Barcelona set to pocket over €3 million for releasing players for UEFA Euro 2024

Journalist Sergi Sole from Mundo Deportivo has reported some exciting news for Barcelona, as the club is set to receive over €3 million in compensation from UEFA for releasing its players to the European Championship.

Specifically, Barcelona will earn €3.161 million for sending 12 players to the tournament, a new record for the club.

The substantial payout comes as a result of Spain’s qualification for the final, which included four Barcelona players: Pedri, Fermin Lopez, Lamine Yamal, and Ferran Torres.

This performance boosts Barcelona’s earnings to €3,161,655, surpassing the potential €3,044,955 they would have received if France had made it to the final instead.

Why is Barcelona receiving compensation?

It must be noted that this compensation stems from a decision made by UEFA where they approve a player loan fund for the European Championship.

Clubs receive a bonus of €10,000 per player for each day they are released for the tournament.

This figure has increased significantly from €8,700 for Euro 2021 and €4,000 per day back in 2008. The European Club Association (ECA) played a crucial role in negotiating this increase, marking a successful agreement with UEFA in January 2008.

Barcelona’s previous record for European Championship earnings was €2,850,056 in 2021. They also received €2,017,499 in 2016, €2,210,202 in 2012, and €955,090 in 2008.

The club’s highest earnings from a World Cup came from Qatar 2022, where they received €4,114,902 for having 17 players called up, a historic record for any club.

Who are the players Barcelona will be compensated for

For the current European Championship, Barcelona will receive the full €10,000 per day bonus for players such as Pedri, Yamal, Torres, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Robert Lewandowski, Andreas Christensen, Jules Kounde, and Frenkie de Jong.

De Jong will only be compensated for the first five days of his national team’s preparations. This is in line with the Benefits Program for Clubs, which outlines the payment structure.

Barcelona will also receive two-thirds of the daily rate for players who joined the club later, like Fermin Lopez, who was on loan last season, and Ilkay Gundogan, who arrived last summer.

For Joao Cancelo and Joao Felix, the club will receive a reduced rate because they spent more days registered with their previous clubs in the first quarter of the season.

Additionally, Barcelona will earn €113,220 for Ousmane Dembele, who was part of the squad in the 2022-23 season. This payment is calculated at €3,330 per day for each of the 34 days of the European Championship, from which he was recently eliminated.