Chelsea tops UEFA list of clubs getting paid from Euro 2020

Chelsea got $5.55 million from European Championship revenues for releasing players to their national teams

Chelsea got 5.1 million euros ($5.55 million) from European Championship revenues for releasing players to their national teams, UEFA said Friday.

UEFA had a fund of 200 million euros ($217.5 million) to pay clubs a daily rate per player involved in the Euro 2020 tournament and qualifying, plus Nations League games since 2018.

The list of payments was announced one day after UEFA approved an increased total of 240 million euros ($261 million) for clubs whose players are called up to national teams through the Euro 2024 tournament in Germany.

English clubs collectively earned 47 million euros ($51.1 million) — almost one-quarter of the total amount allocated for UEFA national team games from 2018-21. A total of 18 different English clubs each earned more than 1 million euros ($1.1 million), with Chelsea getting the most.

Chelsea had players involved to the end of Euro 2020. Jorginho and Emerson Palmieri were in the Italy team that beat England in the final. Mason Mount, Reese James and Ben Chilwell were on the losing side.

Manchester City was next highest earner with 4.5 million euros ($4.9 million). Juventus got more than 3.8 million euros ($4.1 million).

Atalanta, with more than 2.9 million euros ($3.15 million), ranked higher than Barcelona. After Ukraine reached the quarterfinals, Dynamo Kyiv got more than 2.5 million euros ($2.7 million).