09-08-2023, 01:18 AM
Starting next season, Manchester City will become the biggest winner of UEFA's new Champions League fund allocation plan.
UEFA is changing the coefficient funding system that determines how much bonuses are paid out based on a club's historical performance in Europe - no longer the past 10 seasons, but the past five.
This would see Manchester City overtake Real Madrid as the number one team in Europe. According to the five-year ranking, four English teams are in the top seven: Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United.
UEFA insists the new system will be fairer as coefficient bonuses and TV broadcast bonuses will be allocated 10% less, with more bonuses allocated as performance bonuses based on how well clubs progress in the competition. All 36 teams participating in the new competition will receive higher qualification bonuses, with each team receiving a bonus of £28.9 million, up from £16.3 million this season.
Taking into account that UEFA expects its club competition revenue to rise by 33%, if Manchester City win the first reformed Champions League in 2025, their revenue will increase from around 120 million pounds last season to more than 160 million pounds.
At the same time, in the 2024-27 season, the solidarity payment to clubs not participating in European competitions will increase from 4% to 7%.
While the new distribution model has been widely welcomed, Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell, vice-president of the European Club Association (ECA), said the disparity in revenue between domestic leagues was an issue affecting Europe as a whole. The larger issue of competitive balance on the continent.
Lawwell told an ECA press conference in Berlin: "Celtic get over £3 million as champions of Scotland; if you get relegated from the Premier League you get £140 million. The main factor is domestic competition."
UEFA is changing the coefficient funding system that determines how much bonuses are paid out based on a club's historical performance in Europe - no longer the past 10 seasons, but the past five.
This would see Manchester City overtake Real Madrid as the number one team in Europe. According to the five-year ranking, four English teams are in the top seven: Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United.
UEFA insists the new system will be fairer as coefficient bonuses and TV broadcast bonuses will be allocated 10% less, with more bonuses allocated as performance bonuses based on how well clubs progress in the competition. All 36 teams participating in the new competition will receive higher qualification bonuses, with each team receiving a bonus of £28.9 million, up from £16.3 million this season.
Taking into account that UEFA expects its club competition revenue to rise by 33%, if Manchester City win the first reformed Champions League in 2025, their revenue will increase from around 120 million pounds last season to more than 160 million pounds.
At the same time, in the 2024-27 season, the solidarity payment to clubs not participating in European competitions will increase from 4% to 7%.
While the new distribution model has been widely welcomed, Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell, vice-president of the European Club Association (ECA), said the disparity in revenue between domestic leagues was an issue affecting Europe as a whole. The larger issue of competitive balance on the continent.
Lawwell told an ECA press conference in Berlin: "Celtic get over £3 million as champions of Scotland; if you get relegated from the Premier League you get £140 million. The main factor is domestic competition."