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

Defensive midfielder Bobadilla ended his participation with Paraguay, which had a respectable World Cup campaign, only falling to heavy favorite France 1-0 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 FIFA prize money for the player’s presence at the World Cup in North America.

FIFA, through its Club Benefits Programme, will allocate a total of US$355 million (R$1.83 billion at the day’s exchange rate) to all clubs that had players called up to play in the World Cup.

The amount to be paid by the organization for each athlete was cut in half compared to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, due to the significant 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 per day.

FIFA will grant the amount starting ten days before the national team’s debut until the day after its final 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 came in the catastrophic 4-1 thrashing it suffered against the United States on June 12. And its farewell came, as already mentioned, against France this past Saturday. So, the period for 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 defensive midfielder at the biggest sporting event on the planet.

Damián Bobadilla started as a first-choice player for Paraguay, but quickly scored an own goal in the opening defeat to the United States and lost his starting spot in the team. After that, he came on during the matches against Turkey, in the 1-0 win, and in the scoreless draw with Australia in the group stage.

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

A standout for the team at Morumbi, Bobadilla was the only São Paulo player called up for the World Cup. The club still hoped that its backup goalkeeper, Carlos Coronel, would also be called up by the same Paraguay squad, since he had been on the preliminary list, but he was ultimately left out.

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