FIFA to pay out $209 million to clubs

FIFA will pay out $209 million to clubs whose players competed at last year’s World Cup finals in Qatar, FIFA, the world football’s governing body said on Thursday. The payment will be made to 440 clubs from 51 different countries whose players were at the tournament last November and December, won by Argentina. FIFA will pay a daily amount of $10,950 for each of 837 footballers at the World Cup, regardless of how many minutes they played during the tournament. The total per player is divided and distributed to the club, or clubs, with which the player was registered in the two years leading up to the finals in Qatar.