Cristiano Ronald (from) cheers for an estimated annual salary of 200 million euros for al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia.
Photo: Imago/Abdullah Ahmed
Trent Alexander-Arnold, one of the most coveted football professionals on the market, changed from Liverpool FC early to Real Madrid. The Spaniards cost the change of a “mini-reduction” of up to ten million euros, reports the “Kicker” magazine. Actually, the English right-back would only have been eligible to play from July 1-but so that too late for the new club World Cup, but then free of charge. This episode shows that top clubs like Real take the new format of the World Association FIFA very seriously.
Profitable month
Participation in the tournament in the USA is at least worth it financially. FC Bayern Munich will take up to 110 million euros from FIFA in the event of the title gain by inaugural and victory premiums – in just four weeks. Paris St. Germain earned about as much in the Champions League as this year’s winner – throughout the season. The sum that initially appears enormously relativizes when you take a look at the balance sheet. FC Bayern Munich AG once again generated record sales in the 2023/2024 financial year with more than 951 million euros. For comparison: Bundesligone competitor SC Freiburg achieved a record turnover of 203 million euros in the same period. The group win before tax rose by 15 percent to 62.7 million euros.
In the 2023/2024 season, the European football market recorded an increase in sales from eight percent to 38 billion euros, according to the “Annual Review of Football Finance 2025”, which Deloitte published on time for the club World Cup. The British management consultants primarily attribute the growth to an increasing professionalization of the industry and the associated commercial proceeds. Deloitte estimates sales in the season that has just come to an end at more than 39 billion euros. And a new turnover leap is expected for the coming season, including because of the club World Cup. The five largest European leagues-Bundesliga, England’s Premier League, the Spanish La Liga, Italy’s series A and Ligue 1 in France-broke the 20 billion euro brand for the first time.
Beautifier England
Premier League is at a large distance from Premier League with 7.4 billion euros. The English participants of the club World Cup, Chelsea Lonsdon and Manchester City, benefit primarily from the very high TV revenue and the unprecedented international marketing, primarily in Asia. The Bundesliga and the Spanish La Liga, each with 3.8 billion euros, follow a wide distance.
Al-Hilal Riad or Al Ahly SC from Cairo are probably promising political added value from the club World Cup. The Egyptian league is considered the strongest in Africa, Al Ahly has won the Africa Cup several times. However, the league in the threshold country with the Europeans cannot keep up with the Europeans. Another building block is the one-month tournament for Al-Hilal as well as Saudi Arabia and its billion dollar sports offensive. In football alone, the kingdom maintains, orchestrated by the controversial crown prince bin Salman, 194 so -called sponsorship contracts, the Danish initiative Play the Game determined. The “grip for world sports” also includes entry as the most important sponsor of the club World Cup and the streaming provider DAZN, who has the TV rights. The sporty insignificant Saudi Pro League is also not lacking money. The Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo is to collect 200 million euros a year.
Amateurs from Auckland
The situation at the New Zealand representative Auckland City is completely different, which has to be satisfied with an entrepreneur of around three million euros and a 0: 10 bankruptcy at the start against FC Bayern, who received 35 million entry fees. Auckland is an “amateur team,” explained the New Zealand Wynton Rufer, who was very popular as a player of Werder Bremen. There is hardly any attention to football in his home country, so there is hardly any money. After all, Auckland, as a 13-time winner of the Oceanian Champions League, attracts an average of 18,000 spectators to the stadium.
The second German representative Borussia Dortmund started in the club World Cup with a 0-0 against Fluminense Rio de Janeiro. BVB regularly attracts over 80,000 fans to its Westfalenstadion. However, they are particularly folklore. The billions that are collected in the large European leagues only come from around 15 percent from the audience revenue, including beer and sausage. The most important source of money is far from the income from the global media rights.