With the 2026 World Cup now drawing to a close, the first economic data related to the FIFA Club Benefits Programme is emerging, the mechanism through which FIFA rewards clubs that have released their registered players to national teams. For this edition, FIFA and European Football Clubs have allocated a total fund of 355 million dollars, about 300 million euros. Of this, 250 million is reserved for the final phase, from the group stage to the final.
Each club will receive about 5,000 dollars per day for each player involved with their national team. According to estimates by Calcio e Finanza, Serie A clubs will collect a total of about 14 million dollars. Milan leads the Italian ranking thanks to the ten players called up for the tournament, with earnings exceeding 2.3 million dollars.
Behind the Rossoneri are Atalanta and Inter. La Dea should collect about 1.6 million dollars, while the Nerazzurri will stop just below, around 1.55 million. The largest contribution regarding individual athletes comes from Lautaro Martinez: the Nerazzurri striker, who will play his second consecutive final with Argentina on Sunday, will guarantee the club about 285,000 dollars for the 57 days spent with the Seleccion. The same amount will go to Como thanks to Nico Paz, who is also in the Argentine squad.
Right behind are the French players Koné, Thuram, Maignan, and Rabiot, who will bring their respective clubs about 280,000 dollars each. The calculation considers the days spent with the national team from the release of the players, which took place on May 25, until the day after the last match played in the tournament.
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