Manchester United set for significant World Cup windfall after new deal agreed
Manchester United will receive more compensation from FIFA for releasing their players at future World Cups.
The club had 15 players in Qatar and as a result, they received £2.15 million ($2.65m) from world football's governing body through their Club Benefits Programme. Only Manchester City (£3.25m; $4m) and Chelsea (£2.32m; $2.86m) received more than United.
FIFA pays clubs for every day an individual is away on international duty during a tournament and that figure will be significantly higher come the 2026 tournament in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
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The combined payments clubs receive will almost double to £298.74m from the £170.58m ($209m), an increase of £120m ($146m). The agreement is in place for the 2026 and 2030 editions.
United have had more than 10 players featuring at each of the last two World Cups - 11 were involved in 2018 - and received approximately £5 million combined from those two tournaments. The financial increase comes as part of a new Memorandum of Understanding between FIFA and the European Clubs' Association (ECA) at the latter's general assembly in Budapest, Hungary.
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