UEFA are sharing €308 million among clubs; here’s where the money will go
IMAGO | The president of UEFA, Aleksander Ceferin, during ceremony after the UEFA EURO 2024 in Germany.
UEFA has upped its solidarity payments to non-participating clubs in its competitions by nearly 80 per cent and agreed a new redistributive deal. But how does it work?
Off The Pitch has obtained the plans – which are published here for the first time.
Why it matters: Huge influxes of UEFA competition prize money to competing clubs can stifle competitive balance. The influx of solidarity money is an attempt to redresss this imbalance.
The perspective: Top-flight clubs, especially in smaller leagues, will benefit greatly from the new deal, with solidarity payments adding as much as 30-40 per cent to some clubs’ turnover.
18 October 2024 - 3:03 PM
Off The Pitch can exclusively reveal details of how UEFA will carve up €308 million of payments to non-participating clubs from this season.
Last month, UEFA’s executive committee signed off on proposals to share the money between clubs that will not participate in its competitions over the next three years.
The solidarity deal – designed to bridge some of the wideni
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