Geneva, October 11 (BNA) – The International Football Association Board (FIFA) on Tuesday called on football clubs around the world to apply for funds from a $209 million fund allocated to teams that release players for this year’s World Cup in Qatar.
Clubs are paid a daily wage – which FIFA estimates at around $10,000 – as long as 832 players, selected from among 32 lists, are on duty for the national team before and during the tournament, according to the Associated Press.
The preparation period begins on November 14 and the tournament ends on December 18. And the $209 million fund, approved by FIFA and the European Club Association in 2015, rewards clubs that helped develop World Cup players.
Each player’s share in the fund is distributed to the clubs he played for in the last two years.
FIFA said that more than 400 clubs playing in 63 different member countries have received paid-up shares of the $209 million allocated from the 2018 World Cup commercial proceeds.
The Club Benefits Program was created in the 2008 deal for FIFA to recognize the newly launched ECA as a more democratic representative of team interests.
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