UEFA have increased the amount to be distributed to Champions League participants (group-stage onwards) from €1.32 billion to €1.95 billion. That's an increase of 47%.
Clubs in the Champions League now get a €15.25 million participating bonus (it was €12.7 million) and performance bonuses have also been hiked: Group Stage: €2.7 million for a win & €900,000 for a draw (was €1.5m and €500k). Qualifying to Round of 16: €9.5 million (it was €6 million). Quarter-Finals: €10.5 million (was €6.5 million). Semi-Final: €12 million (it was €7.5 million). Final: €15 million and €19 million (it was €11 million and €15.5 million).
I'm going to update this post as the teams are drawn into their pots Group A Atletico Madrid Borussia Dortmund AS Monaco Club Brugge Group B Barcelona Tottenham Hotspurs PSV Eindhoven Inter Milan Group C PSG Napoli Liverpool Red Star Belgrade Group D Lokomotiv Moscow FC Porto FC Schalke 04 Galatasaray Group E Bayern Munich Benfica Ajax AEK Athens Group F Manchester City Shakhtar Donetsk Olympique Lyon 1899 Hoffenheim Group G Real Madrid AS Roma CSKA Moscow Viktoria Pilzen Group H Juventus Manchester United Valencia Young Boys
I want us to play ManU too, I want to see what they are made of. Maybe humble Pogba too. Mostly because I hate Jose.
Our star striker with the next award as they show his bicycle kick against us. He is not in attendance as he is busy training with his new club.
so are Napoli going to use the "going for the scudetto" excuse when they get bounced in the group stage again?
We are in one of the harder groups. Valencia will be no cakewalk on the road. ManU will be tough too as Mou will play very defensively. Inter in Group of Death also