling 2024/25 campaign, the financial rewards are at least quite substantial.
How Chelsea’s prize money compares to the salary bill of Los Angeles
The fee Chelsea – who still hope to sign Mike Maignan – received for this single win would roughly be enough to pay the wages of every Los Angeles player for nine weeks, according to figures on .
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The Major League Soccer side have a weekly payroll of £167,545 – which works out at £1.508m when multiplied by nine.
Top five earners at Los Angeles
- Denis Bouanga (£41,831-a-week)
- Olivier Giroud (£40,112-a-week)
- Marlon (£19,340-a-week)
- Aaron Long (£18,047-a-week)
- Ryan Hollingshead (£9,240-a-week)
Top five earners at Chelsea
- Reece James (£250,000-a-week)
- Raheem Sterling (£215,000-a-week)
- Wesley Fofana (£200,000-a-week)
- Christopher Nkunku (£195,000-a-week)
- Enzo Fernandez (£180,000-a-week)
In regards to the wage bill at Chelsea, show the Blues shell out £3.27m a week on salaries, so not even two wins at the FIFA Club World Cup would be enough to cover these expenses.