Kieran Maguire [football finance expert] explains how Champions League football …

Kieran Maguire [football finance expert] explains how Champions League football will benefit Man United:
“You’ll get a minimum of effectively £30M just for rocking up. Then it works out as €2M per match if you get a victory, €700,000 if you get a draw in terms of prize money. And on top of that, you’ve got gate receipts.
“You’re guaranteed four home fixtures, potentially could be seven to eight home fixtures. For a club the size of United, they should be looking to get £8M per match in gate receipts.
“So you’ve got a minimum of £30M from gate receipts, another £30M for participation. So that’s £60M minimum. They’ll get the Adidas [kit supplier] bonus of £10M, so that’s £70M. And as you progress through the tournament, you can start adding the numbers.
“I think there’s around about €150m for winning it last year. Now that was for a club with a fairly good UEFA coefficient, which United don’t have these days because they’ve not been as good as they have been, but even so, I think you’d be looking at €120m and of course if you win the tournament, you qualify for the next FIFA Club World Cup, which made Chelsea £80million. It really does ratchet up.” #MUFC