Chelsea players are set to smile all the way to the bank if the latest report about how much in bonuses they will get is anything to go by.
The Blues pulled off another major upset in their storied history when they beat Paris Saint-Germain to win the FIFA Club World Cup on Sunday.
Cole Palmer, who was crowned the player of the tournament, was the star of the show, scoring twice in 10 minutes before setting up new boy Joao Pedro to make the score 3-0.
It was an upset given that PSG had built their reputation as the best club in the world this year. Under Luis Enrique’s tutelage, they won their maiden Champions League title after thrashing Inter Milan 5-0.
They followed it up in the Club World Cup by beating Atletico Madrid and Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami by identical 4-0 scorelines.
More dominance followed in the quarterfinals, where they saw off Bayern Munich despite finishing the game with nine men. Their best result came in the semis, where they beat record European champions Real Madrid 4-0.
It was therefore a surprise when Chelsea ran them out of the park to win the inaugural edition of the restructured tournament.
The Telegraph reports that every Chelsea player will get bonuses in the region of £350,000 (KSh 64 million) for their heroics in the United States.
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Enzo Maresca had a 29-man squad for the competition, though it is unclear if Noni Madueke will also be included in the bonus system.
Madueke played five games for Chelsea before leaving the camp after the semi-finals to seal an imminent transfer to Arsenal.
The high bonuses are part of the new structure, where they don’t offer high wages as they used to, but instead have performance-related bonuses.
The players already received handsome rewards for qualifying for next season’s Champions League and winning the Conference League.
Chelsea set to land new shirt sponsor
Apart from the players, the club is also set to benefit massively by leveraging its world champions tag to get a new front shirt sponsor.
Save for the last games of last season, the West Londoners have been operating with a shirt sponsor for a long time.
The Clearlake-owned club had offers worth KSh 7.4 billion per year from two companies but couldn’t close a deal.
All these accrued benefits are on top of the money FIFA will pay them for winning the whole competition.
One of the major selling points of this tournament was its lucrative prize money. The Blues walked away with a clean £88.4 million (KSh 15 billion).
It is timely income for a club that required at least £60 million to be able to register their new players for next season’s Champions League.
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