Why Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea will be paid thousands of pounds a day at the World Cup

Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes is eyeing glory with Portugal (Picture: Getty)

Premier League clubs such as Manchester United , Arsenal and Chelsea will be paid thousands of pounds by FIFA each day during the World Cup .

The governing body will hand over £265m to compensate clubs for their players being involved at the World Cup, which is taking place across the US, Canada and Mexico between June 11 and July 19.

Of the total fund, £187m is being dedicated to the tournament itself, while £75m has been set aside retrospectively for players who competed in the qualifiers for the tournament.

The remaining money will be allocated to aid with the health of club football across the world.

The payments, which are part of the FIFA Club Benefit Programme, are paid per player for every day they are away with their country at the World Cup.

Beginning on May 25 – the mandatory date in which clubs had to officially release players to their national teams – each club will receive £3,730 per day for each player, with the payments lasting until the day after each side’s final game of the World Cup.

Chelsea’s Reece James will be hoping for a deep run with England (Picture: Getty)

As such, players who get knocked out in the group stages will earn their clubs £119,500 as a result of their participation in the World Cup.

At the other end of the scale, players competing in the World Cup final will generate £212,900 for their clubs.

And with the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea seeing vast swathes of their squads playing in North America this summer, clubs could potentially earn millions of pounds over the next few weeks.

In the event a player’s contract expires during the World Cup and they become a free agent, the club they were at when the tournament started will be paid up to June 30 – the date in which the majority of players in Europe see their contracts end.

Similarly, should a player join another club straight away after becoming a free agent, the original club will be in receipt of the payments up to June 30, after which point the money goes to their new club.

If a player moves clubs in a permanent or loan deal, the money will go to their existing club until the transfer is finalised.

The payments first began at the 2010 edition in South Africa and have been a feature of every World Cup since.