Real Madrid to receive 50 million euros without touching a ball
Real Madrid to receive 50 million euros without touching a ball
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European champions Real Madrid will receive around 50 million euros ($58 million) without touching a ball in the Champions League next edition as a new profits distribution system comes into effect.

European football body UEFA said on Tuesday that 2.04 billion euros would be distributed among the teams who contesting in its flagship tournament in 2018 -19. Although some teams will get noticeably more than others.

Critics asserts that the system creates a magnify effect as the clubs who already have the highest revenue get the most money.

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, who was elected shortly after the new system was approved in 2016, has said that the lack of spirited balance is the biggest issue facing European football, but he concedes it cannot be changed during the night.

UEFA noted that 585.05 million euros had been set aside for this category and would be divided into shares of 1.108 million euros each as Indian Express reported.

It is noted that Of the 32 teams in the group stage, the lowest ranked-team will obtain one share, with an additional share added to every rank so that the highest-ranked team receives 32 shares, or 35.46 million euros.

Real Madrid, winners for the last three editions, top the coefficient rankings followed by Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Manchester United, Chelsea, Juventus, Porto, Arsenal and Benfica.

 

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