Arsenal have received a huge financial boost by knocking out Real Madrid to reach the Champions League semi-finals.
The Gunners put on one of their best performances in recent years to blow the 15-time champions away in the first leg last week.
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Mikel Arteta‘s men went 3-0 up in their quarter-final tie after two goals from Declan Rice and a strike from Mikel Merino.
And they followed that up with another incredible win in Spain to book their place in the final four against Paris Saint-Germain.
Liverpool were knocked out in the last 16, while Aston Villa, despite fighting hard, were sent home by PSG on Tuesday night.
It leaves Arsenal as the last remaining Premier League side in the Champions League, and they’re going for glory.
Champions League prize money
All 36 clubs that competed in the League Phase banked €18.62m (£15.6m) for participating.
Then €2.1m (£1.7m) was handed out per win during that phase and €700,000 (£587k) per draw.
Each position in the table was worth €275,000 (£230k).
That meant the team that finished second last in 35th claimed double that at €550,000 (£461k) through to €9.9m (£8.3m) for the table-toppers.
The top eight raked in a €2m (£1.6m) bonus, with clubs that finished ninth to 16th earning €1m (£830k).
The prize money for reaching each knockout round only increases as well, with those reaching the play-offs getting £840,000.
Champions League knockouts prize money
- Knockout round play-offs – £840,000
- Last-16 – £9.3m
- Quarter-finals – £10.6m
- Semi-finals – £12.7m
- Runner-up – £15.6m
- Winner – £21.1m
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Aston Villa, Liverpool and Arsenal all reached the last 16, but the Reds were eliminated at that stage by PSG, and that meant their reward was £9.3million.
For reaching the quarter-finals, Villa secured £10.6million before suffering the same fate as Liverpool at the hands of PSG.
Arsenal backed up their commanding lead over Real Madrid, and they’re now through to the semi-finals.
It means they’re going to earn at least £12.7million this campaign.
£21.1million is the prize for the Champions League winners while runners-up are handed £15.6million.
Performance-related prize money accounts for 37.5 per cent (€914m, £766m) of the overall pot, with UEFA‘s newly created value pillar taking up 35 per cent to split up broadcast revenue, and the final 27.5 per cent being shared between the 36 clubs.
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Champions League fixtures
Quarter-finals
- Real Madrid 1-2 (1-5 agg) Arsenal
- Aston Villa 3-2 (4-5 agg) PSG
- Borussia Dortmund 3- 1 (3-5 agg) Barcelona
- Inter Milan 2-2 (4-3 agg) Bayern Munich
Semi-finals
- Arsenal vs PSG
- Barcelona vs Inter
Final
Saturday, May 31
- Winner of Arsenal vs PSG vs Winner of Barcelona vs Inter
