Tottenham Hotspur have managed to salvage their season by winning the Europa League.
It wasn’t pretty, but Spurs beat Manchester United 1-0 in Bilbao thanks to a Brennan Johnson goal at the San Mames Stadium.
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Ange Postecoglou said he would win a trophy in his second season, and he did.
He’s created a moment that will live long in the memory of every Spurs fan.
Meanwhile, it was more pain for Man United and Ruben Amorim, who are going to end in either 17th or 16th place with no top European football next year.
Europa League prize money
Tottenham have claimed the maximum reward of £10.95million.
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That is almost double what Man United receive, with the losers in Bilbao taking home a prize of £5.9million.
The prize for winning the UEFA‘s second-tier tournament is around half of the reward for winning the Champions League.
Champions League winners claim £21.1m, and Inter Milan will face Paris Saint-Germain, with the victor taking home that cash.
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Europa League prize money breakdown
- Winner: £10.95m
- Runner-up: £5.90m
- Semi-finals: £3.54m
- Quarter-finals: £2.11m
- Round of 16: £1.47m
- Knockout round play-off: £252,800
Runners-up in Europe’s elite competition win £15m, so that’s almost triple what Man United will get.
But progressing through each round of the Europa League has still significantly increased the payout for both United and Spurs.
Every team that made the League Phase received £3.6m each for simply qualifying for that stage of UEFA’s second tier.
Each win in the league handed a club £379,201, and each draw would see a reward of £126,400 be given out.
Those that automatically qualified for the knockout rounds received £505,000, while those that saw their journey end in the knockout round play-offs got £252,000.
Prize money then took a big jump for the round of 16, seeing those eliminated in that stage claim £1.47m.
Teams that lost in the quarter-finals took home £2.11m, missing out on an extra chunk by being eliminated.
A semi-final spot saw Man United and Spurs guarantee themselves a sum of £3.54m, but they got much more in the final.
All of these prizes are just below 40 per cent of the entire Europa League payouts, just focusing on performance-based criteria.
The rest of the money is split between clubs taking part, also taking into account any broadcasting revenue.
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