The eye-watering bonuses Arsenal players will receive if they make the Champions League

Arsenal are now on course for a top four finish in the Premier League and their players will be richly rewarded if they manage it, not just with a spot in next season’s Champions League.

The Daily Mail reports that Gunners stars will receive lump sum bonuses that are worth as much as £500,000 if they make it back into the Champions League places this season.

These bonuses are not equal throughout the squad, but the most on offer is the enormous £500k payment.

The report also states that a top four finish would see clauses in some contracts triggered which would see weekly wages increase for those players.

Qualifying for the Champions League is worth around £50m to a club in broadcasting revenue and prize money, making the huge pay-outs affordable.

The Gunners have won their last four Premier League games, suffering just one defeat in their last 10.

They are one point and one place ahead of Manchester United in fifth, but crucially have three games in hand on the Red Devils, as well as West Ham in sixth.

Arteta is predictably unmoved on Arsenal’s top four hopes, saying he is not looking at the table due to his side having games in hand on their rivals.

‘I don’t like to look at the table a lot because we have games in hand,’ he said after Arsenal beat Watford at the weekend. ‘We’re going to have different fixtures and there’s only one objective. I cannot control the results.’

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