Europa League prize money: How much Manchester United and Tottenham will bank if they reach final
Manchester United and Tottenham are hoping to book themselves a place in the Europa League final this season.
By doing so, the two Premier League clubs save their campaigns after dismal domestic results while also receiving a big financial boost.
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And after the first legs, it's looking like an all-English final is going to happen.
Ruben Amorim's Man United are 3-0 up on Athletic Bilbao after the first leg, with Bruno Fernandes scoring twice for the Red Devils.
Tottenham managed to see off Bodo/Glimt 3-1 at home, meaning bar spectacular collapses, these two will face each other in the final.
If both teams do manage to go through, it would guarantee a nice chunk of cash as well as put them on the brink of a trophy.
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Europa League prize money
Every team that made the League Phase received £3.6million each for simply qualifying for that stage of UEFA's secondary competition.
Each win in the league , and each draw would see a reward of £126,400 be given out.
Those that automatically qualified for the knockout rounds , while those that saw their journey end in the knockout round play-offs got £252,000.
Prize money then took a big jump for the round of 16, seeing those eliminated in that stage claim £1.47m
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Teams that lost in the quarter-finals took home £2.11m, missing out on an extra chunk by being eliminated.
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Europa League prize money breakdown
- Winner: £10.95m
- Runner-up: £5.90m
- Semi-finals: £3.54m
- Quarter-finals: £2.11m
- Round of 16: £1.47m
- Knockout round play-off: £252,800
A semi-final spot has guaranteed Man United and Spurs a sum of £3.54m, but they will want more.
And if they reach the final, they'll be playing for the chance to win the maximum reward of £10.95m.
Runners up receive £5.9m, so that figure is what United and Spurs will get should they progress.
All of these prizes are just below 40 per cent of the entire Europa League payouts, just focusing on performance-based criteria.
The rest of the money would be split between clubs taking part, also taking into account any broadcasting revenue.
The Europa League prize for winning the tournament is around half of the prize for winning the Champions League.
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Champions League winners claim £21.1m, and Arsenal are still in with a chance of picking up that cash.
Runners-up in UEFA's primary competition win £15m, so that's almost triple what Man United and Spurs could get.
Europa League fixtures
Semi-finals
- Manchester United vs Athletic Bilbao [3-0]
- Bodo/Glimt vs Spurs [1-3]
Final
- Wednesday, May 21
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