Eredivisie clubs that do not play in Europe have received good financial news from UEFA. The football association has agreed to a solidarity arrangement, which allows the teams to distribute millions to close the gap with the leading teams.
The football association UEFA has had a solidarity scheme for many years, where clubs that do not play in Europe also receive money from the association. Negotiations took place across Europe to increase that amount and an agreement was reached. Eredivisie director Jan de Jong spoke of an ‘important result of the negotiations’ and ‘many millions more for the clubs’.
De Jong explained what the increase would mean for clubs. “The solidarity scheme increases from 4 to 7 percent of all UEFA media income. And it is precisely that media income that has increased to 4.4 billion euros per year, while it previously amounted to 2.8 billion euros. In concrete terms, it concerns an increase from 185 million to 308 million euros,” said De Jong in a press release. The fifteen clubs that do not play in Europe must share this amount.
Eredivisie clubs voluntarily donate a percentage of fifteen percent of that amount to the teams of the Kitchen Champion Division. As a team it is still more attractive to play in Europe. When participating in the Champions League, an Eredivisie club receives about 35 million euros. In the Europa League at least 8 million euros.
It is not yet clear if this will have consequences for the Belgian clubs. It has already happened in the year of the crown with a solidarity contribution from the big clubs of our country for the teams that did not get the football in Europe.
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