Today, UEFA will make the first payments for participation in Europe's top club competition, the Champions League, distributing both the bulk of the participation fee and 75% of what is provided under the new "value" segment, which combines the old market pool and historical ranking.
Overall, UEFA will transfer more than 1.3 billion euros to the clubs, including participation bonuses (643 million euros), value segment awards (640 million euros, 75% of the total), and bonuses for clubs eliminated during the qualification playoffs, totaling 30 million euros.
New UEFA Champions League Prize Payments:
The Figures for Italian Clubs Among the clubs cashing in are the Italian teams, which, according to estimates from Calcio e Finanza, will record a total of just under 180 million euros. Starting with the participation bonus, Inter, Milan, Juventus, Atalanta, and Bologna will each receive 17.87 million euros in this first phase (the remainder of this fee will arrive later).
As for the "value" pillar, Inter is the club earning the most: 23.5 million euros. Juventus follows with just under 23 million euros, then Atalanta with 19.5 million euros, Milan with a little over 16 million euros, and finally Bologna, which collects just over 8 million in this round of payments.
Overall, as mentioned, the total earnings amount to nearly 180 million euros. Inter and Juventus lead the pack with 41 and 40 million euros respectively. Atalanta follows, recording over 37 million euros. Milan is just shy of 34 million euros, while Bologna comes in last with 26 million euros.
