Footballers around Europe are some of the highest-paid athletes in the world, and those at Euro 2024 will earn some more money.
UEFA‘s showpiece tournament in Germany is set to be a special event as the likes of Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham attempt to lead their countries to glory.
The reigning champions are Italy after they beat England at Wembley in 2021, so the Three Lions will hope to go one step further.
Meanwhile, Spain, France and hosts Germany will also be eager to compete for the title.
However, as well as the glory of being crowned European champions, there is some financial gain in it.
Are players paid to be at Euro 2024?
Yes, every player who competes at Euro 2024 will be paid an amount of money per game.
However, this doesn’t come from UEFA and is dictated by each respective football association.
This fee is a set sum but can be boosted by bonus systems put in place.
Again, this will be decided by each country’s FA, and it’s likely many will differ.
For example, England’s bonuses are likely to be incentivised towards winning the tournament, while other nations are more likely to get money for making it out of the group stage.
However, these bonus pots can be indirectly boosted by UEFA because they have a payment system in place for all 32 nations competing.
Each nation gets £7.92million for making it to Germany.
This then steadily increases as the tournament progresses, and by the end, the winners will earn up to £26m.
From there, it’s up to each FA to distribute the cash in the way they see fit.
You would expect some to put it into player bonuses, while many will use this money on projects and across their domestic leagues.
So, Euro 2024 isn’t just important because of the prestige, but there are some genuine financial benefits as well.