How much money Man Utd would earn from Champions League qualification | OneFootball

Manchester United stand to bank at least £70m if they qualify for next season's Champions League, although that sum could climb into nine digits depending on the club's results in the competition.

Head coach Ruben Amorim has repeatedly insisted that winning the Europa League - and thereby qualifying for Europe's premier club competition - will not save United's season.

"Europa League is not going to change anything in our problems," Amorim huffed at the start of May, before hinting at exactly why the club hierarchy is so desperate to lift the trophy: "It's going to give us Champions League next year, more money to spend - but the problems are still there."

The jumbled defensive disorganisation which allowed Brentford's Kevin Schade two free headers won't disappear, but the lucrative windfall from European qualification could provide Amorim with a centre-back who won't cower underneath an aerial delivery.

United would immediately earn £16m just for reaching the Champions League, as outlined by BBC Sport. Each league phase win is worth £1.8m (a draw is valued at £600,000) while there is also the broadcast revenue to consider. Based upon United's continental profile, the BBC estimate that Amorim's side would be entitled to around £1m for every position gained in the 36-team league phase table.

Reaching each knockout round also breaks the promise of more bonuses. There is a £9.4m chunk on offer for making it to the round of 16, while the winners stand to rake in £54.5m.

Each Champions League home fixture is expected to generate United another £6m, taking the club's minimum earnings up to £24m (there would be at least four league-phase matches at Old Trafford).

The intricacies of United's commercial agreements are not public knowledge, but the BBC estimate that when this pillar of potential revenue is combined with the other known earnings, the Red Devils would be likely to make around £100m if they matched Manchester City's modest run to the knockout play-off round. A "deep run" into the latter rounds of the competition could feasibly be worth as much as £140m.