European soccer clubs renew UEFA deal and will share in $4.7 billion revenue for competitions

07.09.2023 - 00:23 arabnews.com

GENEVA: With billions in prize money to distribute from the revamped Champions League next year, UEFA plans to pay more based on merit and share more among teams across Europe that don’t qualify.

The formula announced Wednesday for distributing money to hundreds of clubs should reduce the guaranteed cash currently paid to wealthy clubs with storied pasts.

UEFA and the influential European Club Association signed a renewed working agreement through 2030. The accord in place since 2008 aims to ensure stability in European soccer, though it did not prevent 12 storied ECA members from trying to launch the Super League in 2021.

That project effectively tried to replace the Champions League in a grab for more money and control but failed within 48 hours.

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(FILES) Spain’s players stand in a huddle ahead of the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women’s World Cup final football match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia in Sydney on August 20, 2023. – Almost all of the Spain’s Womens World Cup-winning squad will continue to reject national team call-ups unless there are more changes at the Spanish football federation following the scandal over Luis Rubiales’ unsolicited kiss, the players said on a statement on September 15, 2023. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

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