{"id":18720,"date":"2026-07-19T02:10:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T02:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=18720"},"modified":"2026-07-19T02:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T02:10:20","slug":"chelsea-sneak-into-top-six-for-lucrative-fifa-payout-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=18720","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea sneak into top six for lucrative FIFA payout scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-377562\">\n<div class=\"article-follow\">\n<div class=\"article-sharing google-follow\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> <span>Add as preferred source on Google<\/span>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Chelsea have secured a welcome financial injection from FIFA\u2019s World Cup club benefits scheme, comfortably locking down a place among the top six highest-earning teams in world football.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_e182e3e5b284bd95-113\">The eleven-man Chelsea contingent experienced contrasting fortunes at the 2026 World Cup. The ultimate high has belonged to Enzo Fernandez, who built on his previous tournament heroics by helping Argentina all the way back to the final. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-video GRVMultiVideo\"\/>\n<p id=\"p-rc_e182e3e5b284bd95-114\">Meanwhile, it was a bitter exit for skipper Reece James, whose solid unbeaten run with England was cut short by Fernandez\u2019s men in that very same game. <\/p>\n<section class=\"grv-talking-point\" data-trigger=\"vue-sidebar\" data-story-id=\"5a9c74ee-9dfb-4c17-80a3-f12c2bcadb5e\" data-story-name=\"Talk Chelsea\" data-comment-id=\"3df06f4b-931c-40ed-aef1-f726083682bc\" data-story-slug=\"talk-chelsea\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__inner\">\n<header class=\"grv-talking-point__header\">  <\/header>\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__content\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__cta\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__title-wrap\">\n<p><h3 class=\"grv-talking-point__title\">How do you feel about this, Chelsea fans?\ud83e\udd14<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__embed\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/07\/transfer-rumour-2-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Chelsea in talks over Shakhtar Donetsk playing at Stamford Bridge\" class=\"wp-image-377523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/07\/transfer-rumour-2-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/07\/transfer-rumour-2-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/07\/transfer-rumour-2-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/07\/transfer-rumour-2-912x1140.png 912w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/07\/transfer-rumour-2-600x750.png 600w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/07\/transfer-rumour-2.png 1080w\"\/><\/div><figcaption title=\"A generic interior partial view of Stamford Bridge is seen ahead of the VisitMalta weekender soccer match between Chelsea FC and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Stamford Bridge in London, United Kingdom, on August 8, 2025. (Photo by Domenic Aquilina\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)\">Photo by Domenic Aquilina\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p id=\"p-rc_e182e3e5b284bd95-114\">Elsewhere, Moises Caicedo captained Ecuador to a 2-1 victory over Germany to survive the groups, while young defender Jorrel Hato suffered a heartbreaking early exit, becoming the first Blue knocked out after the Netherlands fell to Morocco on penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Trevoh Chalobah, Malo Gusto, Marc Cucurella, Kendry Paez, Pedro Neto, Nicolas Jackson, Mamadou Sarr, and Mike Penders also featured at the tournament. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-much-chelsea-received-from-fifa-for-the-world-cup\">How much Chelsea received from FIFA for the World Cup<\/h2>\n<p id=\"p-rc_52c98739101384f0-128\">FIFA\u2019s Club Benefits Programme rewards clubs financially for releasing players to international duty. The mechanism distributes a set daily rate of roughly \u00a34,100 ($5,000) per player, for every single day an individual remains at the tournament, including the official pre-tournament preparation window.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_52c98739101384f0-128\">Crucially, actual playing time on the pitch is irrelevant, which means even backup squad members or injured players accumulate funding.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_52c98739101384f0-129\">Because the total compensation is shared across any club a player was registered with during the preceding two years, previous employers also pocket a percentage. <\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_52c98739101384f0-129\">Under this system at the 2026 World Cup, the final global payouts see Manchester City lead the way with \u00a32.62 million, followed by PSG (\u00a32.12m), Arsenal (\u00a32.05m), Bayern Munich (\u00a31.96m), Barcelona (\u00a31.87m), and Chelsea securing a tidy \u00a31.80 million windfall, as per Kicker.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more-wrapper lazy see-more-open see-more-blank extra-content\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/how-much-compensation-fifa-paid-chelsea-to-release-players-for-the-world-cup\/none\" data-type=\"subscribe\">\n<div class=\"see-more subscribe\">\n<figure class=\"newsletter\">\n<div><svg class=\"loading\" width=\"118\" height=\"36\" viewbox=\"0 0 118 36\"><use href=\"#dots-svg\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<div class=\"signup\"><span class=\"hf\">Join Our Newsletter<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Chelsea content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>grvLoadAnalytics = () => {(function(d,s,i){var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)(0),j=d.createElement(s);j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=\"+i;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(document,'script','G-E7VRWQHDP6');(function(d,s,i){if(!\/callback=in\/.test(window.location.search)){var e=d.createElement(s);var n=d.getElementsByTagName(s)(0);e.type=\"text\/javascript\";e.async=true;e.src=\"https:\/\/static.chartbeat.com\/js\/chartbeat.js\";n.parentNode.insertBefore(e,n);}})(document,\"script\",\"G-E7VRWQHDP6\");(function(){let s=document.createElement(\"script\");s.async=true;s.dataset.domain=\"thechelseachronicle.com\/MFj4XQ\";s.src=\"https:\/\/api.publytics.net\/js\/script.manual.ping.min.js\";document.getElementsByTagName(\"head\")(0).appendChild(s);})();if(!\/callback=in\/.test(window.location.search)){setTimeout(function(){!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','663509325503632');fbq('track','PageView');fbq('track','ViewContent',{content_name:'World Cup Windfall: Chelsea sneak into top six for lucrative FIFA payout scheme',content_category:'News',content_ids:(377562,\"world-cup\"),content_type:'post',});},3000);}}<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add as preferred source on Google Chelsea have secured a welcome financial injection from FIFA\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}