Manchester City’s potential £97 million FIFA Club World Cup prize revealed | OneFootball

We all know the 2024/25 campaign has turned into a frustrating and difficult one for Manchester City and manager Pep Guardiola, and fans will point to any one of a number of potential reasons for the sudden, and largely unexpected, fall from grace.Whether it be ongoing legal battles with the Premier League over financial rules or the deluge of injuries to key players, or wider still the fact an ageing squad may have lost a percent or two in performance levels owing to huge success repeatedly tasted at the Etihad Stadium, there are other reasons that can be pointed to such as transfer policy in recent seasons.Whichever way it is cut, there is no getting away from the fact it means City are in for a big summer when the transfer window opens, and for those who follow the UK football betting scene, they will be following odds closely on potential incomings and departures.

Players will undoubtedly move on and the first team choices available to the serial winning Catalan coach in Pep Guardiola will change as players come in, and the 54-year-old will need to rebuild the group for challenges ahead as they go in search of a true return to form and, hopefully, sustained success once again.Despite the disappointments endured this season, the campaign is far from a dead rubber and when club football returns this weekend, there is an FA Cup quarter-final battle with Bournemouth to address and a tightly packed Premier League run in where full focus needs to be on getting back in to the top four and securing Champions League qualification.Looking after financials now is key to how quickly Manchester City can approach and address an expected summer squad rebuild, and it seems that participation in the Club World Cup presents itself as a major bonus to their coffers should they perform well in the tournament.It has been confirmed that there is up to a staggering £97 million available to Manchester City in prize money, should Pep Guardiola and his players go all the way to final and lift the trophy this summer.

£775 million is the sum in overall prizes, and £407 million will be shared between all 32 teams purely for being involved. But given how participation is weighted, European clubs will receive a greater share, with a further £368 million awarded on a performance related basis.It means Manchester City could receive £29.6 million simply for being involved in the tournament, and a group stage win would net £1.5 million per game, with £5.8 million available for reaching the last-16, £10.2 million for reaching the quarter-finals, £16.3 million for the semi-finals and £31 million on offer for winning the final.Potentially City could now help themselves to the biggest ever prize money awarded in football over a seven-game format. And to compare the total £97 million to the Premier League, the club picked up £175.9 million for their title win last season.The expanded Club World Cup is being hosted in the United States between June 15 to July 13 this summer, and with this prize money potentially on offer, Manchester City fans will be watching on eagerly to see how we perform.