Real Madrid’s players can receive a huge individual bonus by winning the Champions League and therefore completing an impressive treble this season according to MARCA, which cited anonymous sources. Los Blancos have to first see off Bayern Munich in the elite competition’s last four, by beating them in a second leg tie at the Bernabeu on Wednesday....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE
This would then set up a Wembley final against Borussia Dortmund, which has the chance to win its first UCL crown since 1997, and second overall, at Wembley on June 1.
Providing Madrid gets that far, history is on its side when it comes to lifting the big-eared trophy.
After all, Carlo Ancelotti’s men have done this a record 14 times, with their last triumph on the continent coming in 2021/2022 when Vinicius Jr. scored the only game of a Paris decider versus Liverpool to complete a La Liga and UCL double.
OK Diario believes that Vinicius again being decisive against Bayern and later Dortmund will make him the leader in the race to relieve Lionel Messi of the Ballon d’Or.
Whether that is accurate or not, however, him and his teammates will be rewarded by President Florentino Perez for becoming the kings of Europe and Spain simultaneously.
When this happened in 2022, each squad member received close to $970,000 (€900,000) according to MARCA.
If they do the job this time round, however, and complete a treble that includes the UCL, La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup, the prize will be $1.5 million (€1.4 million) per player.
Madrid can certainly afford this, not only as one of the richest clubs in the world but also when considering what is due for conquests already made or potentially on the way this term.
MARCA says that last weekend’s wrapping up of a 36th La Liga title is worth around $57 million (€53 million).
And if Madrid can overcome Germany’s two biggest clubs and rule the Europe again, this will be worth roughly $161 million (€150 million) which is a considerable improvement on the $143.7 million (€133.7 million) raked in back in 2021/2022.
