How much will São Paulo get from Fifa for Bobadilla at the World Cup? | OneFootball

Midfielder Bobadilla ended his run with Paraguay, which had a respectable World Cup, only falling 1-0 to heavy favorite France in a hard-fought round-of-16 match played this Saturday (4) in the United States.

As a result, São Paulo already has an idea of how much it should receive in prize money from FIFA for the player’s presence at the World Cup in North America.

Through its Club Benefits Programme, FIFA will distribute a total of US$355 million (R$1.83 billion at the exchange rate of the day) to all clubs that had players called up for the World Cup.

The amount paid by the organization for each athlete was cut in half compared to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, due to the considerable increase from 32 to 48 participating national teams, as well as the longer duration of the tournament. Thus, the payment is US$5,000 (R$25,850) per player for each day.

FIFA will grant the amount starting ten days before the national team’s debut until the day after its last match in the World Cup. The player does not even need to take the field for his club to receive the proposed amount.

Paraguay’s debut was the catastrophic 4-1 loss to the United States on June 12. And its farewell came, as already mentioned, against France this past Saturday. Thus, the period in which Bobadilla would earn money for Tricolor runs from June 2 to July 5, totaling 34 days.

With that, São Paulo should receive around R$879,000 for the presence of its Paraguayan midfielder at the biggest sporting event on the planet.

Damián Bobadilla started as a starter for Paraguay, but quickly scored an own goal in the opening defeat to the United States and lost his place in the starting lineup. He later came on during the matches against Turkey, in the 1-0 win, and in the goalless draw with Australia in the group stage.

Against Germany, in the round of 32, Boba regained his starting spot and had a great match to help eliminate the four-time world champion from the World Cup. To wrap up, against the French, the midfielder did not come onto the field and watched his country’s elimination from the bench.

A standout for the team at Morumbi, Bobadilla was the only Tricolor player called up for the World Cup. The club still had hopes that its backup goalkeeper, Carlos Coronel, would also be called up by the same Paraguay side, since he was on the preliminary list, but he ended up being left out.

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