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[Londonrake]

Off topic for a moment but the money in football these days seems insane. A couple of weeks ago I read that 37 year old Ronaldo was set to accept an offer to play for a Saudi club. If so he will be paid $200 million for 2 seasons.

[Pyrpolizer]

Now it makes sense why many of the players from the losing teams are crying like babies by not being able to get to the next round!

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World Cup prize money 2022 table: How much will each country earn?

Joe Prince-Wright
Tue, December 13, 2022, 10:54 PM

Aside from the pride each nation generates for going on a run at the World Cup, each nation also earns World Cup prize money based on their performance.

FIFA will dish out $440 million in prize money for the World Cup as cash is given out depending on which stage of the tournament they reached, plus each team received $1.5 million just for qualifying for the World Cup.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/world-cup- ... 37791.html

National teams generally operate at financial loss. Most of the football money goes to first division teams who may spend tens of millions to buy just one player.

[Lordo]

How can national teams operate on a loss. They pay the players 10k each game when the clubs pay them anything from 50K to 500K per week.

During the 2020-21 season, The FA generated a total turnover of £443m [2019-20: £335m] with an operating profit of £132m [2019-20: £9.8m]. These financial results comprise a consolidation of Football Association Limited, Wembley National Stadium Limited and the National Football Centre Limited.

https://www.thefa.com/about-football-association/what-we-do/financial-statements

[Pyrpolizer]

How can national teams operate on a loss. They pay the players 10k each game when the clubs pay them anything from 50K to 500K per week.

During the 2020-21 season, The FA generated a total turnover of £443m [2019-20: £335m] with an operating profit of £132m [2019-20: £9.8m]. These financial results comprise a consolidation of Football Association Limited, Wembley National Stadium Limited and the National Football Centre Limited.

https://www.thefa.com/about-football-association/what-we-do/financial-statements

I said "generally" which means in most countries.
The UK is not far off anyway. As per your link their Football association (not the National team ) makes revenue from many sources and almost broke even in 2019-20. Which means the National team alone should have operated at loss.

[Kikapu]

Off topic for a moment but the money in football these days seems insane. A couple of weeks ago I read that 37 year old Ronaldo was set to accept an offer to play for a Saudi club. If so he will be paid $200 million for 2 seasons.

These days Ronaldo has more commercial value than his skills as a player, which is why he might draw such large deals.