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English Premier League (EPL) soccer team Liverpool will receive a bumper World Cup payout following the exploits of star players Fernando Torres and Dirk Kuyt.
The 2005 Champions League winners are in line for a cool US$700,000 jackpot – the third biggest in club soccer – from Fifa’s inaugural US$40 million World Cup payment pot for teams whose players took part in the South African spectacle.
The efforts of Javier Mascherano and, to a lesser extent, Englishmen Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson and Jamie Carragher have all boosted the predicted bounty.
The Merseyside club’s welcome windfall is expected to comfortably surpass that of Chelsea (US$595,200) and Arsenal (US$560,000).
Incredibly, fierce rivals Manchester United – who only had five representatives at the tournament – will not even make the top ten with a modest US$300,000 bonus.
Topping the table will be Barcelona (US$820,800) - whose plethora of Spanish stars lifted the Jules Rimet trophy - and German-dominated Bayern Munich (US$755,200).
Big-spending Manchester City are expected to edge into the top ten with a sum of US$508,800.
Financially beleaguered Portsmouth are in line for more than US$300,000 gross and Championship winners Newcastle are hoping to collect a six-figure cheque.
English Premier League (EPL) soccer team Liverpool will receive a bumper World Cup payout following the exploits of star players Fernando Torres and Dirk Kuyt.
The 2005 Champions League winners are in line for a cool US$700,000 jackpot – the third biggest in club soccer – from Fifa’s inaugural US$40 million World Cup payment pot for teams whose players took part in the South African spectacle.
The efforts of Javier Mascherano and, to a lesser extent, Englishmen Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson and Jamie Carragher have all boosted the predicted bounty.
The Merseyside club’s welcome windfall is expected to comfortably surpass that of Chelsea (US$595,200) and Arsenal (US$560,000).
Incredibly, fierce rivals Manchester United – who only had five representatives at the tournament – will not even make the top ten with a modest US$300,000 bonus.
Topping the table will be Barcelona (US$820,800) - whose plethora of Spanish stars lifted the Jules Rimet trophy - and German-dominated Bayern Munich (US$755,200).
Big-spending Manchester City are expected to edge into the top ten with a sum of US$508,800.
Financially beleaguered Portsmouth are in line for more than US$300,000 gross and Championship winners Newcastle are hoping to collect a six-figure cheque.
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