the pretty bonus of the Blues

Breaking down Croatia (4-2) Sunday night in the final of the World Cup, the players of the France team have not only won a nice medal, the esteem of the French and thousands of " fans "on social networks (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc.). The 23 also allowed the French Football Federation (FFF) to pocket 32.5 million euros from FIFA, the company organizing the competition. According to a distribution decided by the Federation, the new world champions will divide 30% of this sum and will therefore receive around 400,000 euros each.

The Blues are free to do what they want with this bonus, a indicated Christmas Le Graët, the president of the FFF. During the competition, the young star of the French team, Kylian Mbappé, had announced that he would offer almost all of his winnings to the association of Bondy "Premiers de Cordée" which he is the godfather, whatever the course of the Blues in the World.

Sum "modest" in proportion

In proportion, the amount of the premiums affected by the players of the team of France remains "modest" compared to their salary in club. Since his signing at PSG in summer 2017, Kylian Mbappé would receive 18 million euros per year, or 1.5 million euros per month. A sum to which must be added the match bonuses and sponsorship contracts (Nike).

By extending his contract to Atletico Madrid in June, Antoine Griezmann will receive 23 million euros net per year, according to « Mundo Deportivo ». Substitute for almost the entire World Cup, Florian Thauvin would receive nearly 5 million euros per year at Olympique Marseille.

Without the consolation of having been beaten by the men of Didier Deschamps, Croatian and Belgian football federations will receive, respectively, € 23.9 million and € 20.5 million from Fifa as a reward for their great career in the competition.

The clubs not forgotten either

At the party organized Monday at the Elysee Palace in honor of the Blues, Emmanuel Macron stressed the importance of clubs and trainers in the success of the players of the team of France. These will not be forgotten either.

Since 2010, Fifa has indeed created a fund that compensates the clubs for the provision of their players. Several criteria are retained, among which the number of players of the club or the number of days of competition.

In all, the Fifa will distribute 209 million dollars this year to the clubs from which come the 736 players of the World Cup. With three winners of the event each, Olympique Marseille (Mandanda, Rami, Thauvin) and Paris Saint-Germain (Mbappe, Kimpembe, Areola) will take the lion's share in France.

VIDEO. They were world champions in economic value, they are champions of the world … anyway. Bravo the Blues!

Adrien Lelièvre